Kernel415
A Display Driver comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite.


linux4.15-nv415: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 427GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1683/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-72-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.27, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

linux4.15-nv440: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 427GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1683/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-72-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.44, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

linux5.3-nv440: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X-Designare-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 427GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1683/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.44, OpenGL: 4.6.0, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 . 590.00 |=====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 . 581.93 |====================================================
linux5.3-nv440 .. 490.37 |============================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 . 286.65 |=====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 . 286.06 |=====================================================
linux5.3-nv440 .. 288.47 |=====================================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Windowed - Renderer: D3D11
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 . 48.77 |======================================================
linux4.15-nv440 . 48.49 |======================================================
linux5.3-nv440 .. 48.53 |======================================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: D3D11
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 . 50.73 |======================================================
linux4.15-nv440 . 47.50 |===================================================
linux5.3-nv440 .. 49.05 |====================================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 . 213.90 |=====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 . 214.02 |=====================================================
linux5.3-nv440 .. 214.25 |=====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Windowed
Points > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 . 86787 |=====================================================
linux4.15-nv440 . 87708 |======================================================
linux5.3-nv440 .. 87333 |======================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 . 88820 |======================================================
linux4.15-nv440 . 88115 |======================================================
linux5.3-nv440 .. 88339 |======================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
linux4.15-nv415 . MIN: 1.0  AVG: 1.7   MAX: 31.0 
linux4.15-nv440 . MIN: 1.0  AVG: 1.7   MAX: 7.0 
linux5.3-nv440 .. MIN: 1.0  AVG: 1.7   MAX: 33.0