AMD Open-Source Tests
A Graphics comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite.


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

My MSI Radeon HD 7950: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 512GB Crucial_CT512MX1, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57781 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: LinuxMint 17.2, Kernel: 4.1.6-040106-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.6.13, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.0-devel (git-3b4d03d 2015-08-21 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


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 |============================
My MSI Radeon HD 7950 ... 52.87 |=========================


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  |======================================
My MSI Radeon HD 7950 ... 73.16  |==============================


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  |===============================
My MSI Radeon HD 7950 ... 100.55 |=====================================


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 |============================
My MSI Radeon HD 7950 ... 27.13 |===================