NVIDIA Performance Per Dollar Linux Latest NVIDIA performance-per-dollar results head of RX 480 launch... GeForce GTX 950: 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 960: 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1164/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1070: 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (229/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1080: 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1163/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 32.50 |================= GeForce GTX 960 .... 41.60 |===================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 86.20 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 93.50 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 97.60 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 97.10 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ... 99.50 |=================================================== Dota 2 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 0.23 |========================================= GeForce GTX 960 .... 0.21 |====================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 0.29 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 0.19 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 0.20 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 0.22 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1080 ... 0.14 |========================= F1 2015 Test: 2560 x 1440 - Ultra Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 16.41 |========= GeForce GTX 960 .... 29.40 |================ GeForce GTX 970 .... 63.21 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 69.94 |====================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 79.73 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 86.48 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ... 94.39 |=================================================== F1 2015 Performance / Cost - Test: 2560 x 1440 - Ultra Quality Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 0.12 |============================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 0.15 |===================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 0.21 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 0.14 |=================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 0.16 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 0.19 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ... 0.14 |=================================== Meta Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 0.22 |================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 0.18 |========================================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 0.23 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 0.15 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 0.17 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 0.20 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1080 ... 0.14 |================================ Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.4.0 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 39.47 |=================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 37.69 |================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 69.73 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 75.90 |===================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 94.53 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 89.38 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ... 102.88 |================================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.4.0 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 0.28 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 0.19 |=================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 0.23 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 0.15 |============================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 0.19 |=================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 0.20 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ... 0.15 |============================ Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 32.14 |================ GeForce GTX 960 .... 36.94 |================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 55.77 |============================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 60.53 |============================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 72.94 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 83.01 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1080 ... 100.30 |================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 950 .... 0.23 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 0.19 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 0.19 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 0.12 |=========================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 0.15 |================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ... 0.18 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1080 ... 0.14 |================================