AMDGPU-PRO vs. NVIDIA Linux Vulkan Testing Fresh Dota 2 and The Talos Principle benchmarks via the Phoronix Test Suite. AMD and NVIDIA GPU tests. Results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2009.7578125MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4054.20703125MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 460: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2009.7109375MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 480: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8141.7109375MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4053.82421875MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1164/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1050: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (156/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1050 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1316/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1060: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1505/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1070: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (105/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1080: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1599/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 92.63 |=========================================== Radeon R9 290 ....... 93.30 |=========================================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 87.07 |======================================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 93.37 |=========================================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 87.27 |======================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 105.27 |================================================= GeForce GTX 970 ..... 105.30 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 103.80 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 106.27 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 105.20 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 106.23 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 105.80 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 106.07 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 110.27 |============================================ Radeon R9 290 ....... 109.87 |============================================ Radeon RX 460 ....... 102.77 |========================================= Radeon RX 480 ....... 109.83 |============================================ Radeon R9 Fury ...... 104.03 |========================================== GeForce GTX 970 ..... 122.23 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 119.90 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 122.80 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 122.40 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 122.37 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 121.93 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 121.37 |================================================ Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 88.47 |========================================== Radeon R9 290 ....... 88.83 |========================================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 75.73 |==================================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 88.30 |========================================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 82.77 |======================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 102.90 |================================================= GeForce GTX 970 ..... 102.93 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 99.97 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 102.77 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 102.90 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 102.47 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 103.10 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 102.80 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 106.50 |=========================================== Radeon R9 290 ....... 107.17 |============================================ Radeon RX 460 ....... 86.47 |=================================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 106.37 |=========================================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 100.77 |========================================= GeForce GTX 970 ..... 120.17 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 117.80 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 113.73 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 119.27 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1060 .... 120.63 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 120.07 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 119.47 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 43.63 |===================== Radeon R9 290 ....... 57.67 |=========================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 28.93 |============== Radeon RX 480 ....... 64.20 |============================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 78.43 |===================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 83.10 |======================================= GeForce GTX 970 ..... 85.10 |======================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 92.70 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 49.93 |======================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 56.73 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 93.70 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 102.80 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 104.03 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 44.20 |=================== Radeon R9 290 ....... 64.10 |=========================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 33.43 |============== Radeon RX 480 ....... 66.80 |============================ Radeon R9 Fury ...... 85.73 |==================================== GeForce GTX 970 ..... 72.63 |=============================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 79.50 |================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 47.83 |==================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 54.20 |======================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 83.17 |=================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 106.77 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 115.27 |================================================= The Talos Principle Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 22.37 |====================== Radeon R9 290 ....... 29.00 |============================ Radeon RX 460 ....... 14.70 |============== Radeon RX 480 ....... 27.80 |=========================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 39.83 |====================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 38.33 |===================================== GeForce GTX 970 ..... 34.77 |================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 39.33 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 7.72 |======= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 22.17 |===================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 34.27 |================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 44.70 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 51.97 |================================================== The Talos Principle Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 26.10 |================= Radeon R9 290 ....... 41.10 |=========================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 15.97 |========== Radeon RX 480 ....... 35.87 |======================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 52.77 |================================== GeForce GTX 970 ..... 38.40 |========================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 44.43 |============================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 22.90 |=============== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 27.13 |================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 45.63 |============================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 63.23 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 77.13 |==================================================