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.

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GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
January 15 2017
 
GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
January 14 2017
 
GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10
January 14 2017
 
GTX 750: NVIDIA 375.27.03
January 15 2017
 
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January 15 2017
 
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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","GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10","GTX 750: 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" Processor,,Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores),Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores),Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores),Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores),Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores),Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) Motherboard,,MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0,MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0,MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0,MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0,MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0,MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0 Chipset,,Intel Skylake,Intel Skylake,Intel Skylake,Intel Skylake,Intel Skylake,Intel Skylake Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB Disk,,256GB TOSHIBA-RD400,256GB TOSHIBA-RD400,256GB TOSHIBA-RD400,256GB TOSHIBA-RD400,256GB TOSHIBA-RD400,256GB TOSHIBA-RD400 Graphics,,NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB,NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB,eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB,eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz) Audio,,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150 Monitor,,Acer B286HK,Acer B286HK,Acer B286HK,,, Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection OS,,Ubuntu 16.10,Ubuntu 16.10,Ubuntu 16.10,Ubuntu 16.10,Ubuntu 16.10,Ubuntu 16.10 Kernel,,4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104,4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104,4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104,4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64),4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64),4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64) Desktop,,Unity 7.5.0,Unity 7.5.0,Unity 7.5.0,Unity 7.5.0,Unity 7.5.0,Unity 7.5.0 Display Server,,X Server 1.18.4,X Server 1.18.4,X Server 1.18.4,X Server 1.18.4,X Server 1.18.4,X Server 1.18.4 Display Driver,,nouveau 1.0.13,nouveau 1.0.13,nouveau 1.0.13,NVIDIA 375.27.03,NVIDIA 375.27.03,NVIDIA 375.27.03 OpenGL,,4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4,4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4,4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4,4.5.0,4.5.0,4.5.0 Vulkan,,1.0.21,1.0.21,1.0.21,1.0.21,1.0.21,1.0.21 Compiler,,GCC 6.2.0 20161005,GCC 6.2.0 20161005,GCC 6.2.0 20161005,GCC 6.2.0 20161005,GCC 6.2.0 20161005,GCC 6.2.0 20161005 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 ,,"GTX 980: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10","GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10","GTX 750: 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" "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,89.13,138.07,121.30,216.60,257.13,486.07 "Tesseract - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,64.54,155.86,138.62,183.64,204.43,379.16 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,219.06,339.12,336.25,365.11,363.53,365.62 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,86.16,188.38,167.28,208.16,229.54,284.56 "ET: Legacy - Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,88.17,193.40,186.70,229.23,234.63,244.97 "BioShock Infinite - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,16.85,44.19,38.61,84.93,95.53,186.42 "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,34.24,59.03,53.07,99.98,118.79,203.04 "Dota 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,8.67,25.33,21.80,64.37,74.43,129.40 "Portal - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,78.97,204.98,181.50,254.52,293.65,771.85 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,11.14,7.28,8.25,4.61,3.88,2.02