NVIDIA Kepler Vulkan Linux NVIDIA Kepler Vulkan benchmarks plus some Maxwell parts for reference. Tests by Michael. GeForce GTX 680: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-57-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 760: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-57-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 780 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-57-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-57-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-57-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ AGILITY3 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1ER1 + 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048MB (941/3004MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57781 Gigabit PCIe + Qualcomm Atheros AR5416 Wireless OS: LinuxMint 18.1, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.2.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.57, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Dota 2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .................... 129.70 |================================= GeForce GTX 760 .................... 130.80 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ................. 130.27 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 .................... 129.76 |================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti ................. 131.73 |================================== Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti . 94.93 |========================= Dota 2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .................... 125.03 |================================== GeForce GTX 760 .................... 126.50 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ................. 125.93 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 .................... 125.87 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ................. 126.03 |================================== Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti . 102.30 |=========================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .................... 133.80 |================================== GeForce GTX 760 .................... 133.70 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ................. 133.03 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 .................... 132.97 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ................. 133.93 |================================== Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti . 97.40 |========================= Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .................... 128.80 |================================== GeForce GTX 760 .................... 128.60 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ................. 130.17 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 .................... 129.90 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ................. 127.57 |================================= Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti . 104.73 |=========================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .................... 115.93 |=============================== GeForce GTX 760 .................... 104.73 |============================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti ................. 128.63 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 .................... 128.60 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ................. 128.23 |================================== Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti . 91.30 |======================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .................... 113.80 |=============================== GeForce GTX 760 .................... 99.87 |=========================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ................. 123.67 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 .................... 125.37 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ................. 124.07 |================================== Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti . 95.77 |========================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .................... 41.70 |================ GeForce GTX 760 .................... 36.03 |============== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ................. 64.17 |========================= GeForce GTX 980 .................... 73.93 |============================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti ................. 88.93 |=================================== Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti . 34.03 |============= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .................... 40.97 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .................... 35.40 |=============== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ................. 58.70 |========================== GeForce GTX 980 .................... 66.73 |============================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti ................. 80.07 |=================================== Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti . 32.30 |============== The Talos Principle Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 13.08 |============== GeForce GTX 760 .... 12.37 |============= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 37.97 |========================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 46.82 |===================================================