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.

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Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti
March 27 2016
 
Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti
March 27 2016
 
Nouveau Default: GTX 760
March 27 2016
 
Nouveau 0f: GTX 760
March 27 2016
 
Nouveau Default: GTX 680
March 27 2016
 
Nouveau 0f: GTX 680
March 27 2016
 
NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 680
March 31 2016
 
NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760
March 31 2016
 
NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti
March 31 2016
 
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Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

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

Nouveau 0f: GTX 760

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB.

Nouveau Default: GTX 680

Nouveau 0f: GTX 680

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 760

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz).

NVIDIA 364.12: GTX 780 Ti

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz).

Nouveau GTX Kepler Pstate Reclocking vs. Blob Linux 4.6 TestingOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)Realtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201603224.4.0-15-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.1nouveau 1.0.12NVIDIA 364.124.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-511ce29 2016-03-25 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.44.5.0GCC 5.3.1 20160320ext43840x2160ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelsDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNouveau GTX Kepler Pstate Reclocking Vs. Blob Linux 4.6 Testing BenchmarksSystem Logs- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti, Nouveau 0f: GTX 780 Ti, Nouveau Default: GTX 760, Nouveau 0f: GTX 760, Nouveau Default: GTX 680, Nouveau 0f: GTX 680: EXA

openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 3840 x 2160tf2: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - UltraNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12 GTX 780 Ti GTX 780 Ti GTX 760 GTX 760 GTX 680 GTX 680 GTX 680 GTX 760 GTX 780 Ti98.9358.4824.4372.2797.5136.6432.18152.67123.8047.54121.33233.7497.3473.1666.0040.4017.4248.8264.4023.3219.92115.1389.9532.82102.19187.5770.1649.0967.2741.0117.8450.0065.7624.2318.65304.77231.5690.18124.90337.74188.07145.60418.93265.46111.46111.53419.87213.47156.06347.18237.1998.53111.25399.15191.22133.91479.85324.56173.04111.61438.14312.99239.48OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 680100200300400500SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 9.54, N = 6SE +/- 12.69, N = 6SE +/- 0.90, N = 398.9366.0067.27152.67115.13304.77479.85347.18418.93

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 68070140210280350SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 3.48, N = 3SE +/- 3.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 358.4840.4041.01123.8089.95231.56324.56237.19265.46

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 6804080120160200SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 324.4317.4217.8447.5432.8290.18173.0498.53111.46

Team Fortress 2

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080GTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 680306090120150SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 372.2748.8250.00121.33102.19124.90111.61111.25111.53

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowGTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 68090180270360450SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 2.13, N = 397.5164.4065.76233.74187.57337.74438.14399.15419.87

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighGTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 68070140210280350SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 1.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 336.6423.3224.2397.3470.16188.07312.99191.22213.47

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 68050100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 332.1819.9218.6573.1649.09145.60239.48133.91156.06

OpenArena

Nouveau DefaultNouveau 0fNVIDIA 364.12OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGTX 780 TiGTX 760GTX 680918273645Min: 1 / Avg: 10.13 / Max: 26Min: 1 / Avg: 15.16 / Max: 43Min: 1 / Avg: 14.77 / Max: 41Min: 1 / Avg: 6.62 / Max: 18Min: 1 / Avg: 8.76 / Max: 22Min: 1 / Avg: 3.26 / Max: 13Min: 1 / Avg: 2.03 / Max: 11Min: 1 / Avg: 2.77 / Max: 12Min: 1 / Avg: 2.36 / Max: 6

Nouveau Default: GTX 780 Ti

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 27 March 2016 11:44 by user phoronix.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 27 March 2016 13:04 by user phoronix.

Nouveau Default: GTX 760

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 27 March 2016 13:56 by user phoronix.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 27 March 2016 15:08 by user phoronix.

Nouveau Default: GTX 680

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 27 March 2016 15:42 by user phoronix.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 27 March 2016 16:21 by user phoronix.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

Testing initiated at 31 March 2016 09:44 by user phoronix.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

Testing initiated at 31 March 2016 10:18 by user phoronix.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance

Testing initiated at 31 March 2016 10:01 by user phoronix.