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.
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AMD, NVIDIA GPU Drivers - Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 Linux,
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",175.3904175,174.4518362,174.8408217
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",199.1699672,199.4648042,200.2095438
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",252.7842889,258.2592894,261.6499707
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",236.2063153,237.1871544,236.9251578
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",127.5671694,128.9109538,128.2869409
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",136.6638926,136.3836911,139.1573763
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",171.7702591,173.2221841,171.0073131
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",166.5583747,169.5790374,167.7895207
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",110.0008883,109.5626671,110.1140063
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",113.9653658,114.8533462,112.617198
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",117.2678807,117.0192625,117.2435238
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",120.2806166,120.8685052,120.8837974
"Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Resolution: 1400 x 1050",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",79.2978,79.1966,79.5111
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",80.7414,80.7935,80.788
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",104.096,104.86,105.05
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",115.427,114.637,115.759
"Warsow 0.61 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",304.7,323.7,325,324.6
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",347.4,348.4,347.4
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",417,418.2,417.6
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",398.8,411.8,408.9
"Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Resolution: 1600 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",71.1402,71.0257,71.0774
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",69.1723,69.2291,69.2402
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",91.871,91.729,91.6767
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",96.367,96.2349,96.1571
"Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",66.6691,66.6872,66.4411
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",65.0146,65.0107,64.9952
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",84.8035,84.8391,84.8393
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",88.2051,88.2543,88.2273
"Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",44.8347,44.8589,44.8634
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",43.9024,43.9119,43.9104
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",51.3947,51.3374,51.4163
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",57.4616,57.4776,57.4688
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",116.2066871,125.5019414,130.3238191,125.7850588,123.2623309,117.7841548
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",134.5570169,135.1822274,135.4181818
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",201.4523121,200.5975666,202.9231908
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",162.7622378,173.5645041,174.0512245,173.7913011
"Lightsmark 2008 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",454.03,455.4,459.14
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",804.07,805.54,804.52
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",605.56,592.38,594.36
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",857.11,844.53,844.34
"Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",197.949,197.973,197.963
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",190.232,190.291,190.337
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",212.537,212.683,212.523
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",207.818,207.981,207.913
"Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",121.886,121.881,121.895
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",120.378,120.378,120.379
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",121.92,121.952,121.734
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",127.177,127.157,127.156
"Unigine Tropics 1.3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",153.199,153.84,153.661
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",148.595,148.59,148.548
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",171.908,172.449,172.421
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",174.748,174.987,174.956
"Unigine Tropics 1.3 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",102.502,102.46,102.509
"Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7",101.38,101.356,101.373
"GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS",105.962,105.93,106.035
"GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7",112.372,112.332,112.325