NVIDIA OpenGL: Windows 10 Pro vs. Ubuntu Linux Benchmarks

Similar to the Intel tests yesterday, the Xonotic build with the NVIDIA graphics driver ran significantly slower than the Windows tests. With the NVIDIA tests it was done at both 1080p and 4K but seemed to indicate some other sort of bottleneck taking place.

The GpuTest results were also strangely low for the NVIDIA proprietary driver on Linux.

The Xonotic and GpuTest results raise some concerns, but in all of the other OpenGL tests carried out on Ubuntu 15.10 and Windows 10 Pro x64, the performance between the two operating systems were incredibly close. In several tests it was nice to see that Ubuntu 15.10 even came out ahead on the three GeForce graphics cards. These tests largely just continue to prove that the performance and features/functionality of the NVIDIA Linux driver remains very close to that of the NVIDIA Windows driver; it's why many game studios/porters working on Linux games continue recommend using NVIDIA proprietary graphics. If you missed last month's articles, see 4K AMD/NVIDIA High-End GPU Comparison On SteamOS Linux and 22-Way Comparison Of NVIDIA & AMD Graphics Cards On SteamOS For Steam Linux Gaming.

With yesterday's Intel results, Skylake on Linux was slower than Windows. Coming up next will be some AMD Windows vs. Linux Radeon results.