GeForce GTX 680 Linux OpenGL Scaling vs. Radeon HD 7950 Comparing the resolution scaling performance of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands graphics cards under Linux with the Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit operating system. Both graphics cards using the respective NVIDIA/AMD binary Linux GPU drivers. Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.33, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.33, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 AMD Radeon HD 7950: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.95.3 Catalyst 12.3, OpenGL: 4.2.11566, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 116.56 |============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 96.51 |====================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 113.87 |============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 96.74 |======================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 109.82 |============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 96.64 |======================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 42.74 |=========================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 46.75 |=============================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 90.86 |=========================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 99.34 |=============================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 91.72 |=========================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 99.11 |=============================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 91.81 |============================================ AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 99.16 |=============================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 83.86 |============================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 88.41 |=============================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 83.16 |============================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 87.12 |=============================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 76.87 |============================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 80.44 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 91.93 |=============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 88.92 |============================================= Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 74.28 |============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 76.18 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 102.78 |============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 92.48 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 102.32 |============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 94.23 |========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 106.95 |============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 94.98 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 106.47 |============================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 ..... 94.77 |=========================================