Driver Value Open-Source Linux Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 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: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 285: 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: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 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: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R7 370: 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: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 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: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 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: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 760: 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 760 2048MB (967/1620MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 780 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 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/1620MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.3.0-rc1-phx (x86_64) 20150914, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-64aee8f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 37.84 |======================= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 58.67 |==================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 83.29 |=================================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 56.28 |================================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 21.12 |============= GeForce GTX 680 .... 36.25 |====================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 33.84 |===================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 29.05 |================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 . 0.33 |========================================================= Radeon R7 370 . 0.31 |====================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 0.22 |================================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 0.30 |============================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 0.32 |================================================= Radeon R7 370 ...... 0.34 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 0.22 |================================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 0.32 |================================================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 0.26 |======================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 0.27 |========================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 99 AVG: 175 MAX: 190 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 77 AVG: 194 MAX: 214 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 81 AVG: 257 MAX: 293 Radeon R7 370 ...... MIN: 62 AVG: 167 MAX: 183 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 75 AVG: 97 MAX: 101 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 83 AVG: 112 MAX: 118 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 99 AVG: 129 MAX: 136 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 86 AVG: 108 MAX: 124 Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7950 . 27.37 |==================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 8.74 |================= Radeon R9 290 .. 29.07 |======================================================= Radeon R7 370 .. 26.00 |================================================= Metro 2033 Redux Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 . 0.04 |=============== Radeon R9 290 . 0.12 |============================================== Radeon R7 370 . 0.15 |========================================================= Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7950 . 0.18 |===================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 0.08 |======================== Radeon R9 290 .. 0.18 |===================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 0.19 |======================================================== Metro 2033 Redux System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . MIN: 103 AVG: 118 MAX: 121 Radeon HD 7950 . MIN: 74 AVG: 152 MAX: 207 Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 83 AVG: 107 MAX: 124 Radeon R9 290 .. MIN: 77 AVG: 161 MAX: 241 Radeon R7 370 .. MIN: 62 AVG: 136 MAX: 181 Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7950 . 33.70 |=================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 6.76 |========== Radeon R9 290 .. 36.23 |======================================================= Radeon R7 370 .. 29.95 |============================================= Metro: Last Light Redux Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 . 0.03 |========== Radeon R9 290 . 0.15 |================================================== Radeon R7 370 . 0.17 |========================================================= Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7950 . 0.18 |======================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 0.06 |=================== Radeon R9 290 .. 0.17 |===================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 0.18 |======================================================== Metro: Last Light Redux System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . MIN: 100 AVG: 107 MAX: 115 Radeon HD 7950 . MIN: 74 AVG: 187 MAX: 232 Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 84 AVG: 104 MAX: 114 Radeon R9 290 .. MIN: 80 AVG: 208 MAX: 283 Radeon R7 370 .. MIN: 62 AVG: 162 MAX: 197 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 59.29 |======================= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 116.67 |============================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 30.76 |============ Radeon R9 290 ...... 126.72 |================================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 110.74 |============================================ GeForce GTX 650 .... 41.83 |================= GeForce GTX 680 .... 61.85 |======================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 58.78 |======================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 65.13 |========================== Xonotic 0.8 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 . 0.13 |============ Radeon R9 290 . 0.51 |=============================================== Radeon R7 370 . 0.62 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 0.37 |=========================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 0.67 |================================================ Radeon R9 285 ...... 0.33 |======================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 0.61 |============================================ Radeon R7 370 ...... 0.72 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 0.44 |================================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 0.57 |========================================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 0.47 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 0.62 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 103 AVG: 162 MAX: 176 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 73 AVG: 174 MAX: 213 Radeon R9 285 ...... MIN: 82 AVG: 92 MAX: 99 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 79 AVG: 207 MAX: 276 Radeon R7 370 ...... MIN: 61 AVG: 153 MAX: 187 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 73 AVG: 94 MAX: 99 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 83 AVG: 108 MAX: 114 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 98 AVG: 126 MAX: 134 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 86 AVG: 105 MAX: 115 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 95.53 |================================ Radeon HD 7950 ..... 137.42 |============================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 25.98 |========= Radeon R9 290 ...... 148.59 |================================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 135.05 |============================================= GeForce GTX 650 .... 78.05 |========================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 95.77 |================================ GeForce GTX 760 .... 93.18 |=============================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 102.87 |=================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 . 0.11 |======== Radeon R9 290 . 0.60 |============================================== Radeon R7 370 . 0.75 |========================================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 0.67 |================================ Radeon HD 7950 ..... 0.91 |=========================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 0.29 |============== Radeon R9 290 ...... 0.82 |======================================= Radeon R7 370 ...... 1.10 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 0.84 |======================================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 0.92 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 0.77 |==================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 1.00 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 101 AVG: 143 MAX: 171 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 74 AVG: 152 MAX: 177 Radeon R9 285 ...... MIN: 82 AVG: 91 MAX: 103 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 80 AVG: 180 MAX: 215 Radeon R7 370 ...... MIN: 61 AVG: 123 MAX: 164 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 73 AVG: 93 MAX: 98 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 84 AVG: 104 MAX: 108 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 98 AVG: 120 MAX: 127 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 85 AVG: 103 MAX: 109 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 151.83 |========================================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 174.47 |================================================ Radeon R9 290 ...... 181.73 |================================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 174.57 |================================================ GeForce GTX 650 .... 98.43 |=========================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 137.00 |====================================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 132.40 |==================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 135.57 |===================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.6 MAX: 14.0 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 52.0 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.7 MAX: 30.0 Radeon R7 370 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 30.0 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 10.1 MAX: 24.0 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 27.0 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 27.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 7.4 MAX: 26.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 . 0.73 |========================================== Radeon R7 370 . 0.98 |========================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 0.97 |===================================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 1.21 |=============================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 1.12 |=========================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 1.35 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 1.09 |========================================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 1.35 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 760 .... 1.13 |============================================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 1.35 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 102 AVG: 156 MAX: 184 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 73 AVG: 145 MAX: 180 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 79 AVG: 163 MAX: 217 Radeon R7 370 ...... MIN: 62 AVG: 130 MAX: 163 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 73 AVG: 90 MAX: 94 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 84 AVG: 101 MAX: 107 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 97 AVG: 118 MAX: 122 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 86 AVG: 100 MAX: 106 Meta Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 . 100.94 |======================================================= Radeon R7 370 . 88.77 |================================================ Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 86.12 |=========================================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 91.44 |============================================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 100.94 |================================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 88.77 |============================================ GeForce GTX 650 .... 59.86 |============================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 82.72 |========================================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 79.55 |======================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 83.16 |========================================= System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 99 AVG: 152 MAX: 190 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 72 AVG: 171 MAX: 232 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 77 AVG: 204 MAX: 293 Radeon R7 370 ...... MIN: 61 AVG: 148 MAX: 197 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 73 AVG: 93 MAX: 99 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 83 AVG: 107 MAX: 118 GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 96 AVG: 124 MAX: 136 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 85 AVG: 104 MAX: 124