Open Source Graphics A Graphics comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite for a future article on Phoronix.com. Mesa 10.3 + Linux 3.17. AMD Radeon HD 4850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP 512MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 4870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP 512MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 5770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP 1024MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 6450: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel CAICOS (ChipID = 0x6779) 1024MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 6570: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel TURKS (ChipID = 0x6759) 512MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP 1024MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core IGP 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel PITCAIRN (ChipID = 0x6819) 1024MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel TAHITI (ChipID = 0x679a) 3072MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon R7 260X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel BONAIRE (ChipID = 0x6658) 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel PITCAIRN (ChipID = 0x6810) 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel HD Graphics 4600: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 2048MB (862/1620MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 2048MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 3072MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 4850 ........ 40.68 |=========== AMD Radeon HD 4870 ........ 48.07 |============= AMD Radeon HD 5770 ........ 93.30 |========================= AMD Radeon HD 6450 ........ 19.82 |===== AMD Radeon HD 6570 ........ 54.89 |=============== AMD Radeon HD 6870 ........ 158.56 |=========================================== AMD Radeon HD 6950 ........ 147.81 |======================================== AMD Radeon HD 7850 ........ 117.69 |================================ AMD Radeon HD 7950 ........ 137.30 |===================================== AMD Radeon R7 260X ........ 111.16 |============================== AMD Radeon R9 270X ........ 146.48 |======================================== AMD Radeon R9 290 ......... 9.98 |=== Intel HD Graphics 4600 .... 34.85 |========= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 128.10 |=================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 128.69 |=================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 127.68 |=================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 4850 ........ 127.38 |======================= AMD Radeon HD 4870 ........ 145.16 |========================== AMD Radeon HD 5770 ........ 182.15 |================================= AMD Radeon HD 6450 ........ 30.32 |===== AMD Radeon HD 6570 ........ 135.34 |======================== AMD Radeon HD 6870 ........ 238.20 |=========================================== AMD Radeon HD 6950 ........ 208.57 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7850 ........ 221.89 |======================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ........ 231.23 |========================================== AMD Radeon R7 260X ........ 214.35 |======================================= AMD Radeon R9 270X ........ 235.63 |=========================================== AMD Radeon R9 290 ......... 3.49 |= Intel HD Graphics 4600 .... 52.08 |========= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 184.01 |================================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 182.30 |================================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 199.63 |==================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 4850 ........ 700 |=========== AMD Radeon HD 4870 ........ 832 |============= AMD Radeon HD 5770 ........ 996 |================ AMD Radeon HD 6450 ........ 132 |== AMD Radeon HD 6570 ........ 651 |========== AMD Radeon HD 6870 ........ 1798 |============================ AMD Radeon HD 6950 ........ 1540 |======================== AMD Radeon HD 7850 ........ 2057 |================================ AMD Radeon HD 7950 ........ 2863 |============================================= AMD Radeon R7 260X ........ 1401 |====================== AMD Radeon R9 270X ........ 2666 |========================================== AMD Radeon R9 290 ......... 26 | Intel HD Graphics 4600 .... 210 |=== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 887 |============== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 834 |============= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 1606 |========================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 4850 ........ 49972 |========== AMD Radeon HD 4870 ........ 59850 |============ AMD Radeon HD 5770 ........ 82778 |================= AMD Radeon HD 6450 ........ 12257 |== AMD Radeon HD 6570 ........ 51835 |========== AMD Radeon HD 6870 ........ 147968 |============================== AMD Radeon HD 6950 ........ 90915 |================== AMD Radeon HD 7850 ........ 172893 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ........ 212830 |=========================================== AMD Radeon R7 260X ........ 116789 |======================== AMD Radeon R9 270X ........ 199249 |======================================== AMD Radeon R9 290 ......... 8007 |== Intel HD Graphics 4600 .... 3600 |= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 78036 |================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 77334 |================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 93037 |=================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 4850 ........ 84.48 |================== AMD Radeon HD 4870 ........ 97.89 |===================== AMD Radeon HD 5770 ........ 114.95 |========================= AMD Radeon HD 6450 ........ 21.88 |===== AMD Radeon HD 6570 ........ 62.39 |============== AMD Radeon HD 6870 ........ 172.56 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 6950 ........ 173.18 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7850 ........ 176.77 |======================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 ........ 193.51 |========================================== AMD Radeon R7 260X ........ 179.01 |======================================= AMD Radeon R9 270X ........ 197.21 |=========================================== AMD Radeon R9 290 ......... 1.94 | Intel HD Graphics 4600 .... 46.34 |========== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 157.47 |================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 157.90 |================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 162.20 |=================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 4850 ........ 54.54 |================= AMD Radeon HD 4870 ........ 63.66 |==================== AMD Radeon HD 5770 ........ 69.31 |====================== AMD Radeon HD 6450 ........ 15.42 |===== AMD Radeon HD 6570 ........ 33.58 |=========== AMD Radeon HD 6870 ........ 108.68 |================================== AMD Radeon HD 6950 ........ 120.18 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7850 ........ 124.27 |======================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 ........ 136.41 |=========================================== AMD Radeon R7 260X ........ 123.57 |======================================= AMD Radeon R9 270X ........ 136.73 |=========================================== AMD Radeon R9 290 ......... 0.94 | Intel HD Graphics 4600 .... 35.14 |=========== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 119.49 |====================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 .... 122.58 |======================================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 116.19 |=====================================