Nouveau GTX Kepler Pstate Reclocking vs. Blob Linux 4.6 Testing Nouveau Linux 4.6 kernel testing with the GeForce GTX 600/700 Kepler series 3D support compared to NVIDIA binary driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Nouveau Default: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160322, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-511ce29 2016-03-25 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Nouveau 0f: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160322, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-511ce29 2016-03-25 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Nouveau Default: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160322, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-511ce29 2016-03-25 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Nouveau 0f: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160322, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-511ce29 2016-03-25 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Nouveau Default: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160322, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-511ce29 2016-03-25 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Nouveau 0f: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160322, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-511ce29 2016-03-25 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 NVIDIA 364.12: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.12, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.5, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 NVIDIA 364.12: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.12, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.5, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 NVIDIA 364.12: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.12, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.5, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160320, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti . 98.93 |======== Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti ...... 152.67 |============= Nouveau Default: GTX 760 .... 66.00 |====== Nouveau 0f: GTX 760 ......... 115.13 |========== Nouveau Default: GTX 680 .... 67.27 |====== Nouveau 0f: GTX 680 ......... 304.77 |========================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680 ...... 418.93 |==================================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760 ...... 347.18 |============================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti ... 479.85 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 10.1 MAX: 26.0 Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.6 MAX: 18.0 Nouveau Default: GTX 760 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 15.2 MAX: 43.0 Nouveau 0f: GTX 760 ......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.8 MAX: 22.0 Nouveau Default: GTX 680 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 14.8 MAX: 41.0 Nouveau 0f: GTX 680 ......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 13.0 NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 6.0 NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 12.0 NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 11.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti . 58.48 |======= Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti ...... 123.80 |================ Nouveau Default: GTX 760 .... 40.40 |===== Nouveau 0f: GTX 760 ......... 89.95 |=========== Nouveau Default: GTX 680 .... 41.01 |===== Nouveau 0f: GTX 680 ......... 231.56 |============================= NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680 ...... 265.46 |================================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760 ...... 237.19 |============================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti ... 324.56 |========================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti . 24.43 |====== Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti ...... 47.54 |=========== Nouveau Default: GTX 760 .... 17.42 |==== Nouveau 0f: GTX 760 ......... 32.82 |======== Nouveau Default: GTX 680 .... 17.84 |==== Nouveau 0f: GTX 680 ......... 90.18 |===================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680 ...... 111.46 |========================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760 ...... 98.53 |======================= NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti ... 173.04 |========================================= Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti . 72.27 |======================== Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti ...... 121.33 |======================================== Nouveau Default: GTX 760 .... 48.82 |================ Nouveau 0f: GTX 760 ......... 102.19 |================================== Nouveau Default: GTX 680 .... 50.00 |================ Nouveau 0f: GTX 680 ......... 124.90 |========================================= NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680 ...... 111.53 |===================================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760 ...... 111.25 |===================================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti ... 111.61 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti . 97.51 |========= Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti ...... 233.74 |====================== Nouveau Default: GTX 760 .... 64.40 |====== Nouveau 0f: GTX 760 ......... 187.57 |================== Nouveau Default: GTX 680 .... 65.76 |====== Nouveau 0f: GTX 680 ......... 337.74 |================================ NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680 ...... 419.87 |======================================= NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760 ...... 399.15 |===================================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti ... 438.14 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti . 36.64 |===== Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti ...... 97.34 |============= Nouveau Default: GTX 760 .... 23.32 |=== Nouveau 0f: GTX 760 ......... 70.16 |========= Nouveau Default: GTX 680 .... 24.23 |=== Nouveau 0f: GTX 680 ......... 188.07 |========================= NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680 ...... 213.47 |============================ NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760 ...... 191.22 |========================= NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti ... 312.99 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti . 32.18 |====== Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti ...... 73.16 |============= Nouveau Default: GTX 760 .... 19.92 |=== Nouveau 0f: GTX 760 ......... 49.09 |======== Nouveau Default: GTX 680 .... 18.65 |=== Nouveau 0f: GTX 680 ......... 145.60 |========================= NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680 ...... 156.06 |=========================== NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760 ...... 133.91 |======================= NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti ... 239.48 |=========================================