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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1406086-KH-NEW4KLINU08&rdt.

4K Ultra HD AMD vs. NVIDIA Linux GPU TestingProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte Z97-HD3Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 840Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)Realtek ALC887-VDSE39UY04Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-27-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1fglrx 14.20.74.3.12967GCC 4.8.2ext43840x2160Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB (1150/1650MHz)Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz)ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz)XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)SEK SE39UY04NVIDIA 337.254.3.0NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB (1084/2500MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R7 260X, Radeon R9 290, Radeon HD 7850, Radeon HD 7950: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/driProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

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 - UltimateRadeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760169.88143.09244.1390.27101.6551.0210.6023.77130.96112.3285.44116.3192.01157.0366.6568.1332.877.3628.5099.1287.6266.44263.93110.3172.0817.84106.90146.22131.84125.8088.4640.9524.8968.859.032.7516.93108.7491.2840.28192.46173.48307.9398.10116.5758.8512.4083.90139.88120.1889.78184.93250.35409.53127.85149.1499.6426.06164.93182.59168.24125.9088.8982.66172.8074.8162.5832.878.6871.40102.1368.8546.2750.1967.1741.3075.9142.9714.873.9137.6890.9758.0336.7736.9447.2340.3743.3332.0112.192.4828.2066.1848.8132.0236.1547.1236.4545.0831.6313.872.4526.4566.0348.5731.82159.84180.27310.17120.22122.4366.8417.29123.67163.91136.2098.12150.87237.88371.73127.82144.6189.2823.74159.30178.50162.19119.89150.36164.88294.90114.51113.8663.8116.44123.73164.34131.6894.40132.71140.93263.00102.20100.7154.8214.10110.60146.90116.8182.44OpenBenchmarking.org

Counter-Strike Source

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceResolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 7604080120160200SE +/- 2.79, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 2.61, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 6.65, N = 6SE +/- 3.50, N = 6SE +/- 4.27, N = 6SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 26.69, N = 6SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3169.88116.31125.80192.46184.9388.8950.1936.9436.15159.84150.87150.36132.71

Portal

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterPortalResolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 76050100150200250SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 5.55, N = 6SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3143.0992.0188.46173.48250.3582.6667.1747.2347.12180.27237.88164.88140.93

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 76090180270360450SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 13.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 3.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 6.48, N = 6SE +/- 7.31, N = 6SE +/- 5.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 1.91, N = 3SE +/- 4.90, N = 6SE +/- 0.35, N = 3244.13157.03263.9340.95307.93409.53172.8041.3040.3736.45310.17371.73294.90263.00MIN: 244.1 / MAX: 244.2MIN: 156.9 / MAX: 157.1MIN: 263.2 / MAX: 264.9MIN: 307 / MAX: 309.2MIN: 402.9 / MAX: 412.9MIN: 172.1 / MAX: 173.7MIN: 309 / MAX: 310.9MIN: 368.6 / MAX: 375.2MIN: 286.9 / MAX: 318.3MIN: 262.6 / MAX: 263.7

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 TimeRadeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 76020406080100Min: 1 / Avg: 4.04 / Max: 18Min: 1 / Avg: 6.31 / Max: 22Min: 1 / Avg: 3.75 / Max: 17Min: 1 / Avg: 36.18 / Max: 99Min: 1 / Avg: 3.19 / Max: 16Min: 1 / Avg: 2.4 / Max: 26Min: 1 / Avg: 5.79 / Max: 29Min: 3 / Avg: 37.31 / Max: 80Min: 3 / Avg: 39.62 / Max: 92Min: 3 / Avg: 20.96 / Max: 71Min: 1 / Avg: 3.2 / Max: 27Min: 1 / Avg: 2.63 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 3.45 / Max: 38Min: 1 / Avg: 3.77 / Max: 27

Tesseract

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760306090120150SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 390.2766.65110.3124.8998.10127.8574.8175.9143.3345.08120.22127.82114.51102.20

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760306090120150SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 3.16, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3101.6568.1368.85116.57149.1462.5842.9732.0131.63122.43144.61113.86100.71

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 76020406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.06, N = 6SE +/- 1.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 351.0232.8772.089.0358.8599.6432.8714.8712.1913.8766.8489.2863.8154.82

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 310.607.3617.842.7512.4026.068.683.912.482.4517.2923.7416.4414.10

Unvanquished

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnvanquished 0.26.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighRadeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 7604080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 3.03, N = 6SE +/- 1.33, N = 6SE +/- 1.11, N = 6SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 323.7728.50106.9016.9383.90164.9371.4037.6828.2026.45123.67159.30123.73110.60

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 TimeRadeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 76020406080100Min: 2 / Avg: 40.1 / Max: 98Min: 2 / Avg: 34.31 / Max: 99Min: 2 / Avg: 9.29 / Max: 52Min: 2 / Avg: 58.09 / Max: 99Min: 2 / Avg: 11.89 / Max: 50Min: 1 / Avg: 6.04 / Max: 34Min: 2 / Avg: 13.91 / Max: 44Min: 2 / Avg: 25.96 / Max: 86Min: 6 / Avg: 39.42 / Max: 97Min: 6 / Avg: 40.84 / Max: 98Min: 1 / Avg: 7.89 / Max: 54Min: 2 / Avg: 6.06 / Max: 19Min: 2 / Avg: 8.01 / Max: 27Min: 1 / Avg: 8.9 / Max: 50

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighRadeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 7604080120160200SE +/- 3.80, N = 6SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 5.47, N = 6SE +/- 3.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 4.64, N = 6SE +/- 0.21, N = 3130.9699.12146.22108.74139.88182.59102.1390.9766.1866.03163.91178.50164.34146.90MIN: 48 / MAX: 281MIN: 42 / MAX: 174MIN: 57 / MAX: 310MIN: 45 / MAX: 226MIN: 56 / MAX: 346MIN: 94 / MAX: 425MIN: 50 / MAX: 136MIN: 44 / MAX: 125MIN: 31 / MAX: 93MIN: 32 / MAX: 93MIN: 82 / MAX: 291MIN: 92 / MAX: 356MIN: 76 / MAX: 262MIN: 68 / MAX: 240

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 7604080120160200SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 1.55, N = 3SE +/- 2.45, N = 6SE +/- 1.21, N = 6SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 7.18, N = 6SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 3.77, N = 6SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3112.3287.62131.8491.28120.18168.2468.8558.0348.8148.57136.20162.19131.68116.81MIN: 44 / MAX: 257MIN: 39 / MAX: 159MIN: 53 / MAX: 334MIN: 38 / MAX: 200MIN: 51 / MAX: 308MIN: 78 / MAX: 366MIN: 31 / MAX: 106MIN: 28 / MAX: 94MIN: 23 / MAX: 78MIN: 23 / MAX: 78MIN: 61 / MAX: 246MIN: 76 / MAX: 336MIN: 60 / MAX: 229MIN: 50 / MAX: 207

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon R9 270XRadeon R7 260XRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750GeForce GT 740GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760306090120150SE +/- 1.32, N = 6SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 3.74, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 385.4466.4440.2889.78125.9046.2736.7732.0231.8298.12119.8994.4082.44MIN: 28 / MAX: 212MIN: 28 / MAX: 131MIN: 17 / MAX: 118MIN: 23 / MAX: 226MIN: 38 / MAX: 295MIN: 21 / MAX: 81MIN: 19 / MAX: 69MIN: 16 / MAX: 58MIN: 16 / MAX: 57MIN: 36 / MAX: 202MIN: 36 / MAX: 249MIN: 38 / MAX: 184MIN: 37 / MAX: 162

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4