Vulkan vs. OpenGL Linux DoW 3 Dawn of War III Linux vs. OpenGL tests for a future article. Vulkan: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-53-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 OpenGL: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-53-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dawn of War III Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Graphics Preset: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan . 139.61 |============================================================== OpenGL . 92.96 |========================================= Dawn of War III CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Vulkan . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 25.0 MAX: 38.3 OpenGL . MIN: 0.8 AVG: 31.9 MAX: 48.0 Dawn of War III Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Graphics Preset: Maximum Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan . 76.26 |=========================================================== OpenGL . 81.30 |=============================================================== Dawn of War III CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Vulkan . MIN: 1.5 AVG: 21.5 MAX: 34.5 OpenGL . MIN: 14.2 AVG: 32.5 MAX: 46.7 Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan . 95.94 |============================================================= OpenGL . 99.31 |=============================================================== Dawn of War III CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Vulkan . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 22.7 MAX: 37.7 OpenGL . MIN: 0.5 AVG: 32.6 MAX: 50.1 Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Maximum Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan . 75.80 |=========================================================== OpenGL . 81.54 |=============================================================== Dawn of War III CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Vulkan . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 21.4 MAX: 35.2 OpenGL . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 31.9 MAX: 48.5 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent Vulkan . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 18.7 MAX: 38.3 OpenGL . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 26.6 MAX: 50.1