NVIDIA R550 Linux Driver's Open Kernel Modules Performing Well On GeForce GPUs

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 6 March 2024 at 11:15 AM EST. Page 4 of 6. 35 Comments.
Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Global Illumination: Off, Denoiser: Off, Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query. Proprietary: RTX 4090 was the fastest.
Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Global Illumination: High, Denoiser: Off, Ray Tracing API: VK_NV_ray_tracing. Open: RTX 4090 was the fastest.
Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Global Illumination: Off, Denoiser: On, Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline. Proprietary: RTX 4090 was the fastest.

With Vulkan ray-tracing using Quake II RTX was no real change in performance when switching to the open kernel driver.

Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2560 x 1440, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Ultra, Renderer: OpenGL. Open: RTX 4090 was the fastest.
FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Demo: FurMark OpenGL, MSAA: 8. Proprietary: RTX 4090 was the fastest.
FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Demo: FurMark OpenGL, MSAA: 8. Open: RTX 4090 was the fastest.
FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Demo: FurMark OpenGL, MSAA: 8. Open: RTX 4090 was the fastest.
FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Demo: FurMark Vulkan, MSAA: 8. Open: RTX 4090 was the fastest.
FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Demo: FurMark Vulkan, MSAA: 8. Open: RTX 4090 was the fastest.

Across a variety of demanding GPU benchmarks the NVIDIA R550 open kernel driver continued to perform on-par with the proprietary driver for these GeForce RTX 40 graphics cards.


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