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&grr&sor&rro.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)Realtek ALC892SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168BUbuntu 12.043.2.0-23-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.10.0X Server 1.11.3fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.44.2.11631GCC 4.6ext42560x1600Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores)56GBWindows NT6.1 (x86_64)Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)Realtek ALC892Realtek RTL8111/8168BUbuntu 12.043.2.0-23-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.10.0X Server 1.11.3NVIDIA 295.404.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40GCC 4.6ext42560x1600Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores)56GBWindows NT6.1 (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Compiz was running on this system.

xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimatexonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Highwarsow: 2560 x 1600unigine-tropics: 2560 x 1600unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080unigine-sanctuary: 2560 x 1600unigine-sanctuary: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 2560 x 1600unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1600 x 1200unigine-heaven: 1400 x 1050nexuiz: 2560 x 1600 - Yes - Onlightsmark: 2560 x 1600Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Windows 7109.89128.26174.89319.50102.49153.57121.89197.9644.8566.6071.0879.34123.14456.19113.81137.40199.61347.73101.37148.58120.38190.2943.9165.0169.2180.77135.05804.71117.18172.00257.56417.60105.98172.26121.87212.5851.3884.8391.76104.67201.66597.43120.68167.98236.77406.50112.34174.90127.16207.9057.4788.2396.25115.27171.04848.66OpenBenchmarking.org

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateUbuntu 12.04 LTSWindows 7306090120150SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3109.89113.81117.18120.68

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraUbuntu 12.04 LTSWindows 74080120160200SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3128.26137.40167.98172.00

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighUbuntu 12.04 LTSWindows 760120180240300SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 2.58, N = 3174.89199.61236.77257.56

Warsow

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 0.61Resolution: 2560 x 1600Ubuntu 12.04 LTSWindows 790180270360450SE +/- 4.94, N = 4SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3319.50347.73406.50417.60

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600Windows 7Ubuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3101.37102.49105.98112.34

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Windows 7Ubuntu 12.04 LTS4080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3148.58153.57172.26174.90

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600Windows 7Ubuntu 12.04 LTS306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3120.38121.89121.87127.16

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Windows 7Ubuntu 12.04 LTS50100150200250SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3190.29197.96207.90212.58

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 2.1Resolution: 2560 x 1600Windows 7Ubuntu 12.04 LTS1326395265SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 343.9144.8551.3857.47

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 2.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080Windows 7Ubuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 365.0166.6084.8388.23

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1600 x 1200

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 2.1Resolution: 1600 x 1200Windows 7Ubuntu 12.04 LTS20406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 369.2171.0891.7696.25

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1400 x 1050

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 2.1Resolution: 1400 x 1050Ubuntu 12.04 LTSWindows 7306090120150SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 379.3480.77104.67115.27

Nexuiz

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OnUbuntu 12.04 LTSWindows 74080120160200SE +/- 2.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 2.76, N = 4SE +/- 0.68, N = 3123.14135.05171.04201.66

Lightsmark

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 680OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterLightsmark 2008Resolution: 2560 x 1600Ubuntu 12.04 LTSWindows 72004006008001000SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 4.10, N = 3SE +/- 4.23, N = 3456.19804.71597.43848.66

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