Open-Source AMD NVIDIA Linux New open-source data, benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Sapphire Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HIS Radeon HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 XFX Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 XFX Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (862/1620MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (405/810MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.1-040101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.7.0-devel (git-d9ab95b 2015-07-06 vivid-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 ... 79.33 |==================================== HIS Radeon HD 6950 ........ 87.17 |======================================== XFX Radeon HD 7950 ........ 52.56 |======================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 96.32 |============================================ MSI Radeon R7 370 4G ...... 59.13 |=========================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .... 52.47 |======================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 79.17 |==================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 11.28 |===== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 ... 152.83 |====================================== HIS Radeon HD 6950 ........ 109.37 |=========================== XFX Radeon HD 7950 ........ 163.30 |========================================= XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 172.80 |=========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G ...... 158.50 |======================================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .... 99.57 |========================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 148.80 |===================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 29.70 |======= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 ... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 16.0 HIS Radeon HD 6950 ........ MIN: 4.0 AVG: 9.1 MAX: 19.0 XFX Radeon HD 7950 ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.0 MAX: 20.0 XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.6 MAX: 20.0 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 23.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 10.0 MAX: 26.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 26.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 33.6 MAX: 86.0 Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 ... 105.10 |========================================= HIS Radeon HD 6950 ........ 110.53 |=========================================== XFX Radeon HD 7950 ........ 92.53 |==================================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 93.73 |==================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G ...... 92.20 |==================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .... 90.48 |=================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 103.21 |======================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 22.61 |========= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 . 61.08 |====================== HIS Radeon HD 6950 ...... 71.09 |========================== XFX Radeon HD 7950 ...... 93.00 |================================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ....... 123.52 |============================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 86.34 |=============================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 . 37.22 |========================== HIS Radeon HD 6950 ...... 45.16 |================================ XFX Radeon HD 7950 ...... 39.16 |============================ XFX Radeon R9 290 ....... 65.46 |============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 39.88 |============================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 ... 138.08 |================================ HIS Radeon HD 6950 ........ 122.33 |============================ XFX Radeon HD 7950 ........ 165.18 |====================================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 184.90 |=========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G ...... 156.52 |==================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .... 90.22 |===================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 104.59 |======================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 19.32 |==== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 ... 91.97 |========================= HIS Radeon HD 6950 ........ 103.05 |============================ XFX Radeon HD 7950 ........ 135.59 |==================================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ......... 160.73 |=========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G ...... 126.84 |================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .... 65.11 |================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .... 87.77 |======================= NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 14.46 |==== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 . 62.52 |======================= HIS Radeon HD 6950 ...... 80.07 |============================= XFX Radeon HD 7950 ...... 102.81 |===================================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ....... 124.70 |============================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 94.97 |================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .. 45.62 |================ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .. 72.54 |========================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 . 16491 |================== HIS Radeon HD 6950 ...... 23046 |========================= XFX Radeon R9 290 ....... 41682 |============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 41460 |============================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .. 28430 |=============================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .. 26331 |============================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 . 1129 |================== HIS Radeon HD 6950 ...... 1201 |=================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ....... 2916 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 1638 |========================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .. 488 |======== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .. 583 |========= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 . 99929 |================================ HIS Radeon HD 6950 ...... 64984 |===================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ....... 141394 |============================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 133716 |=========================================== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .. 32314 |========== NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .. 32308 |========== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 . 30706 |========================= HIS Radeon HD 6950 ...... 57547 |============================================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ....... 426 | MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 189 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .. 84 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .. 266 | GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 . 22805 |=============== HIS Radeon HD 6950 ...... 71123 |============================================== XFX Radeon R9 290 ....... 1501 |= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 668 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 .. 223 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 .. 706 |