Nouveau Git Maxwell Better

Nouveau Maxwell performance improvements. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1701159-RI-NOUVEAUGI60&sro&grs.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGTX 750 TiGTX 980GTX 750 TiGTX 980 11 Jan Git 11 Jan Git 14 Jan Git 14 Jan GitIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Skylake16384MB256GB TOSHIBA-RD400NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MBRealtek ALC1150Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.104.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104Unity 7.5.0X Server 1.18.4nouveau 1.0.134.1 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.41.0.21GCC 6.2.0 20161005ext41920x1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MBOpenBenchmarking.orgKernel Details- GTX 750 Ti: 11 Jan Git, GTX 750 Ti: 14 Jan Git: nouveau.config=NvBoost=2Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- EXA

dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGLbioshock-infinite: 1920 x 1080 - Lowportal: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultracsgo: 1920 x 1080etlegacy: Renderer2 - 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - LowGTX 750 TiGTX 980GTX 750 TiGTX 980 11 Jan Git 11 Jan Git 14 Jan Git 14 Jan Git11.3723.59101.7468.15110.2226.69138.23105.57329.656.4713.1863.5651.3175.7223.9278.4380.93213.3325.3344.19204.98155.86188.3859.03193.40138.07339.128.6716.8578.9764.5486.1634.2488.1789.13219.06OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time11 Jan Git14 Jan Git612182430Min: 5 / Avg: 9.43 / Max: 21Min: 4 / Avg: 7.28 / Max: 20Min: 5 / Avg: 12.3 / Max: 26Min: 4 / Avg: 11.14 / Max: 26

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL11 Jan Git14 Jan Git612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 311.3725.336.478.67

BioShock Infinite

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low11 Jan Git14 Jan Git1020304050SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 323.5944.1913.1816.85

Portal

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterPortalResolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3101.74204.9863.5678.97

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git306090120150SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 368.15155.8651.3164.54

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra11 Jan Git14 Jan Git4080120160200SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3110.22188.3875.7286.16

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git1326395265SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 326.6959.0323.9234.24

ET: Legacy

Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git4080120160200SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3138.23193.4078.4388.17

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git306090120150SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3105.57138.0780.9389.13

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

GTX 750 TiGTX 980OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low11 Jan Git14 Jan Git70140210280350SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3329.65339.12213.33219.06

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