Nouveau Maxwell performance improvements then compared to binary driver. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1701159-RI-NOUVEAUGI98
Nouveau Git Maxwell vs. NVIDIA Linux Driver,
"BioShock Infinite - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",38.67,38.59,38.56
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",44.24,44.16,44.17
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",16.86,16.85,16.85
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",84.89,84.87,85.02
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",95.48,95.57,95.55
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",172.95,188.51,190.24,188.36,189.09,189.34
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",53.21,53.07,52.94
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",58.39,59.45,59.24
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",34.18,34.24,34.3
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",87.91,102.44,102.17,102.54,102.41,102.41
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",118.82,118.85,118.7
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",201.48,205.14,202.49
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",21.8,21.7,21.9
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",25.7,25.8,24.5
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",8.7,8.6,8.7
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",63.8,64.6,64.7
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",74.4,74.4,74.5
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",127.9,129.8,130.5
"ET: Legacy 2.75 - Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",186.3,186.6,187.2
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",193.3,193.3,193.6
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",88.3,87.7,88.5
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",226.9,230.7,230.1
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",232.7,236,235.2
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",242.7,246.6,245.6
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",121.3,121.6,121
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",138.4,138.9,136.9
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",89,88.9,89.5
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",216.6,216.7,216.5
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",257.9,256.4,257.1
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",486.4,480.3,491.5
"Portal - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",181.7,181.54,181.27
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",204.73,204.93,205.29
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",79.02,78.96,78.93
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",254.5,254.09,254.98
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",292.72,294.75,293.49
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",782.44,765.22,767.9
"Tesseract 2014-05-12 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",139.612,139.6333,136.6113
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",152.1486,157.2786,158.1516
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",65.08427,64.1934,64.35471
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",184.9427,183.5525,182.4352
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",207.0097,201.896,204.3828
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",379.0401,382.6019,375.8332
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",336.5156306,336.5574229,335.6877824
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",338.9752258,338.6918815,339.6858542
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",217.4377966,219.5082039,220.2197372
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",364.5911263,365.2469247,365.4778361
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",360.9025352,363.9328133,365.7409796
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",365.7143481,365.5241676,365.6117366
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",167.3469128,166.6808623,167.7981939
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",189.0058073,188.8341762,187.3034002
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",86.1119183,86.1393293,86.2219572
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",207.4678939,209.1007118,207.8970489
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",228.457197,230.0895591,230.075149
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",281.4997823,291.4564441,280.7260786
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",
"GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",
"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10",
"GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03",
"GTX 750 Ti: NVIDIA 375.27.03",
"GTX 980: NVIDIA 375.27.03",