Nouveau Maxwell performance improvements then compared to binary driver. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Vulkan Compiler File-System Screen Resolution GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 GTX 750 Ti GTX 980 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 NVIDIA 375.27.03 NVIDIA 375.27.03 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0 Intel Skylake 16384MB 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB Realtek ALC1150 Acer B286HK Intel Connection Ubuntu 16.10 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104 Unity 7.5.0 X Server 1.18.4 nouveau 1.0.13 4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4 1.0.21 GCC 6.2.0 20161005 ext4 1920x1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz) 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64) NVIDIA 375.27.03 4.5.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave Graphics Details - 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: EXA Kernel Details - GTX 750 Ti: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10, GTX 750: Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10: nouveau.config=NvBoost=2
openarena: 1920 x 1080 tesseract: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra etlegacy: Renderer2 - 1920 x 1080 bioshock-infinite: 1920 x 1080 - Low csgo: 1920 x 1080 dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGL portal: 1920 x 1080 GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 GTX 750 Ti GTX 980 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 NVIDIA 375.27.03 NVIDIA 375.27.03 89.13 64.54 219.06 86.16 88.17 16.85 34.24 8.67 78.97 138.07 155.86 339.12 188.38 193.40 44.19 59.03 25.33 204.98 121.30 138.62 336.25 167.28 186.70 38.61 53.07 21.80 181.50 216.60 183.64 365.11 208.16 229.23 84.93 99.98 64.37 254.52 257.13 204.43 363.53 229.54 234.63 95.53 118.79 74.43 293.65 486.07 379.16 365.62 284.56 244.97 186.42 203.04 129.40 771.85 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 3.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 89.13 486.07 138.07 257.13 121.30 216.60
Tesseract Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 1.95, N = 3 SE +/- 1.87, N = 3 SE +/- 1.48, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 64.54 379.16 155.86 204.43 138.62 183.64
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 1.41, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 219.06 365.62 339.12 363.53 336.25 365.11
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 3.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 86.16 284.56 188.38 229.54 167.28 208.16
ET: Legacy Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 1.18, N = 3 88.17 244.97 193.40 234.63 186.70 229.23
BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.71, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 16.85 186.42 44.19 95.53 38.61 84.93
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 2.41, N = 6 34.24 203.04 59.03 118.79 53.07 99.98
Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 8.67 129.40 25.33 74.43 21.80 64.37
Portal Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Portal Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 170 340 510 680 850 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 5.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 78.97 771.85 204.98 293.65 181.50 254.52
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time GTX 980 GTX 750 Ti GTX 750 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Mesa 17 Git + Linux 4.10 NVIDIA 375.27.03 6 12 18 24 30 Min: 4 / Avg: 11.14 / Max: 26 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.02 / Max: 6 Min: 4 / Avg: 7.28 / Max: 20 Min: 2 / Avg: 3.88 / Max: 12 Min: 4 / Avg: 8.25 / Max: 20 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.61 / Max: 12
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