NVIDIA AMD OpenCL Linux GPGPU Tests Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Just looking at a range of OpenBenchmarking.org OpenCL benchmarks on a range of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards with the proprietary drivers under Ubuntu Linux. GeForce GT 240: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ECS NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 460: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GT 610: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1024MB (810/533MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 650: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 680: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster + SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-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: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster + SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-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: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7950: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster + SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-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: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster + SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-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: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7970: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSNH25 + 1000GB HDS721010CLA332, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (1050/1425MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: HP w19 + HP w19, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-35-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.12, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenCL LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 680 . 9.26 |======================================================= Radeon HD 7850 .. 7.66 |============================================= Radeon HD 7950 .. 5.79 |================================== Radeon R9 270X .. 6.17 |===================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenCL Myocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GT 240 .. 137.90 |============== GeForce GTX 460 . 62.81 |======= GeForce GT 610 .. 95.88 |========== GeForce GTX 680 . 60.78 |====== Radeon HD 6870 .. 493.51 |=================================================== Radeon HD 7850 .. 508.49 |===================================================== Radeon HD 7950 .. 481.62 |================================================== Radeon R9 270X .. 485.32 |=================================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenCL Heartwall Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GT 240 ..... 36.99 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 4.80 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 5.49 |======== GeForce GT 610 ..... 22.72 |=============================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 20.14 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 5.42 |======= Radeon HD 6870 ..... 19.67 |=========================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 6.79 |========= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 5.88 |======== Radeon R9 270X ..... 5.40 |======= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenCL Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GT 240 ..... 40.49 |==================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 24.66 |============ GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 27.70 |============== GeForce GT 610 ..... 100.31 |================================================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 30.39 |=============== GeForce GTX 680 .... 14.02 |======= Radeon HD 6870 ..... 89.87 |============================================= Radeon HD 7850 ..... 89.15 |============================================ Radeon HD 7950 ..... 83.83 |========================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 84.66 |========================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenCL Particle Filter Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 35.96 |============================ GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 44.35 |================================== GeForce GT 610 ..... 15.28 |============ GeForce GTX 650 .... 66.48 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 18.19 |============== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 18.11 |============== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 10.78 |======== Radeon R9 270X ..... 13.01 |========== JuliaGPU 1.2pts1 OpenCL Device: GPU Samples/sec > Higher Is Better GeForce GT 240 ..... 13543191.90 |================= GeForce GTX 460 .... 21199859.50 |========================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 17540483.97 |====================== GeForce GT 610 ..... 4060660.07 |===== GeForce GTX 650 .... 10841150.33 |============== GeForce GTX 680 .... 36123507.37 |============================================= MandelbulbGPU 1.0pts1 OpenCL Device: GPU Samples/sec > Higher Is Better GeForce GT 240 ..... 7095143.77 |=================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 9382926.17 |========================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 7729296.07 |==================== GeForce GT 610 ..... 1776400.70 |===== GeForce GTX 650 .... 4992671.83 |============= GeForce GTX 680 .... 17083392.33 |============================================= MandelGPU 1.3pts1 OpenCL Device: GPU Samples/sec > Higher Is Better GeForce GT 240 ..... 5291547.00 |===== GeForce GTX 460 .... 21375259.40 |==================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 17362190.07 |================ GeForce GT 610 ..... 3715320.13 |=== GeForce GTX 650 .... 12405397.70 |============ GeForce GTX 680 .... 47966936.67 |============================================= LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 150 |====== GeForce GT 610 ..... 27 |= GeForce GTX 650 .... 82 |=== GeForce GTX 680 .... 296 |============= Radeon HD 6870 ..... 107 |===== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 624 |========================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 1002 |=========================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 867 |===================================== Radeon HD 7970 ..... 1225 |==================================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 460 .... 382 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 319 |======= GeForce GT 610 ..... 42 |= GeForce GTX 650 .... 177 |==== GeForce GTX 680 .... 651 |============== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 631 |============= Radeon HD 7850 ..... 1134 |======================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 1896 |======================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 1588 |================================= Radeon HD 7970 ..... 2469 |==================================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score > Higher Is Better GeForce GT 240 ..... 1051 |=== GeForce GTX 460 .... 2591 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 2162 |====== GeForce GT 610 ..... 315 |= GeForce GTX 650 .... 1183 |==== GeForce GTX 680 .... 4216 |============= Radeon HD 6870 ..... 6149 |================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 8361 |========================= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 13087 |======================================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 11031 |================================= Radeon HD 7970 ..... 17004 |=================================================== OpenDwarfs 2013-11-06 Test: LU Decomposition ms < Lower Is Better GeForce GT 240 ..... 220.27 |======================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 97.69 |=========== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 110.81 |============ GeForce GT 610 ..... 458.26 |================================================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 152.70 |================= GeForce GTX 680 .... 58.94 |====== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 161.42 |================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 135.79 |=============== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 123.96 |============== Radeon R9 270X ..... 126.60 |============== OpenDwarfs 2013-11-06 Test: Compressed Sparse Row ms < Lower Is Better GeForce GT 240 ..... 6.88 |============== GeForce GTX 460 .... 6.40 |============= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 6.55 |============== GeForce GT 610 ..... 9.00 |=================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 6.76 |============== GeForce GTX 680 .... 6.10 |============= Radeon HD 6870 ..... 24.50 |=================================================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 18.09 |====================================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 17.83 |===================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 16.25 |==================================