4K Ultra HD AMD vs. NVIDIA Linux GPU Testing

AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce 4K resolution Linux gaming benchmarks and OpenGL tests on Ubuntu 14.04 Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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4K Ultra HD AMD vs. NVIDIA Linux GPU TestingProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte Z97-HD3Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 840MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz)Realtek ALC887-VDSEK SE39UY04Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-27-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1NVIDIA 337.254.3.0GCC 4.8.2ext43840x2160NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB (1084/2500MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz)ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz)SE39UY04fglrx 14.20.74.3.12967XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB (1150/1650MHz)Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandEnvironment Details- Radeon HD 7850, Radeon HD 7950, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 290: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri

4K Ultra HD AMD vs. NVIDIA Linux GPU Testingcstrike: 3840 x 2160portal: 3840 x 2160reaction: 3840 x 2160tesseract: 3840 x 2160tf2: 3840 x 2160unigine-tropics: 3840 x 2160unigine-valley: 3840 x 2160unvanquished: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - UltimateGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 29036.1547.1236.4545.0831.6313.872.4526.4566.0348.5731.82150.36164.88294.90114.51113.8663.8116.44123.73164.34131.6894.4036.9447.2340.3743.3332.0112.192.4828.2066.1848.8132.0250.1967.1741.3075.9142.9714.873.9137.6890.9758.0336.7788.8982.66172.8074.8162.5832.878.6871.40102.1368.8546.27132.71140.93263.00102.20100.7154.8214.10110.60146.90116.8182.44159.84180.27310.17120.22122.4366.8417.29123.67163.91136.2098.12184.93250.35409.53127.85149.1499.6426.06164.93182.59168.24125.90150.87237.88371.73127.82144.6189.2823.74159.30178.50162.19119.89125.8088.4640.9524.8968.859.032.7516.93108.7491.2840.28192.46173.48307.9398.10116.5758.8512.4083.90139.88120.1889.78116.3192.01157.0366.6568.1332.877.3628.5099.1287.6266.44169.88143.09244.1390.27101.6551.0210.6023.77130.96112.3285.44263.93110.3172.0817.84106.90146.22131.84OpenBenchmarking.org

Counter-Strike Source

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceResolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270X4080120160200SE +/- 4.27, N = 6SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 3.50, N = 6SE +/- 6.65, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 2.61, N = 6SE +/- 26.69, N = 6SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 2.79, N = 436.15150.3636.9450.1988.89132.71159.84184.93150.87125.80192.46116.31169.88

Portal

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterPortalResolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270X50100150200250SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 5.55, N = 6SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 1.70, N = 347.12164.8847.2367.1782.66140.93180.27250.35237.8888.46173.4892.01143.09

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 29090180270360450SE +/- 5.02, N = 6SE +/- 4.90, N = 6SE +/- 7.31, N = 6SE +/- 6.48, N = 6SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 3.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.91, N = 3SE +/- 13.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 336.45294.9040.3741.30172.80263.00310.17409.53371.7340.95307.93157.03244.13263.93MIN: 286.9 / MAX: 318.3MIN: 172.1 / MAX: 173.7MIN: 262.6 / MAX: 263.7MIN: 309 / MAX: 310.9MIN: 402.9 / MAX: 412.9MIN: 368.6 / MAX: 375.2MIN: 307 / MAX: 309.2MIN: 156.9 / MAX: 157.1MIN: 244.1 / MAX: 244.2MIN: 263.2 / MAX: 264.9

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Total Frame TimeGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 29020406080100Min: 3 / Avg: 20.96 / Max: 71Min: 1 / Avg: 3.45 / Max: 38Min: 3 / Avg: 39.62 / Max: 92Min: 3 / Avg: 37.31 / Max: 80Min: 1 / Avg: 5.79 / Max: 29Min: 1 / Avg: 3.77 / Max: 27Min: 1 / Avg: 3.2 / Max: 27Min: 1 / Avg: 2.4 / Max: 26Min: 1 / Avg: 2.63 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 36.18 / Max: 99Min: 1 / Avg: 3.19 / Max: 16Min: 1 / Avg: 6.31 / Max: 22Min: 1 / Avg: 4.04 / Max: 18Min: 1 / Avg: 3.75 / Max: 17

Tesseract

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290306090120150SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 345.08114.5143.3375.9174.81102.20120.22127.85127.8224.8998.1066.6590.27110.31

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270X306090120150SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 3.16, N = 6SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 331.63113.8632.0142.9762.58100.71122.43149.14144.6168.85116.5768.13101.65

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 29020406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 6SE +/- 2.06, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 313.8763.8112.1914.8732.8754.8266.8499.6489.289.0358.8532.8751.0272.08

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 32.4516.442.483.918.6814.1017.2926.0623.742.7512.407.3610.6017.84

Unvanquished

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnvanquished 0.26.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 2904080120160200SE +/- 1.11, N = 6SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 6SE +/- 3.03, N = 6SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 326.45123.7328.2037.6871.40110.60123.67164.93159.3016.9383.9028.5023.77106.90

Unvanquished

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterUnvanquished 0.26.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High - Total Frame TimeGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 29020406080100Min: 6 / Avg: 40.84 / Max: 98Min: 2 / Avg: 8.01 / Max: 27Min: 6 / Avg: 39.42 / Max: 97Min: 2 / Avg: 25.96 / Max: 86Min: 2 / Avg: 13.91 / Max: 44Min: 1 / Avg: 8.9 / Max: 50Min: 1 / Avg: 7.89 / Max: 54Min: 1 / Avg: 6.04 / Max: 34Min: 2 / Avg: 6.06 / Max: 19Min: 2 / Avg: 58.09 / Max: 99Min: 2 / Avg: 11.89 / Max: 50Min: 2 / Avg: 34.31 / Max: 99Min: 2 / Avg: 40.1 / Max: 98Min: 2 / Avg: 9.29 / Max: 52

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 2904080120160200SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 4.64, N = 6SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 3.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 5.47, N = 6SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 3.80, N = 6SE +/- 0.82, N = 366.03164.3466.1890.97102.13146.90163.91182.59178.50108.74139.8899.12130.96146.22MIN: 32 / MAX: 93MIN: 76 / MAX: 262MIN: 31 / MAX: 93MIN: 44 / MAX: 125MIN: 50 / MAX: 136MIN: 68 / MAX: 240MIN: 82 / MAX: 291MIN: 94 / MAX: 425MIN: 92 / MAX: 356MIN: 45 / MAX: 226MIN: 56 / MAX: 346MIN: 42 / MAX: 174MIN: 48 / MAX: 281MIN: 57 / MAX: 310

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270XRadeon R9 2904080120160200SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 7.18, N = 6SE +/- 3.77, N = 6SE +/- 1.21, N = 6SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 2.45, N = 648.57131.6848.8158.0368.85116.81136.20168.24162.1991.28120.1887.62112.32131.84MIN: 23 / MAX: 78MIN: 60 / MAX: 229MIN: 23 / MAX: 78MIN: 28 / MAX: 94MIN: 31 / MAX: 106MIN: 50 / MAX: 207MIN: 61 / MAX: 246MIN: 78 / MAX: 366MIN: 76 / MAX: 336MIN: 38 / MAX: 200MIN: 51 / MAX: 308MIN: 39 / MAX: 159MIN: 44 / MAX: 257MIN: 53 / MAX: 334

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 260XRadeon R9 270X306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 3.74, N = 6SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 631.8294.4032.0236.7746.2782.4498.12125.90119.8940.2889.7866.4485.44MIN: 16 / MAX: 57MIN: 38 / MAX: 184MIN: 16 / MAX: 58MIN: 19 / MAX: 69MIN: 21 / MAX: 81MIN: 37 / MAX: 162MIN: 36 / MAX: 202MIN: 38 / MAX: 295MIN: 36 / MAX: 249MIN: 17 / MAX: 118MIN: 23 / MAX: 226MIN: 28 / MAX: 131MIN: 28 / MAX: 212

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