NVIDIA 1080p 2014 vs. 2015 Linux
End of year 2015 Nouveau Linux graphics driver benchmarking compared to year prior. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.


End Of 2014:  GTX 650: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

End Of 2014:  GTX 680: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (862/1620MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

End Of 2014:  GTX 760: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (967/1620MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

End Of 2014: GTX 780 Ti: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/1620MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

End Of 2015: GTX 650: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

End Of 2015: GTX 680: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

End Of 2015: GTX 760: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

End Of 2015: GTX 780 Ti: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014:  GTX 650 ... 99.77  |========================
End Of 2014:  GTX 680 ... 139.02 |=================================
End Of 2014:  GTX 760 ... 132.07 |================================
End Of 2014: GTX 780 Ti . 128.30 |===============================
End Of 2015: GTX 650 .... 98.43  |========================
End Of 2015: GTX 680 .... 188.33 |=============================================
End Of 2015: GTX 760 .... 167.10 |========================================
End Of 2015: GTX 780 Ti . 141.07 |==================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
End Of 2014:  GTX 650 ... MIN: 4.0  AVG: 10.1  MAX: 25.0 
End Of 2014:  GTX 680 ... MIN: 2.0  AVG: 7.3   MAX: 17.0 
End Of 2014:  GTX 760 ... MIN: 3.0  AVG: 7.5   MAX: 24.0 
End Of 2014: GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 7.8   MAX: 24.0 
End Of 2015: GTX 650 .... MIN: 5.0  AVG: 10.1  MAX: 28.0 
End Of 2015: GTX 680 .... MIN: 1.0  AVG: 5.4   MAX: 17.0 
End Of 2015: GTX 760 .... MIN: 2.0  AVG: 5.9   MAX: 25.0 
End Of 2015: GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 7.1   MAX: 25.0 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014:  GTX 650 ... 94.74  |======================
End Of 2014:  GTX 680 ... 123.22 |=============================
End Of 2014:  GTX 760 ... 118.86 |============================
End Of 2014: GTX 780 Ti . 100.30 |=======================
End Of 2015: GTX 650 .... 91.46  |=====================
End Of 2015: GTX 680 .... 192.44 |=============================================
End Of 2015: GTX 760 .... 182.34 |===========================================
End Of 2015: GTX 780 Ti . 126.68 |==============================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014:  GTX 650 ... 75.38  |=================================
End Of 2014:  GTX 680 ... 86.56  |======================================
End Of 2014:  GTX 760 ... 85.74  |======================================
End Of 2014: GTX 780 Ti . 80.12  |====================================
End Of 2015: GTX 650 .... 80.72  |====================================
End Of 2015: GTX 680 .... 92.56  |=========================================
End Of 2015: GTX 760 .... 101.35 |=============================================
End Of 2015: GTX 780 Ti . 91.00  |========================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014:  GTX 650 ... 12.48 |=============
End Of 2014:  GTX 680 ... 21.22 |=======================
End Of 2014:  GTX 760 ... 19.94 |=====================
End Of 2014: GTX 780 Ti . 15.42 |================
End Of 2015: GTX 650 .... 12.42 |=============
End Of 2015: GTX 680 .... 43.15 |==============================================
End Of 2015: GTX 760 .... 30.14 |================================
End Of 2015: GTX 780 Ti . 19.91 |=====================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014:  GTX 650 ... 68.15  |===========================
End Of 2014:  GTX 680 ... 95.27  |======================================
End Of 2014:  GTX 760 ... 90.77  |====================================
End Of 2014: GTX 780 Ti . 80.91  |================================
End Of 2015: GTX 650 .... 67.33  |===========================
End Of 2015: GTX 680 .... 74.61  |=============================
End Of 2015: GTX 760 .... 113.86 |=============================================
End Of 2015: GTX 780 Ti . 95.98  |======================================