Pascal NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1000 Series Blender 2.78a
Fresh NVIDIA CUDA Linux benchmarks with Blender by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


GeForce GTX 1050: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1316/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

GeForce GTX 1050 Ti: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1341/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

GeForce GTX 1060: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

GeForce GTX 1070: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1504/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

GeForce GTX 1080: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1596/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.10, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

initial test: 

	Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5677 @ 3.47GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X8DTL, Chipset: Intel 5500 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 128GB SAMSUNG MZVPV128HDGM-00000, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN Black 6144MB (888/3500MHz), Audio: Intel 82801JI, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection

	OS: LinuxMint 18, Kernel: 4.4.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.57, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Blender 2.78a
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CUDA
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GeForce GTX 1050 .... 389.91 |=================================================
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 342.35 |===========================================
GeForce GTX 1060 .... 233.76 |=============================
GeForce GTX 1070 .... 176.70 |======================
GeForce GTX 1080 .... 173.50 |======================
initial test ........ 231.54 |=============================


Blender 2.78a
Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CUDA
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GeForce GTX 1050 .... 1039.88 |================================================
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 896.74  |=========================================
GeForce GTX 1060 .... 668.05  |===============================
GeForce GTX 1070 .... 467.24  |======================
GeForce GTX 1080 .... 395.97  |==================
initial test ........ 637.48  |=============================


Blender 2.78a
Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CUDA
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GeForce GTX 1050 .... 769.75 |=================================================
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 686.23 |============================================
GeForce GTX 1060 .... 457.75 |=============================
GeForce GTX 1070 .... 350.05 |======================
GeForce GTX 1080 .... 360.32 |=======================
initial test ........ 402.35 |==========================


Blender 2.78a
Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CUDA
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GeForce GTX 1050 .... 1545.24 |================================================
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 1343.71 |==========================================
GeForce GTX 1060 .... 933.85  |=============================
GeForce GTX 1070 .... 694.91  |======================
GeForce GTX 1080 .... 633.20  |====================
initial test ........ 910.79  |============================