NVIDIA vs. AMD 4K Linux Comparison
Many NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon 2016 tests at 3840 x 2160 (4k). Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix!
GeForce GTX 680
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
GeForce GTX 760
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz).
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz).
GeForce GTX 980
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz).
GeForce GTX 960
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz).
GeForce GTX 970
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz).
GeForce GTX TITAN X
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz).
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz).
Radeon R9 Fury
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Radeon R9 285
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB.
Radeon R7 370
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Radeon R9 290
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB.
Radeon R9 270X
Changed Graphics to Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MB.
System Power Consumption Monitor
GPU Temperature Monitor
Tesseract
Xonotic
Unigine Valley
Team Fortress 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
BioShock Infinite
GeForce GTX 680
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Testing initiated at 8 May 2016 08:44 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 760
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Testing initiated at 8 May 2016 13:36 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Testing initiated at 8 May 2016 19:32 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 980
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Testing initiated at 9 May 2016 08:15 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 960
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Testing initiated at 9 May 2016 11:48 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 970
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Testing initiated at 9 May 2016 14:53 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX TITAN X
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Testing initiated at 9 May 2016 17:51 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Testing initiated at 10 May 2016 08:39 by user phoronix.
Radeon R9 Fury
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 17 May 2016 11:37 by user phoronix.
Radeon R9 285
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 17 May 2016 12:32 by user phoronix.
Radeon R7 370
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 17 May 2016 17:11 by user phoronix.
Radeon R9 290
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 17 May 2016 19:02 by user phoronix.
Radeon R9 270X
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 18 May 2016 07:45 by user phoronix.