Open-Source RadeonSI Gallium3D vs. Nouveau Fermi/Kepler Intel Core i7-4770K testing with Radeon HD 7000 series "Southern islands" graphics cards on open-source RadeonSI driver found in Fedora 19 compared to the NVIDIA GeForce 400/500/600 Fermi and Kepler series running on the Fedora 19 Nouveau driver. Benchmarking by Michael larabel of phoronix... Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 460: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon3.11dpm: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X EVO, Chipset: AMD, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 3001GB Seagate ST33000651AS + 256GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition] 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: IPS236, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.10.0+ (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-63386b2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: LLVM 3.3, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 test2: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X EVO, Chipset: AMD, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 3001GB Seagate ST33000651AS + 256GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition] 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: IPS236, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.10.0+ (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-a0037ce) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: LLVM 3.3, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 test3: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X EVO, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 3001GB Seagate ST33000651AS + 256GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: IPS236, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 19, Kernel: 3.11.0-rc3+ (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-c6f3036) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: LLVM 3.3, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ..... 19.97 |================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 37.85 |================================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 8.11 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 21.17 |=================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 30.36 |=========================== Radeon3.11dpm ...... 26.79 |======================== test2 .............. 27.19 |======================== test3 .............. 57.09 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ..... 48.10 |============= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 81.60 |====================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 31.00 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 76.20 |===================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 122.80 |================================= Radeon3.11dpm ...... 59.97 |================ test2 .............. 66.63 |================== test3 .............. 183.67 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ..... 10.20 |======= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 15.70 |========== GeForce GTX 460 .... 9.10 |====== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 28.10 |=================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 48.77 |================================ Radeon3.11dpm ...... 22.50 |=============== test2 .............. 22.80 |=============== test3 .............. 76.70 |=================================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ..... 20.57 |================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 42.33 |====================================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 14.80 |============= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 38.10 |================================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 56.43 |================================================== Radeon3.11dpm ...... 28.27 |========================= test2 .............. 28.03 |========================= test3 .............. 57.38 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ..... 48.24 |============ Radeon HD 7950 ..... 85.69 |===================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 31.97 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 79.88 |==================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 119.87 |============================== Radeon3.11dpm ...... 68.68 |================= test2 .............. 70.29 |================== test3 .............. 200.13 |================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ..... 24.97 |=========== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 44.15 |==================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 15.02 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 38.36 |================= GeForce GTX 680 .... 62.73 |============================ Radeon3.11dpm ...... 34.05 |=============== test2 .............. 34.38 |=============== test3 .............. 111.55 |================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ..... 30.04 |============= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 51.84 |======================= GeForce GTX 460 .... 11.63 |===== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 32.30 |============== GeForce GTX 680 .... 56.24 |========================= Radeon3.11dpm ...... 37.63 |================= test2 .............. 41.58 |================== test3 .............. 112.99 |==================================================