Nouveau Linux 4.10 Mesa 13.1-dev Benchmarks Nouveau testing on the Linux 4.10 kernel with Mesa 13.1-dev. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on phoronix.com. Stock: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Stock: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Stock: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate NvBoost: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Stock: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate NvBoost: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Stock: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate NvBoost: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate: GTX 750 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate: GTX 650: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 8.60 |==== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 12.40 |====== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 17.97 |========= 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 74.70 |==================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 84.12 |======================================== Stock: GTX 760 ................ 10.83 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 40.42 |=================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 45.47 |====================== Stock: GTX 680 ................ 11.20 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 51.71 |========================= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 54.24 |========================== 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 7.65 |==== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 8.65 |==== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 15.53 |======= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 15.56 |======= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 6.67 |========== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 6.63 |========== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 5.80 |========= 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 22.90 |=================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 26.40 |======================================== Stock: GTX 760 ................ 6.80 |========== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 15.90 |======================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 17.57 |=========================== Stock: GTX 680 ................ 6.90 |========== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 18.53 |============================ 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 19.20 |============================= 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 6.53 |========== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 6.27 |========== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 7.10 |=========== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 7.13 |=========== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 22.30 |==== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 39.33 |======== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 32.30 |====== 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 191.10 |===================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 200.27 |======================================= Stock: GTX 760 ................ 21.40 |==== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 140.23 |=========================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 149.03 |============================= Stock: GTX 680 ................ 21.50 |==== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 159.47 |=============================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 158.73 |=============================== 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 37.90 |======= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 41.80 |======== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 59.33 |============ 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 60.03 |============ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 18.53 |===== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 26.86 |======== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 24.37 |======= 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 117.91 |================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 133.55 |======================================= Stock: GTX 760 ................ 18.18 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 66.91 |==================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 72.50 |===================== Stock: GTX 680 ................ 18.28 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 80.83 |======================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 82.69 |======================== 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 20.41 |====== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 22.00 |====== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 29.25 |========= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 29.28 |========= Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 17.21 |===== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 27.89 |======== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 26.82 |======== 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 129.94 |===================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 135.38 |======================================= Stock: GTX 760 ................ 17.65 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 82.01 |======================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 89.55 |========================== Stock: GTX 680 ................ 18.14 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 98.54 |============================ 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 102.00 |============================= 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 21.63 |====== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 33.33 |========== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 33.63 |========== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 60.30 |====== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 112.26 |=========== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 80.13 |======== 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 386.94 |====================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 396.51 |======================================= Stock: GTX 760 ................ 54.22 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 309.15 |============================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 321.68 |================================ Stock: GTX 680 ................ 56.00 |====== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 348.16 |================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 343.31 |================================== 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 134.33 |============= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 72.56 |======= 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 135.50 |============= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 138.14 |============== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 20.72 |==== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 35.46 |======= Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 31.10 |====== 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 181.90 |=================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 202.29 |======================================= Stock: GTX 760 ................ 19.67 |==== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 103.19 |==================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 112.69 |====================== Stock: GTX 680 ................ 20.57 |==== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 127.72 |========================= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 130.87 |========================= 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 27.56 |===== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 23.62 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 39.92 |======== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 40.20 |======== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 161 |=== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 278 |====== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 261 |===== 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 1801 |==================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 2041 |========================================= Stock: GTX 760 ................ 152 |=== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 818 |================ 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 920 |================== Stock: GTX 680 ................ 151 |=== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 1081 |====================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 1128 |======================= 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 140 |=== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 152 |=== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 274 |====== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 274 |====== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 7332 |=== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 13938 |===== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 10132 |==== 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 97926 |================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 111085 |======================================= Stock: GTX 760 ................ 7029 |== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 64276 |======================= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 67063 |======================== Stock: GTX 680 ................ 7354 |=== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 70844 |========================= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 69927 |========================= 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 31232 |=========== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 16443 |====== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 25413 |========= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 26409 |========= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Stock: GTX 980 ................ 27 |==== Stock: GTX 980 Ti ............. 37 |====== Stock: GTX 780 Ti ............. 89 |============== 0f pstate: GTX 780 Ti ......... 242 |===================================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 780 Ti . 275 |========================================== Stock: GTX 760 ................ 50 |======== 0f pstate: GTX 760 ............ 121 |================== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 760 .... 137 |===================== Stock: GTX 680 ................ 53 |======== 0f pstate: GTX 680 ............ 165 |========================= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 680 .... 174 |=========================== 0f pstate: GTX 750 Ti ......... 17 |=== 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 750 Ti . 19 |=== 0f pstate: GTX 650 ............ 45 |======= 0f pstate NvBoost: GTX 650 .... 45 |=======