Nouveau Git Maxwell vs. NVIDIA Linux Driver Nouveau Maxwell performance improvements then compared to binary driver. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 38.61 |======= GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 44.19 |======== GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 16.85 |=== GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 84.93 |=============== GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 95.53 |================ GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 186.42 |================================ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 53.07 |======== GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 59.03 |========= GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 34.24 |===== GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 99.98 |================ GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 118.79 |=================== GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 203.04 |================================ Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 21.80 |===== GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 25.33 |====== GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 8.67 |== GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 64.37 |================ GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 74.43 |================== GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 129.40 |================================ ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 186.70 |======================== GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 193.40 |========================= GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 88.17 |============ GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 229.23 |============================== GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 234.63 |=============================== GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 244.97 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 121.30 |======== GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 138.07 |========= GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 89.13 |====== GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 216.60 |============== GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 257.13 |================= GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 486.07 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 20.0 GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 20.0 GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 26.0 GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.6 MAX: 12.0 GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 12.0 GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 6.0 Portal Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 181.50 |======== GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 204.98 |======== GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 78.97 |=== GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 254.52 |=========== GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 293.65 |============ GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 771.85 |================================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 138.62 |============ GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 155.86 |============= GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 64.54 |===== GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 183.64 |=============== GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 204.43 |================= GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 379.16 |================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 336.25 |============================= GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 339.12 |============================== GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 219.06 |=================== GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 365.11 |================================ GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 363.53 |================================ GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 365.62 |================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 167.28 |=================== GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 188.38 |===================== GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 86.16 |========== GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 208.16 |======================= GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 229.54 |========================== GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 284.56 |================================