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 Linux Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz) Realtek ALC892 SyncMaster Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-18-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.6.0 X Server 1.11.3 fglrx 8.95.3 Catalyst 12.2 4.2.11554 GCC 4.6 ext4 2560x1600 AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (800/1250MHz) AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz) AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (1025/1450MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
Radeon HD 7950 Overclocking Linux doom3: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate warsow: 2560 x 1600 unigine-sanctuary: 2560 x 1600 unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1200 unigine-tropics: 2560 x 1600 unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1200 unigine-heaven: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz 197.80 172.50 123.53 84.37 233.87 81.82 113.40 107.51 74.24 53.22 49.26 29.78 187.43 162.52 121.49 105.20 232.83 110.09 131.58 125.70 88.20 76.66 70.54 42.34 187.93 163.98 122.79 108.47 235.03 121.78 144.18 138.77 98.11 85.16 78.52 47.10 187.00 165.34 122.89 110.82 237.30 122.82 158.06 152.89 108.60 92.87 86.55 51.60 OpenBenchmarking.org
Doom 3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 2.01, N = 3 SE +/- 1.65, N = 3 197.80 187.93 187.43 187.00
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 172.50 165.34 163.98 162.52
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 123.53 122.89 122.79 121.49
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 110.82 108.47 105.20 84.37
Warsow Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 237.30 235.03 233.87 232.83
Unigine Sanctuary Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 122.82 121.78 110.09 81.82
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 158.06 144.18 131.58 113.40
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 152.89 138.77 125.70 107.51
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 108.60 98.11 88.20 74.24
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 92.87 85.16 76.66 53.22
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 86.55 78.52 70.54 49.26
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 @ 1025 - 1450MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 900 - 1375MHz Radeon HD 7950 @ 800 - 1250MHz Radeon HD 6950 @ 800 - 1250MHz 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 51.60 47.10 42.34 29.78
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