Nouveau Maxwell performance improvements then compared to binary driver. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Nouveau Git Maxwell vs. NVIDIA Linux Driver
Nouveau Maxwell performance improvements then compared to binary driver. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.13, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03:
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.27.03, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Portal
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 78.97 |===
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 204.98 |========
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 181.50 |========
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 254.52 |===========
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 293.65 |============
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 771.85 |================================
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 34.24 |=====
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 59.03 |=========
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 53.07 |========
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 99.98 |================
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 118.79 |===================
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 203.04 |================================
Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 64.54 |=====
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 155.86 |=============
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 138.62 |============
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 183.64 |===============
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 204.43 |=================
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 379.16 |================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 89.13 |======
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 138.07 |=========
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 121.30 |========
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 216.60 |==============
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 257.13 |=================
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 486.07 |================================
Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 86.16 |==========
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 188.38 |=====================
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 167.28 |===================
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 208.16 |=======================
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 229.54 |==========================
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 284.56 |================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 26.0
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 20.0
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 20.0
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.6 MAX: 12.0
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 12.0
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 6.0
ET: Legacy 2.75
Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 88.17 |============
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 193.40 |=========================
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 186.70 |========================
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 229.23 |==============================
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 234.63 |===============================
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 244.97 |================================
Dota 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 8.67 |==
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 25.33 |======
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 21.80 |=====
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 64.37 |================
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 74.43 |==================
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 129.40 |================================
BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 16.85 |===
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 44.19 |========
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 38.61 |=======
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 84.93 |===============
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 95.53 |================
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 186.42 |================================
Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 219.06 |===================
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 . 339.12 |==============================
GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 .... 336.25 |=============================
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 365.11 |================================
GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ......... 363.53 |================================
GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03 ............ 365.62 |================================