Following the release of its 595.45.04 beta Linux driver, NVIDIA's update delivers incremental performance improvements in early tests on high-end RTX 50-series hardware. Benchmarks reveal uplifts in OpenGL, Vulkan graphics, and compute tasks, especially at high resolutions.
The 595.45.04 beta driver, first detailed in NVIDIA's March 5 announcement, builds on the R595 branch with Vulkan enhancements, HDR support, and DRI3 v1.2. Early benchmarks compare it against the stable 590.48.01 driver using a GeForce RTX 5090 from the RTX 50 "Blackwell" series.
Tests utilized a Dell UltraSharp U5226KW 52-inch 6K monitor at 4K and 6K resolutions to stress display output. Results across OpenGL, Vulkan APIs, and GPU compute workloads indicate modest gains, highlighting improved efficiency for Linux users with demanding setups.
As a beta, further refinements are expected, but initial findings suggest positive progress for NVIDIA's Linux graphics stack. For full release notes, see prior coverage.
