Kepler

Kepler is the NVIDIA codename of the graphics processors representing the GeForce 600 and 700 series hardware. GPUs based upon NVIDIA's Kepler architecture initially debuted in March of 2012. Kepler was succeeded by NVIDIA's Maxwell in February 2014. NVIDIA Kepler GPUs are supported under Linux by both the closed-source and open-source (Nouveau) drivers.

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Kepler Articles & Reviews

NVIDIA 470 EOL Drivers For Kepler Still Obliterating...   Display Drivers   30 Jun 2021
GeForce GTX 650 vs. GTX 1650 Performance For Linux...   Graphics Cards   15 May 2019
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760/960/1060 / RTX 2060 Linux...   Graphics Cards   15 Jan 2019
The GPU Compute Performance From The NVIDIA GeForce...   Graphics Cards   25 Dec 2018
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 To RTX 2080 Ti Graphics/Compute...   Graphics Cards   20 Sep 2018
September 2018 Drivers: The Current Linux Performance...   Display Drivers   11 Sep 2018
29-Way GPU Comparison On Linux From Kepler &...   Linux Gaming   01 Jun 2018
16-Way GPU Comparison With NVIDIA GPUs Going Back To...   Linux Gaming   15 Jan 2018
Nouveau Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4-dev vs. NVIDIA   Display Drivers   05 Nov 2017
21-Way NVIDIA Fermi/Kepler/Maxwell/Pascal OpenCL GPU...   Graphics Cards   31 May 2017
Nouveau Re-Clocked With DRM-Next Linux 4.12 + Mesa...   Display Drivers   27 Apr 2017
14-Way NVIDIA Kepler/Maxwell/Pascal OpenGL vs. Vulkan...   Graphics Cards   31 Mar 2017
14-Way NVIDIA GPU Comparison With Civilization VI On...   Linux Gaming   09 Feb 2017
Open-Source Nouveau Linux 4.10 + NvBoost vs. NVIDIA...   Display Drivers   07 Jan 2017
31-Way NVIDIA GeForce / AMD Radeon Linux OpenGL...   Graphics Cards   22 Dec 2016
Fresh OpenCL + CUDA 8.0 Benchmarks On...   Display Drivers   07 Nov 2016
Nouveau Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1-dev vs. NVIDIA OpenGL...   Display Drivers   14 Oct 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 vs. 760 vs. 960 vs. 1060 Linux...   Graphics Cards   20 Jul 2016
Performance & Perf-Per-Watt From NVIDIA's GeForce...   Graphics Cards   05 Jun 2016
Fresh Mesa 11.3-devel RadeonSI Tests On Ubuntu 16.04...   Display Drivers   28 Apr 2016
Nouveau Kepler On Linux 4.6 vs. NVIDIA's 364...   Display Drivers   04 Apr 2016
Nouveau Kepler vs. Maxwell Performance On Linux 4.6 +...   Display Drivers   30 Mar 2016
NVIDIA GeForce vs. Radeon/AMDGPU OpenGL Performance On...   Display Drivers   18 Mar 2016
NVIDIA GeForce GT 710: Trying The Newest Sub-$50 GPU...   Graphics Cards   06 Feb 2016
How Nouveau Compares To NVIDIA's Linux Driver When...   Display Drivers   27 Nov 2015
Early Radeon vs. Nouveau OpenGL Tests On Linux 4.4   Display Drivers   23 Nov 2015
Nouveau Kepler Re-Clocking Is Working A Lot Better On...   Display Drivers   20 Nov 2015
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 950 Is A $150+ Bargain For Linux...   Graphics Cards   20 Aug 2015
Linux Benchmarks Of NVIDIA's Early 2015 GeForce...   Display Drivers   23 Jan 2015
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980: The Best GPU For Linux Gamers   Graphics Cards   30 Sep 2014
Even With Re-Clocking, Nouveau Remains Behind NVIDIA's...   Display Drivers   28 Jul 2014
Trying Out The Jetson TK1, NVIDIA's High-End Tegra K1...   Computers   30 Apr 2014
NVIDIA Fermi/Kepler GPUs Are The Best Bet For Ubuntu...   Display Drivers   06 Apr 2014
NVIDIA GeForce 700 Series: Stick To The Binary Linux...   Display Drivers   21 Mar 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti "Maxwell"   Graphics Cards   18 Feb 2014
NVIDIA Is Still Killing AMD Over Linux OpenGL...   Display Drivers   20 Jan 2014
Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Works On Some GeForce 700...   Display Drivers   27 Nov 2013
NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN: Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 13.10   Graphics Cards   25 Nov 2013
Open-Source Nouveau Driver Remains Slow For NVIDIA's...   Display Drivers   29 Oct 2013
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 On Linux   Graphics Cards   23 Oct 2013
Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux Comparison Shows Shortcomings   Display Drivers   23 Apr 2013
Five-Way NVIDIA GeForce Comparison On Nouveau   Display Drivers   11 Jan 2013
NVIDIA GeForce 600 "Kepler" On Open-Source:...   Display Drivers   08 Jan 2013
NVIDIA Anti-Aliasing Benchmark Comparison   Display Drivers   21 Dec 2012
The Evolution Of NVIDIA's Kepler Driver Performance   Display Drivers   17 Jul 2012
NVIDIA Anti-Aliasing Performance Under Linux   Display Drivers   24 Jun 2012
NVIDIA GTX 680: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04   Graphics Cards   16 May 2012
Running The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 On An Open-Source...   Display Drivers   26 Apr 2012
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 "Kepler" On Linux   Graphics Cards   17 Apr 2012

Kepler Linux News

RISC-V With Linux 5.16 Enabling Open-Source NVIDIA...   RISC-V   13 Nov 2021
NVIDIA Contributing Tegra NVDEC Support To Linux 5.16   NVIDIA   10 Oct 2021
Intel Crocus, Linux 5.13, Other Vendor Happenings Made...   Phoronix   30 Jun 2021
NVIDIA Posts 470 Linux Driver Beta With Better Wayland...   NVIDIA   22 Jun 2021
NVIDIA Confirms Plans To Drop "Kepler" GPU...   NVIDIA   11 Jun 2021
NVIDIA 470 Series To Be The Last Supporting GTX...   NVIDIA   21 May 2021
NVIDIA Now Allows GeForce GPU Pass-Through For Windows...   NVIDIA   30 Mar 2021
NVIDIA 460.67 Linux Driver Brings A Few Fixes, 5.11...   NVIDIA   18 Mar 2021
Open-Source NVIDIA Support For Recent GPUs Is Poor But...   Nouveau   12 Jan 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Linux Driver/Support...   NVIDIA   15 Sep 2020
ASUS Releases Graphics Card That Could Actually Be...   Nouveau   13 Apr 2020
NVIDIA Posts Firmware Needed For Open-Source GeForce...   Nouveau   19 Feb 2020
Nouveau Gallium3D Finally Seeing Mesa Shader Disk...   Nouveau   17 Feb 2020
NVIDIA Launches Open-Source Video Processing Framework...   NVIDIA   16 Dec 2019
NVIDIA Looks To Have Some Sort Of Open-Source Driver...   NVIDIA   05 Dec 2019
The Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Will End Out 2019 In...   Nouveau   24 Nov 2019
NVIDIA DP MST Audio To Begin Working With The Linux...   NVIDIA   21 Nov 2019
NVIDIA Starts Publishing GPU Hardware Documentation To...   NVIDIA   07 Aug 2019
The Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Driver Gets...   Nouveau   19 Jul 2019
NVIDIA Firmware Blobs Get Updated To Help Some Pascal...   Nouveau   07 Jun 2019
Intel UHD Graphics 630 With Gallium3D Yields Roughly...   Intel   15 May 2019
Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Driver Sees Few...   Nouveau   01 May 2019
NVIDIA Kepler Mainline Driver Support Nears...   NVIDIA   09 Mar 2019
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Launch Today - Supported By The...   NVIDIA   22 Feb 2019
Linux 5.0, RTX 2060, ZoL & Other Topics Dominating...   Phoronix   01 Feb 2019
NVIDIA's 2018 Linux Highlights Included Some...   NVIDIA   30 Dec 2018
Nouveau Picks Up NV_shader_atomic_float For...   Nouveau   27 Dec 2018
It Looks Like We Won't See An Open-Source NVIDIA...   Nouveau   06 Dec 2018
Feral Announces Linux System Requirements For...   Linux Gaming   12 Nov 2018
System76 Unveils Thelio "Open" Desktops With...   Hardware   01 Nov 2018
Nouveau DRM Tree Sees Updates Ahead Of Linux 4.20   Nouveau   05 Oct 2018
NVIDIA Publishes Signed Volta Firmware Images For...   NVIDIA   01 Oct 2018
Speck, Steam Play, RTX 2080 & Linux Kernel...   Phoronix   01 Oct 2018
Q3 Was Exciting For Linux Enthusiasts With...   Phoronix   28 Sep 2018
Nouveau Developers Begin Reverse-Engineering NVIDIA...   NVIDIA   20 Sep 2018
NVIDIA Firmware Blobs Get Switched Up For Helping...   Nouveau   06 Sep 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Series Expectations On Linux   NVIDIA   03 Sep 2018
Nouveau Changes Queue Ahead Of Linux 4.19   Nouveau   19 Jul 2018
Windows Comparisons, Linux 4.18, Wine & Alternate...   Phoronix   01 Jul 2018
Open-Source NVIDIA Volta GV100 Support Queued For...   Nouveau   18 May 2018
NVIDIA Preparing To Drop Fermi Support From Their...   NVIDIA   07 Apr 2018
NVIDIA Vulkan Ray-Tracing Extensions Coming Soon,...   NVIDIA   02 Apr 2018
Nouveau Is On The Verge Of Having Basic Compute...   Nouveau   24 Mar 2018
NVIDIA's Jetson TK1 Is Being EOL'ed Next Month   Hardware   21 Mar 2018
With Vulkan 1.1 It's Technically Possible To Write A...   Vulkan   08 Mar 2018
Nouveau Gets ARB_bindless_texture Support For Maxwell...   Nouveau   18 Feb 2018
Nouveau Updates Submitted For Linux 4.16, Bringing...   Nouveau   09 Feb 2018
Kepler Clock Gating Queued In Nouveau DRM, Lowering...   Nouveau   04 Feb 2018
Updated Clock-Gating Comes For NVIDIA Kepler GPUs On...   Nouveau   26 Jan 2018
Red Hat Developer Manages Full Clock-Gating For Kepler...   Nouveau   15 Jan 2018
Nouveau NVC0 Gallium3D Lands OpenGL Bindless Texture...   Nouveau   07 Jan 2018
The Most Popular Articles On Phoronix In 2017   Phoronix   31 Dec 2017
Struggling Open-Source Support, Pascal Rocking &...   NVIDIA   16 Dec 2017
Features You Won't Find With The Mainline Linux 4.15...   Linux Kernel   28 Nov 2017
NVIDIA 387.34 Linux Driver Brings Vulkan Fixes   NVIDIA   24 Nov 2017
GeForce GTX 900 Series Re-Clocking Patches Updated By...   Nouveau   17 Nov 2017
Nouveau DRM Changes Queued For Linux 4.15   Nouveau   03 Nov 2017
Feral Releases F1 2017 For Linux, More Details On The...   Linux Gaming   02 Nov 2017
Etnaviv Gallium3D Driver Now Wiring Up ASTC Texture...   Mesa   02 Nov 2017
Nouveau Developers Remain Blocked By NVIDIA From...   Nouveau   23 Sep 2017
Nouveau's Meager Changes Queued Up In DRM-Next For...   Nouveau   22 Aug 2017
COMPOTE: Working On HMM/Compute For Open-Source NVIDIA...   Nouveau   10 Aug 2017
Nouveau Gets Thermal Throttling, One Step Closer For...   Nouveau   21 Jul 2017
Changes That You Won't Find In Linux 4.13   Linux Kernel   14 Jul 2017
GStreamer Adds NVDEC NVIDIA GPU Decoding Support   GNOME   27 Jun 2017
NVIDIA Fermi On Nouveau Makes Baby Steps Towards...   Nouveau   11 Apr 2017
Nouveau Gets Patches For OpenGL AZDO ARB_shader_ballot   Nouveau   08 Apr 2017
DRM Maintainers Are Running Out Of Time To Ship New...   Linux Kernel   03 Apr 2017
Nouveau's GTX 1000 Acceleration Support Queued In...   Nouveau   08 Mar 2017
Trying Nouveau With HITMAN On Linux Doesn't Get Too...   Nouveau   24 Feb 2017
Ten Features You Will Not Find In The Mainline Linux...   Linux Kernel   18 Feb 2017
Nouveau: Mesa 13.0 vs. 17.0 vs. 17.1-devel OpenGL...   Nouveau   11 Feb 2017
Trying Nouveau NVC0 Gallium3D With Civilization 6 On...   Nouveau   10 Feb 2017
Kabylake, GCC 7, Binary Blobs, Vulkan & Other...   Phoronix   31 Jan 2017
Nouveau Patches Begin Lining Up For Linux 4.11 Kernel   Nouveau   31 Jan 2017
300+ OpenCL ArrayFire Benchmarks On 13 NVIDIA GPUs   NVIDIA   23 Jan 2017
OpenGL 4.3 Lands For Maxwell With Nouveau Gallium3D,...   Mesa   12 Jan 2017
The POWER8 Libre System Looks Set To Fail, Now There's...   AMD   09 Jan 2017
OpenGL vs. Vulkan For Older NVIDIA Kepler GPUs (Early...   Vulkan   05 Jan 2017
Linux 4.9/4.10, Solaris Rumors, Graphics Driver News...   Phoronix   02 Jan 2017
A Green & Open Christmas: GL 4.3 For...   Nouveau   23 Dec 2016
Total War: WARHAMMER Linux Requirements Announced -...   Linux Gaming   21 Nov 2016
Initial NVIDIA GP102 Support In Nouveau DRM   Nouveau   08 Nov 2016
13-Way NVIDIA OpenGL vs. Vulkan Dota 2 Ubuntu Linux...   Vulkan   05 Nov 2016
OpenSUSE 42.2 RC2 Released, Disables Nouveau 3D...   SUSE   02 Nov 2016
Open-Source Radeon, Vulkan & Linux 4.8~4.9 Were...   Phoronix   01 Nov 2016
Another Fun Day In Mesa Git: RADV, NVC0, RadeonSI   Mesa   13 Oct 2016
Nouveau NVC0 Preps For OpenGL 4.5 / GLSL 4.5   Mesa   09 Oct 2016
Don't Expect An Open-Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver...   Nouveau   23 Sep 2016
Linux 4.9 To Begin Landing Nouveau "Boost"...   Nouveau   06 Sep 2016
Eight Features You Will Not Find In The Mainline Linux...   Linux Kernel   11 Aug 2016
NVIDIA "OpenGL 2016" Driver Leaks Out Early,...   NVIDIA   26 Jul 2016
Maxwell OpenGL Improvements Coming To Nouveau   Nouveau   18 Jul 2016
Nouveau DRM Code Updated For Linux 4.8   Nouveau   15 Jul 2016
NVIDIA Provides A Surprise For Pascal GPU Owners...   NVIDIA   11 Jul 2016
Initial Open-Source GeForce GTX 1000...   Nouveau   08 Jul 2016
GTK4, RX 480, GTX 1070/1080, Nextcloud & Other...   Phoronix   01 Jul 2016
More DRM Code Gets Aligned For Linux 4.8 Via DRM-Next   Linux Kernel   09 Jun 2016
The 12 Big New Features Of Mesa 12.0   Mesa   31 May 2016
Fresh 10-Way GeForce Linux Benchmarks With The NVIDIA...   NVIDIA   30 May 2016