Dota 2 Vulkan NVIDIA New Comparison NVIDIA Vulkan Dota 2 tests redone. Tests by Michael Larabel. 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3069MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 970: 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: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4093MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6141MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX TITAN X: 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 TITAN X 12285MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2: 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: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4093MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4093MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 69 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 64 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 57 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1 AVG: 56 MAX: 100 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 22.5 MAX: 44.2 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 22.9 MAX: 45.1 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 22.7 MAX: 38.5 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 23.1 MAX: 44.1 Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 83 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 89 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 85 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1 AVG: 84 MAX: 100 Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 11.6 MAX: 24.3 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.5 AVG: 14.9 MAX: 37.6 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 0.5 AVG: 18.1 MAX: 29.3 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 5.3 AVG: 18.6 MAX: 27.3 Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti ....... 63.95 |================================= GeForce GTX 970 .......... 36.17 |=================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ....... 84.83 |=========================================== GeForce GTX TITAN X ...... 87.97 |============================================= GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2 . 57.93 |============================== GeForce GTX 980 .......... 65.50 |================================== Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 91 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 89 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 80 MAX: 99 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1 AVG: 79 MAX: 99 Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.5 AVG: 32.7 MAX: 44.2 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 0.5 AVG: 33.9 MAX: 45.1 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 0.8 AVG: 28.5 MAX: 38.1 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 28.9 MAX: 38.8 Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti ....... 83.33 |==================================== GeForce GTX 970 .......... 87.60 |====================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ....... 99.70 |=========================================== GeForce GTX TITAN X ...... 101.00 |============================================ GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2 . 87.93 |====================================== GeForce GTX 980 .......... 95.73 |========================================== Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 85 MAX: 99 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 86 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 68 MAX: 97 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1 AVG: 66 MAX: 97 Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.8 AVG: 21.3 MAX: 32.3 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 0.8 AVG: 21.5 MAX: 33.8 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 0.3 AVG: 22.2 MAX: 33.3 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.3 AVG: 23.1 MAX: 44.1 Dota 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti ....... 114.13 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 970 .......... 111.57 |========================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ....... 117.23 |============================================ GeForce GTX TITAN X ...... 115.40 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2 . 110.10 |========================================= GeForce GTX 980 .......... 117.17 |============================================ Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 72 MAX: 99 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 64 MAX: 95 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 54 MAX: 85 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1 AVG: 53 MAX: 82 Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 28.7 MAX: 38.3 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.5 AVG: 28.3 MAX: 38.9 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 37.0 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.3 AVG: 27.8 MAX: 37.4 Dota 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti ....... 100.20 |============================================ GeForce GTX 970 .......... 100.17 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti ....... 99.67 |============================================ GeForce GTX TITAN X ...... 100.30 |============================================ GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2 . 100.43 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 .......... 100.17 |============================================ Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 66.8 MAX: 95.0 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 62.5 MAX: 97.0 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 50.9 MAX: 96.0 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 49.9 MAX: 93.0 Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 2.5 AVG: 22.0 MAX: 38.5 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 21.4 MAX: 33.9 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 4.2 AVG: 22.4 MAX: 33.8 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.8 AVG: 22.8 MAX: 38.4 Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti ....... 116.10 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 970 .......... 116.13 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ....... 116.40 |============================================ GeForce GTX TITAN X ...... 117.50 |============================================ GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2 . 117.27 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 .......... 116.40 |============================================ Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 55.4 MAX: 96.0 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 47.2 MAX: 75.0 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 43.5 MAX: 72.0 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 41.0 MAX: 71.0 Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.8 AVG: 28.3 MAX: 38.0 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 0.8 AVG: 28.2 MAX: 37.9 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 27.7 MAX: 36.8 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.5 AVG: 29.1 MAX: 37.7 Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti ....... 99.40 |============================================ GeForce GTX 970 .......... 99.67 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti ....... 99.60 |============================================ GeForce GTX TITAN X ...... 99.67 |============================================ GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2 . 100.23 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 .......... 100.40 |============================================ Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 53.3 MAX: 94.0 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 48.4 MAX: 96.0 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 40.1 MAX: 77.0 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 39.5 MAX: 78.0 Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.3 AVG: 21.7 MAX: 35.8 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.8 AVG: 22.0 MAX: 33.5 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1.5 AVG: 21.7 MAX: 35.6 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.3 AVG: 21.8 MAX: 40.0 Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti ....... 118.37 |============================================ GeForce GTX 970 .......... 118.53 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti ....... 117.93 |=========================================== GeForce GTX TITAN X ...... 117.13 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2 . 119.57 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 .......... 117.80 |=========================================== Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 50.2 MAX: 81.0 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 39.5 MAX: 66.0 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 38.9 MAX: 64.0 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 36.3 MAX: 61.0 Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 28.1 MAX: 39.4 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 27.5 MAX: 40.5 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 27.8 MAX: 38.5 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 27.6 MAX: 38.5 Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti ....... 101.93 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 970 .......... 102.43 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti ....... 103.23 |============================================ GeForce GTX TITAN X ...... 102.10 |============================================ GeForce GTX 970 - Take 2 . 101.87 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 .......... 102.80 |============================================