Ultra HD 4k NVIDIA AMD Linux Testing GPUs Testing various high-end NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards under Linux with their binary drivers to see how Ultra HD 4K resolution 3840 x 2160 is under Linux with Ubuntu 13.10 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (540/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 770: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (549/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX TITAN: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (575/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, 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: 3840x2160 Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, 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: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, 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: 3840x2160 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 297.53 |=================================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 270.67 |================================ GeForce GTX 770 .... 322.57 |====================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 421.23 |================================================== GeForce GTX TITAN .. 393.00 |=============================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 18.50 |== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 307.20 |==================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 258.90 |=============================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 6 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 2 AVG: 4 MAX: 7 GeForce GTX 770 .... MIN: 2 AVG: 3 MAX: 6 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 1 AVG: 2 MAX: 4 GeForce GTX TITAN .. MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 5 Radeon HD 7850 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 53 MAX: 99 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 13 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 1 AVG: 4 MAX: 15 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 10.31 |=========================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 9.51 |========================= GeForce GTX 770 .... 10.97 |============================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 19.61 |=================================================== GeForce GTX TITAN .. 19.07 |================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 1.38 |==== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 9.62 |========================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 12.40 |================================ Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 16.18 |================================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 13.92 |============================ GeForce GTX 770 .... 17.02 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 25.64 |=================================================== GeForce GTX TITAN .. 23.99 |================================================ Radeon HD 7850 ..... 1.19 |== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 12.44 |========================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 17.65 |=================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 187.76 |======================================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 172.34 |==================================== GeForce GTX 770 .... 200.55 |========================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 241.81 |================================================== GeForce GTX TITAN .. 234.20 |================================================ Radeon HD 7850 ..... 36.35 |======== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 118.21 |======================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 118.85 |========================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 150.24 |====================================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 133.97 |================================= GeForce GTX 770 .... 159.92 |======================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 200.09 |================================================== GeForce GTX TITAN .. 192.47 |================================================ Radeon HD 7850 ..... 28.64 |======= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 106.34 |=========================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 108.89 |=========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 104.06 |===================================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 90.38 |================================ GeForce GTX 770 .... 109.53 |======================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 139.70 |================================================== GeForce GTX TITAN .. 134.40 |================================================ Radeon HD 7850 ..... 15.44 |====== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 80.97 |============================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 85.37 |=============================== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 . 158.12 |========================================== Radeon HD 7950 . 198.20 |==================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 205.43 |====================================================== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 . 148.17 |===================================== Radeon HD 7950 . 202.03 |================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 216.90 |====================================================== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 . 48.13 |==================== Radeon HD 7950 . 109.43 |============================================= Radeon R9 290 .. 131.63 |======================================================