AMD Catalyst 14.12 Omega vs. NVIDIA 346 Linux AMD Catalyst 14.12 Linux graphics driver benchmarks against NVIDIA GeForce GPUs with 346 series beta by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 750 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 970: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 980: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.22, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Supported device 6939 2048MB (918/1375MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 230.23 |===================================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 139.97 |====================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 199.10 |================================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 312.50 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 296.57 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 295.07 |=============================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 118.47 |=================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 143.50 |======================= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 200.33 |================================ Radeon R9 270X ..... 160.00 |========================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 188.57 |============================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 263.27 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.4 MAX: 33.0 GeForce GTX 750 Ti . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 7.1 MAX: 24.0 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 31.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 26.0 GeForce GTX 970 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 18.0 GeForce GTX 980 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 24.0 Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.4 MAX: 44.0 Radeon HD 7850 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.0 MAX: 47.0 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 46.0 Radeon R9 270X ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 44.0 Radeon R9 285 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 61.0 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 44.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 203.16 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 134.63 |============================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 186.10 |======================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 237.42 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 225.81 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 .... 234.77 |================================================= Radeon HD 6870 ..... 87.97 |=================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 105.81 |====================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 143.01 |============================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 126.57 |=========================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 144.93 |=============================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 182.00 |====================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 35.27 |================================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 18.18 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 30.57 |============================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 52.71 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 48.19 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 51.35 |================================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 11.21 |=========== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 12.94 |============= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 25.78 |========================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 23.19 |====================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 26.37 |========================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 39.66 |====================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 203.57 |===================================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 115.87 |===================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 178.17 |================================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 275.47 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 260.77 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 274.73 |================================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 78.72 |============== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 76.67 |============== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 201.10 |===================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 182.90 |================================= Radeon R9 285 ...... 192.60 |=================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 257.90 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 191.22 |============================================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 117.80 |=========================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 179.84 |========================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 215.26 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 197.36 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 203.75 |=============================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 120.93 |============================ Radeon HD 7850 ..... 146.90 |================================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 168.34 |======================================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 163.05 |====================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 166.12 |======================================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 177.38 |========================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 140.11 |======================================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 75.50 |====================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 127.37 |===================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 174.05 |================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 144.85 |========================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 151.42 |=========================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 85.18 |======================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 106.15 |============================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 126.35 |==================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 120.19 |=================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 123.27 |=================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 133.30 |====================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 3501 |=================================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 1808 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 2705 |=========================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 5208 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 5226 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 5241 |==================================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 2154 |===================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 3022 |============================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 3540 |=================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 4100 |========================================= Radeon R9 285 ...... 3817 |====================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 3637 |==================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 55059 |=================================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 27968 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 56401 |=================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 60208 |====================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 72363 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 79666 |================================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 26820 |================= Radeon HD 7850 ..... 50531 |================================ Radeon HD 7950 ..... 55418 |=================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 56439 |==================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 55683 |=================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 81081 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 1939 |============================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 1162 |================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 1721 |========================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 3385 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 2738 |========================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 3195 |================================================= Radeon HD 6870 ..... 1302 |==================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 1140 |================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 1600 |========================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 2216 |================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 2291 |=================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 3308 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 8833 |================================ GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 4203 |=============== GeForce GTX 760 .... 6789 |========================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 13873 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 12290 |============================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 12427 |============================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 903 |=== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 4138 |=============== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 4538 |================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 5421 |==================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 6923 |========================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 4842 |================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 206953 |====================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 113634 |============ GeForce GTX 760 .... 202929 |====================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 264857 |============================ GeForce GTX 970 .... 215301 |======================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 235316 |========================= Radeon HD 6870 ..... 251689 |=========================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 267926 |============================= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 294758 |================================ Radeon R9 270X ..... 327285 |=================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 211245 |======================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 466764 |================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 680 .... 999 |======================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 672 |================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 776 |=================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 1664 |======================================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 2037 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 2147 |==================================================== Radeon HD 6870 ..... 730 |================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 382 |========= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 704 |================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 615 |=============== Radeon R9 285 ...... 1019 |========================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 1499 |====================================