Radeon HD 7950 Overclocking Linux

Benchmarking the AMD Radeon HD 7950 under Ubuntu Linux with the Catalyst driver at various clock-speeds and compared to reference Sapphire Radeon HD 6950. Linux Radeon benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Radeon HD 7950 Overclocking LinuxProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy DMI216384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz)Realtek ALC892SyncMasterIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.043.2.0-18-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.6.0X Server 1.11.3fglrx 8.95.3 Catalyst 12.24.2.11554GCC 4.6ext42560x1600AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (800/1250MHz)AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (1025/1450MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Compiz was running on this system.

Radeon HD 7950 Overclocking Linuxdoom3: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1200unigine-heaven: 2560 x 1600unigine-sanctuary: 2560 x 1600unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1200unigine-tropics: 2560 x 1600warsow: 2560 x 1600xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Highxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - UltimateRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz197.8053.2249.2629.7881.82113.40107.5174.24233.87172.50123.5384.37187.4376.6670.5442.34110.09131.58125.7088.20232.83162.52121.49105.20187.9385.1678.5247.10121.78144.18138.7798.11235.03163.98122.79108.47187.0092.8786.5551.60122.82158.06152.89108.60237.30165.34122.89110.82OpenBenchmarking.org

Doom 3

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDoom 3 1.3.1Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: UltraRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz4080120160200SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 2.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.65, N = 3197.80187.93187.43187.00

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 3.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz20406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 392.8785.1676.6653.22

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1200

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 3.0Resolution: 1920 x 1200Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 386.5578.5270.5449.26

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 3.0Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz1224364860SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 351.6047.1042.3429.78

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3122.82121.78110.0981.82

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz306090120150SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3158.06144.18131.58113.40

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1200

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1200Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3152.89138.77125.70107.51

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz20406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3108.6098.1188.2074.24

Warsow

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 0.61Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz50100150200250SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3237.30235.03233.87232.83

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz4080120160200SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3172.50165.34163.98162.52

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz306090120150SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3123.53122.89122.79121.49

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHzRadeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHzRadeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz20406080100SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3110.82108.47105.2084.37


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