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.
Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11631, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 56GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64)
GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 56GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64)
Lightsmark
Nexuiz
This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Unigine Heaven
Unigine Sanctuary
Unigine Tropics
Warsow
Xonotic
Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11631, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Testing initiated at 30 April 2012 16:38 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 56GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64)
Testing initiated at 30 April 2012 17:57 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 30 April 2012 21:55 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 56GB
OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64)
Testing initiated at 30 April 2012 15:33 by user phoronix.