Nouveau Linux 4.10 Mesa 13.1-dev vs. NVIDIA Benchmarks Nouveau testing on the Linux 4.10 kernel with Mesa 13.1-dev then compared to NVIDIA binary driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on phoronix.com. Open-Source: 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, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: 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, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: 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, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: 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, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: 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, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Closed-Source: 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 Closed-Source: 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 Closed-Source: 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 Closed-Source: 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 Closed-Source: 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 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 54.24 |============== Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 45.47 |============ Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 84.12 |====================== Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 8.60 |== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 12.40 |=== Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 81.54 |====================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 66.67 |================== Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 129.85 |=================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 132.47 |=================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 160.89 |=========================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 19.20 |========= Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 17.57 |========= Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 26.40 |============= Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 6.67 |=== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 6.63 |=== Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 41.67 |==================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 35.90 |================== Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 63.77 |=============================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 73.43 |==================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 89.77 |============================================ ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 158.73 |============================= Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 149.03 |=========================== Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 200.27 |===================================== Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 22.30 |==== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 39.33 |======= Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 191.13 |=================================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 182.10 |================================= Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 231.40 |========================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 225.57 |========================================= Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 234.73 |=========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 82.69 |================= Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 72.50 |=============== Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 133.55 |=========================== Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 18.53 |==== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 26.86 |===== Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 111.32 |====================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 98.65 |==================== Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 171.11 |================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 181.97 |===================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 213.43 |=========================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 102.00 |================================ Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 89.55 |============================ Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 135.38 |========================================== Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 17.21 |===== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 27.89 |========= Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 122.72 |====================================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 109.65 |================================== Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 136.27 |========================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 137.67 |=========================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 138.16 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 343.31 |================================= Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 321.68 |=============================== Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 396.51 |======================================= Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 60.30 |====== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 112.26 |=========== Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 413.64 |======================================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 395.20 |====================================== Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 435.03 |========================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 438.58 |=========================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 441.63 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 130.87 |===================== Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 112.69 |=================== Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 202.29 |================================= Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 20.72 |=== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 35.46 |====== Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 166.70 |=========================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 143.47 |======================== Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 251.70 |========================================= Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 217.70 |==================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 261.87 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 1128 |=================== Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 920 |=============== Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 2041 |================================== Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 161 |=== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 278 |===== Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 1324 |====================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 1038 |================= Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 2085 |=================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 2034 |================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 2676 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 69927 |================ Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 67063 |=============== Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 111085 |========================= Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 7332 |== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 13938 |=== Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 123427 |============================ Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 118467 |=========================== Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 171862 |======================================= Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 152076 |=================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 188047 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Open-Source: GTX 680 ...... 174 |================ Open-Source: GTX 760 ...... 137 |============ Open-Source: GTX 780 Ti ... 275 |========================= Open-Source: GTX 980 ...... 27 |== Open-Source: GTX 980 Ti ... 37 |=== Closed-Source: GTX 680 .... 219 |==================== Closed-Source: GTX 760 .... 167 |=============== Closed-Source: GTX 780 Ti . 355 |================================ Closed-Source: GTX 980 .... 395 |==================================== Closed-Source: GTX 980 Ti . 508 |==============================================