AMD, NVIDIA GPU Drivers - Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Benchmarking of an AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands graphics card under Microsoft Windows 7 Pro x64 and under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64 Linux. Testing with stock distributions on same hardware. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Results from the GeForce GTX 680 benchmarking on the same system were also tossed in for reference.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1205235-SU-WINLINGFX62 .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz) Realtek ALC892 SyncMaster Realtek RTL8111/8168B Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.10.0 X Server 1.11.3 fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.4 4.2.11631 GCC 4.6 ext4 2560x1600 Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores) 56GB Windows NT 6.1 (x86_64) Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz) Realtek ALC892 Realtek RTL8111/8168B Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.10.0 X Server 1.11.3 NVIDIA 295.40 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40 GCC 4.6 ext4 2560x1600 Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores) 56GB Windows NT 6.1 (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Compiz was running on this system.
lightsmark: 2560 x 1600 nexuiz: 2560 x 1600 - Yes - On unigine-heaven: 1400 x 1050 unigine-heaven: 1600 x 1200 unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 unigine-heaven: 2560 x 1600 unigine-sanctuary: 1920 x 1080 unigine-sanctuary: 2560 x 1600 unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 unigine-tropics: 2560 x 1600 warsow: 2560 x 1600 xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 456.19 123.14 79.34 71.08 66.60 44.85 197.96 121.89 153.57 102.49 319.50 174.89 128.26 109.89 804.71 135.05 80.77 69.21 65.01 43.91 190.29 120.38 148.58 101.37 347.73 199.61 137.40 113.81 597.43 201.66 104.67 91.76 84.83 51.38 212.58 121.87 172.26 105.98 417.60 257.56 172.00 117.18 848.66 171.04 115.27 96.25 88.23 57.47 207.90 127.16 174.90 112.34 406.50 236.77 167.98 120.68 OpenBenchmarking.org
Lightsmark Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 4.10, N = 3 SE +/- 4.23, N = 3 456.19 804.71 597.43 848.66
Nexuiz Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 2.17, N = 6 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 2.76, N = 4 123.14 135.05 201.66 171.04
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 79.34 80.77 104.67 115.27
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 71.08 69.21 91.76 96.25
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 66.60 65.01 84.83 88.23
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 44.85 43.91 51.38 57.47
Unigine Sanctuary Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 197.96 190.29 212.58 207.90
Unigine Sanctuary Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 121.89 120.38 121.87 127.16
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 153.57 148.58 172.26 174.90
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 102.49 101.37 105.98 112.34
Warsow Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 4.94, N = 4 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 3.94, N = 3 319.50 347.73 417.60 406.50
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 2.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 174.89 199.61 257.56 236.77
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 128.26 137.40 172.00 167.98
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Radeon HD 7950 GeForce GTX 680 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 109.89 113.81 117.18 120.68
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