NVIDIA's Open-Source Linux Kernel Driver Performing At Parity To Proprietary Driver

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 26 July 2024 at 01:19 PM EDT. Page 3 of 4. 64 Comments.
SPECViewPerf 2020 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Viewset: CREO-03. Proprietary: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
SPECViewPerf 2020 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Viewset: ENERGY-03. Proprietary: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
SPECViewPerf 2020 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Viewset: MEDICAL-O3. MIT GPL: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
SPECViewPerf 2020 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Viewset: SNX-04. MIT GPL: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
SPECViewPerf 2020 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Viewset: SOLIDWORKS-07. MIT GPL: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
SPECViewPerf 2020 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2560 x 1440, Viewset: CATIA-06. MIT GPL: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
SPECViewPerf 2020 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2560 x 1440, Viewset: SOLIDWORKS-07. MIT GPL: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
GPUScore: Breaking Limit benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Ray-Tracing: On. Proprietary: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
ParaView benchmark with settings of Test: Many Spheres, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. Proprietary: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
ParaView benchmark with settings of Test: Many Spheres, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. Proprietary: RTX A4000 was the fastest.
ParaView benchmark with settings of Test: Many Spheres, Resolution: 2560 x 1440. MIT GPL: RTX A4000 was the fastest.

Across various professional graphics workloads, both the NVIDIA RTX A2000 and A4000 graphics cards were also achieving the same performance whether on the open-source MIT/GPLv2 driver or using NVIDIA's classic proprietary driver.

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