AMD Radeon R9 290 vs. NVIDIA GeForce 700 Linux Preview Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article reviewing the Radeon R9 290 graphics card and compared to other NVIDIA GeForce 700 series. This is just some early preview benchmarks. XFX Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 40 HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 40 HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (549/3500MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 44 HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 208.70 |============================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 241.67 |================================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 260.87 |=================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 325.10 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 69.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 35.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 33.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 32.0 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 110.78 |======================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 129.66 |========================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 136.27 |============================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 210.44 |=========================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 155.65 |========================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 181.37 |============================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 191.14 |================================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 260.70 |=========================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 101.41 |========================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 112.86 |============================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 119.50 |============================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 170.35 |=========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 57.87 |============================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 63.18 |=============================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 66.66 |================================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 89.26 |============================================ Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 166.50 |======================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 209.70 |============================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 238.57 |=================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 296.40 |=========================================== Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.0 MAX: 20.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 10.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.2 MAX: 9.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 8.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 174.95 |========================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 241.65 |================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 266.35 |===================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 306.57 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 135.95 |============================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 163.26 |================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 177.16 |===================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 207.39 |===========================================