Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 260X Linux GPU Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com reviewing the Sapphire Radeon R7 260X graphics card against other AMD Catalyst GPUs and NVIDIA GeForce hardware on Ubuntu Linux. A10-7850K Radeon R7: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: KV SPECTRE DESKTOP 65W/100W (130F) 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6770: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6950: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon R7 260X: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 610: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1024MB (810/533MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 650: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (540/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Storage-12.3nvidia260: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-07M + 3 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EURS-63S + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-60M + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EVDS-63T + 3001GB Western Digital WD30EZRX-00D + 3001GB Western Digital WD30EZRX-00M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (576/999MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE 12.3, Kernel: 3.12.0-34.ge8fa6b4-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 63.30 |========== Radeon HD 6770 ........ 109.67 |================== Radeon HD 6870 ........ 177.70 |============================= Radeon HD 6950 ........ 198.10 |================================= Radeon HD 7850 ........ 192.20 |================================ Radeon R7 260X ........ 186.37 |=============================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 197.13 |================================ GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 128.20 |===================== GeForce GT 610 ........ 27.03 |==== GeForce GTX 650 ....... 125.97 |===================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 285.53 |=============================================== Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 213.93 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 15.7 MAX: 47.0 Radeon HD 6770 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 9.1 MAX: 25.0 Radeon HD 6870 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.6 MAX: 26.0 Radeon HD 6950 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 26.0 Radeon HD 7850 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 47.0 Radeon R7 260X ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 46.0 Radeon R9 270X ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 45.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. MIN: 5.0 AVG: 7.8 MAX: 23.0 GeForce GT 610 ...... MIN: 20.0 AVG: 37.0 MAX: 67.0 GeForce GTX 650 ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 23.0 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 23.0 Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 76.83 |================== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 127.67 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 ...... 153.83 |=================================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 154.47 |=================================== Radeon HD 7850 ...... 144.30 |================================= Radeon R7 260X ...... 143.07 |================================= Radeon R9 270X ...... 143.57 |================================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 139.43 |================================ GeForce GT 610 ...... 25.70 |====== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 127.43 |============================= GeForce GTX 760 ..... 214.63 |================================================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 197.67 |================ Radeon HD 6770 ........ 342.47 |============================ Radeon HD 6870 ........ 474.53 |====================================== Radeon HD 6950 ........ 487.00 |======================================= Radeon HD 7850 ........ 423.40 |================================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 366.30 |============================= Radeon R9 270X ........ 433.10 |=================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 309.73 |========================= GeForce GT 610 ........ 54.80 |==== GeForce GTX 650 ....... 324.17 |========================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 584.13 |=============================================== Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 284.40 |======================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 18.0 Radeon HD 6770 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 11.0 Radeon HD 6870 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 7.0 Radeon HD 6950 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 7.0 Radeon HD 7850 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 12.0 Radeon R7 260X ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 12.0 Radeon R9 270X ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 12.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 6.0 GeForce GT 610 ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 18.2 MAX: 32.0 GeForce GTX 650 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.0 MAX: 5.0 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 4.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 11.75 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ........ 16.10 |============ Radeon HD 7850 ........ 32.40 |========================= Radeon R7 260X ........ 31.30 |======================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 47.27 |==================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 23.07 |================== GeForce GT 610 ........ 3.72 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ....... 24.95 |=================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 62.75 |================================================ Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 22.74 |================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 33.66 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ........ 54.64 |============== Radeon HD 6870 ........ 77.41 |==================== Radeon HD 6950 ........ 94.50 |======================== Radeon HD 7850 ........ 88.76 |======================= Radeon R7 260X ........ 88.09 |====================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 119.30 |============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 63.97 |================ GeForce GT 610 ........ 11.30 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ....... 66.08 |================= GeForce GTX 760 ....... 184.28 |=============================================== Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 58.72 |=============== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 30.00 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ........ 51.86 |================ Radeon HD 6950 ........ 85.45 |=========================== Radeon HD 7850 ........ 81.27 |========================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 74.31 |======================= Radeon R9 270X ........ 95.65 |============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 57.12 |================== GeForce GT 610 ........ 9.42 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ....... 56.09 |================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 149.08 |=============================================== Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 52.71 |================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 9.58 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ........ 17.54 |================ Radeon HD 6870 ........ 28.39 |========================== Radeon HD 6950 ........ 33.20 |============================== Radeon HD 7850 ........ 24.54 |======================= Radeon R7 260X ........ 28.39 |========================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 40.88 |====================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 18.38 |================= GeForce GT 610 ........ 3.49 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ....... 19.54 |================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 52.32 |================================================ Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 13.93 |============= Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 55.20 |============= Radeon HD 6770 ........ 54.73 |============= Radeon HD 6870 ........ 63.20 |=============== Radeon HD 6950 ........ 146.13 |================================== Radeon HD 7850 ........ 84.13 |==================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 130.20 |============================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 155.43 |==================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 119.70 |============================ GeForce GT 610 ........ 20.70 |===== GeForce GTX 650 ....... 121.27 |============================ GeForce GTX 760 ....... 201.93 |=============================================== Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 117.40 |=========================== Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 17.7 MAX: 53.0 Radeon HD 6770 ...... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 18.2 MAX: 54.0 Radeon HD 6870 ...... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 15.6 MAX: 50.0 Radeon HD 6950 ...... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 6.8 MAX: 16.0 Radeon HD 7850 ...... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.7 MAX: 46.0 Radeon R7 260X ...... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 7.6 MAX: 40.0 Radeon R9 270X ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 37.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. MIN: 5.0 AVG: 8.3 MAX: 52.0 GeForce GT 610 ...... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 48.2 MAX: 79.0 GeForce GTX 650 ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 59.0 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 12.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 100.55 |===================== Radeon HD 6770 ........ 125.00 |========================== Radeon HD 6870 ........ 127.17 |========================== Radeon HD 6950 ........ 127.70 |========================== Radeon HD 7850 ........ 124.69 |========================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 122.39 |========================= Radeon R9 270X ........ 125.43 |========================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 184.40 |====================================== GeForce GT 610 ........ 37.56 |======== GeForce GTX 650 ....... 178.32 |===================================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 199.26 |========================================= Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 228.04 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 86.60 |====================== Radeon HD 6770 ........ 108.35 |============================ Radeon HD 6870 ........ 114.95 |============================== Radeon HD 6950 ........ 115.69 |============================== Radeon HD 7850 ........ 111.45 |============================= Radeon R7 260X ........ 110.31 |============================= Radeon R9 270X ........ 111.95 |============================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 142.80 |===================================== GeForce GT 610 ........ 27.77 |======= GeForce GTX 650 ....... 142.94 |===================================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 181.69 |=============================================== Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 119.64 |=============================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 ... 62.30 |===================== Radeon HD 6770 ........ 79.68 |=========================== Radeon HD 6870 ........ 89.59 |============================== Radeon HD 6950 ........ 92.04 |=============================== Radeon HD 7850 ........ 95.75 |================================ Radeon R7 260X ........ 87.39 |============================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 88.75 |============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .... 94.90 |================================ GeForce GT 610 ........ 19.46 |======= GeForce GTX 650 ....... 97.16 |================================= GeForce GTX 760 ....... 139.04 |=============================================== Storage-12.3nvidia260 . 73.76 |=========================