NVIDIA Linux Driver Continues Running Strong Against The GeForce Windows Driver

For the synthetic GpuTest OpenGL benchmarks, the performance between the latest NVIDIA Linux and Windows drivers were very close aside from in the vRAM bandwidth limited triangle test where the NVIDIA Linux driver had the upper-hand.

While this range of OpenGL Linux vs. Windows benchmarks is limited due to not many of the newer Linux games being capable of fully-automated and reproducible benchmarking and some of the Steam games having less than desirable quality for their Linux ports, these numbers indicate the NVIDIA Linux binary blob is still in great standing. Traditionally the NVIDIA Linux vs. Windows OpenGL performance has been very close due to the largely shared code-base between Windows and the Linux/BSD/Solaris drivers; these results remain that way and if anything the NVIDIA Linux driver on Ubuntu 14.10 is now running even better than in the past.

Stay tuned for the GTX 970/980 Maxwell Windows vs. Linux benchmarks I'll have out in a few days when ignoring Nouveau's lack of support. There's also many other interesting Linux OpenGL benchmarks forthcoming on Phoronix. If you appreciate all of the exclusive Linux hardware testing done at Phoronix, please consider subscribing to Phoronix Premium.