Dota 2 Vulkan New Comparison NVIDIA Vulkan Dota 2 tests redone. Tests by Michael Larabel. 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 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 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 Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... 102.43 |================================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 101.93 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 103.23 |================================================= GeForce GTX TITAN X . 102.10 |================================================ Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... 118.53 |================================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 118.37 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 117.93 |================================================= GeForce GTX TITAN X . 117.13 |================================================ Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... 99.67 |================================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 99.40 |================================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 99.60 |================================================== GeForce GTX TITAN X . 99.67 |================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... 116.13 |================================================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 116.10 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 116.40 |================================================= GeForce GTX TITAN X . 117.50 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... 100.17 |================================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 100.20 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 99.67 |================================================= GeForce GTX TITAN X . 100.30 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... 111.57 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 114.13 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 117.23 |================================================= GeForce GTX TITAN X . 115.40 |================================================ Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... 87.60 |========================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 83.33 |======================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 99.70 |================================================ GeForce GTX TITAN X . 101.00 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... 36.17 |===================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 63.95 |==================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 84.83 |================================================ GeForce GTX TITAN X . 87.97 |================================================== Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 27.5 MAX: 40.5 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 28.1 MAX: 39.4 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 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 39.5 MAX: 66.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 50.2 MAX: 81.0 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 970 ..... MIN: 1.8 AVG: 22.0 MAX: 33.5 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.3 AVG: 21.7 MAX: 35.8 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 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 48.4 MAX: 96.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 53.3 MAX: 94.0 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 970 ..... MIN: 0.8 AVG: 28.2 MAX: 37.9 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.8 AVG: 28.3 MAX: 38.0 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 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 47.2 MAX: 75.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 55.4 MAX: 96.0 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 970 ..... MIN: 0.3 AVG: 21.4 MAX: 33.9 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 2.5 AVG: 22.0 MAX: 38.5 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 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 62.5 MAX: 97.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 66.8 MAX: 95.0 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 970 ..... MIN: 1.5 AVG: 28.3 MAX: 38.9 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 28.7 MAX: 38.3 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 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 64 MAX: 95 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 72 MAX: 99 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 970 ..... MIN: 0.8 AVG: 21.5 MAX: 33.8 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.8 AVG: 21.3 MAX: 32.3 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 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 86 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 85 MAX: 99 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 970 ..... MIN: 0.5 AVG: 33.9 MAX: 45.1 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.5 AVG: 32.7 MAX: 44.2 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 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 89 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 91 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 970 ..... MIN: 1.5 AVG: 14.9 MAX: 37.6 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 11.6 MAX: 24.3 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 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 89 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 83 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 85 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1 AVG: 84 MAX: 100 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 0.0 AVG: 22.9 MAX: 45.1 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 22.5 MAX: 44.2 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 GPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 64 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 69 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1 AVG: 57 MAX: 100 GeForce GTX TITAN X . MIN: 1 AVG: 56 MAX: 100