HD 7950 vs. GTX 680 - Intel i7 Ivy Bridge Linux Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands GPUs. Using the proprietary AMD and NVIDIA Linux graphics drivers on Ubuntu 12.04. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: 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 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz: 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 (800/1250MHz), 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, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz: 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, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Timed Idle GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 40.8 MAX: 43.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 43.1 MAX: 46.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 42.4 MAX: 44.0 Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 60 AVG: 60 MAX: 61 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 65 AVG: 68 MAX: 115 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 65 AVG: 65 MAX: 66 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 155.14 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 126.28 |============================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 127.32 |============================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.75 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.75 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.73 |===================================== Xonotic 0.6 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 48.0 AVG: 65.2 MAX: 74.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 58.9 MAX: 62.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 49.0 AVG: 59.0 MAX: 61.0 Xonotic 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 110 AVG: 207 MAX: 258 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 120 AVG: 168 MAX: 192 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 140 AVG: 174 MAX: 214 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 117.18 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 107.47 |================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 111.96 |================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.47 |============================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.60 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.59 |===================================== Xonotic 0.6 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 70 AVG: 75 MAX: 78 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 57 AVG: 62 MAX: 65 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 57 AVG: 63 MAX: 66 Xonotic 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 130 AVG: 248 MAX: 271 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 109 AVG: 180 MAX: 226 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 118 AVG: 189 MAX: 229 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 207.77 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 122.89 |===================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 120.93 |===================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.93 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.85 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.76 |=============================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 65.0 AVG: 65.3 MAX: 66.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 58.0 AVG: 58.6 MAX: 59.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 58.0 AVG: 58.9 MAX: 60.0 Nexuiz 2.5.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 208 AVG: 224 MAX: 234 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 111 AVG: 145 MAX: 171 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 116 AVG: 160 MAX: 179 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 212.78 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 176.96 |============================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 197.97 |================================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.78 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.75 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.79 |====================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 71 AVG: 78 MAX: 80 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 50 AVG: 69 MAX: 72 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 55 AVG: 72 MAX: 74 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 141 AVG: 272 MAX: 277 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 143 AVG: 235 MAX: 247 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 117 AVG: 252 MAX: 265 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 121.80 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 110.82 |================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 121.88 |==================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.44 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.46 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.47 |====================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 74 AVG: 79 MAX: 80 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 58 AVG: 72 MAX: 73 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 60 AVG: 74 MAX: 75 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 127 AVG: 274 MAX: 279 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 112 AVG: 243 MAX: 253 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 114 AVG: 257 MAX: 267 Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 172.46 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 138.98 |============================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 153.92 |================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.64 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.61 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.63 |===================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 71 AVG: 78 MAX: 79 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 58 AVG: 69 MAX: 70 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 53 AVG: 71 MAX: 72 Unigine Tropics 1.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 141 AVG: 270 MAX: 277 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 109 AVG: 229 MAX: 256 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 107 AVG: 244 MAX: 274 Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 105.85 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 92.26 |=============================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 102.56 |=================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.39 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.39 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.41 |====================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 72 AVG: 79 MAX: 80 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 52 AVG: 70 MAX: 72 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 57 AVG: 72 MAX: 74 Unigine Tropics 1.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 142 AVG: 271 MAX: 279 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 108 AVG: 235 MAX: 258 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 111 AVG: 251 MAX: 271 Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 121.71 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 113.93 |================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 123.58 |==================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.55 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.51 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.52 |==================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 63 AVG: 75 MAX: 78 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 51 AVG: 67 MAX: 70 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 51 AVG: 69 MAX: 72 Unigine Heaven 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 140 AVG: 223 MAX: 248 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 102 AVG: 225 MAX: 246 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 103 AVG: 238 MAX: 262 Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 101.14 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 85.08 |============================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 94.44 |================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.42 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.38 |================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.39 |=================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 66 AVG: 77 MAX: 79 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 50 AVG: 68 MAX: 71 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 50 AVG: 70 MAX: 73 Unigine Heaven 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 130 AVG: 243 MAX: 265 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 102 AVG: 226 MAX: 246 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 105 AVG: 243 MAX: 265 Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 91.86 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 77.71 |=============================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 86.31 |=================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.37 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.34 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.36 |===================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 66 AVG: 77 MAX: 79 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 51 AVG: 68 MAX: 70 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 51 AVG: 70 MAX: 73 Unigine Heaven 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 132 AVG: 246 MAX: 264 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 103 AVG: 226 MAX: 245 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 104 AVG: 240 MAX: 262 Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 42.93 |================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 42.60 |================================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 47.60 |===================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.17 |================================ AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.19 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.20 |====================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 65 AVG: 77 MAX: 79 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 51 AVG: 69 MAX: 71 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 51 AVG: 71 MAX: 74 Unigine Heaven 3.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 108 AVG: 249 MAX: 271 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 103 AVG: 229 MAX: 249 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 106 AVG: 241 MAX: 264 VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 103.17 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 82.52 |============================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 89.94 |=============================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.38 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.37 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.38 |====================================== VDrift 2010-06-30 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 64 AVG: 78 MAX: 80 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 58 AVG: 69 MAX: 71 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 58 AVG: 71 MAX: 73 VDrift 2010-06-30 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 124 AVG: 270 MAX: 282 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 109 AVG: 221 MAX: 235 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 105 AVG: 237 MAX: 251 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 204.90 |================================ AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 227.13 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 230.60 |==================================== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 1.17 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 1.26 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 1.28 |====================================== Doom 3 1.3.1 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 67.0 AVG: 68.7 MAX: 71.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 58.0 AVG: 59.9 MAX: 62.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 59.0 AVG: 60.3 MAX: 62.0 Doom 3 1.3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 121 AVG: 175 MAX: 210 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 137 AVG: 180 MAX: 215 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 115 AVG: 181 MAX: 212 Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 201.03 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 159.53 |============================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 164.37 |============================= Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.89 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.90 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.86 |==================================== Prey 1.4.119 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 66.0 AVG: 70.7 MAX: 75.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 56.0 AVG: 62.1 MAX: 66.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 56.0 AVG: 62.8 MAX: 68.0 Prey 1.4.119 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 127 AVG: 225 MAX: 274 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 91 AVG: 177 MAX: 239 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 125 AVG: 192 MAX: 251 Quake 4 1.4.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 174.30 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 177.57 |=================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 180.77 |==================================== Quake 4 1.4.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 1.00 |================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 1.11 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 1.06 |==================================== Quake 4 1.4.2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 66.0 AVG: 68.7 MAX: 70.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 56.0 AVG: 57.7 MAX: 59.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 56.0 AVG: 58.0 MAX: 60.0 Quake 4 1.4.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 131 AVG: 175 MAX: 216 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 113 AVG: 161 MAX: 194 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 144 AVG: 171 MAX: 197 Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 416.67 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 320.90 |============================ AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 323.37 |============================ Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 1.63 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 1.56 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 1.57 |===================================== Warsow 0.61 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 70 AVG: 77 MAX: 80 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 55 AVG: 65 MAX: 69 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 50 AVG: 65 MAX: 70 Warsow 0.61 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 131 AVG: 256 MAX: 277 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 114 AVG: 206 MAX: 245 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 119 AVG: 206 MAX: 250 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 17.41 |============ AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 53.19 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 53.81 |===================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 5.44 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 1.92 |============= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 1.84 |============= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 45.3 MAX: 66.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 46.5 MAX: 57.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 44.7 MAX: 57.0 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 61 AVG: 95 MAX: 172 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 66 AVG: 102 MAX: 151 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 93 AVG: 99 MAX: 153 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 9.05 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 5.94 |========================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 5.98 |========================= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 9.04 |===================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 15.07 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 15.70 |===================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 39.2 MAX: 40.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 42.0 MAX: 42.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 41.3 MAX: 42.0 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 60 AVG: 82 MAX: 97 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 71 AVG: 90 MAX: 97 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 89 AVG: 94 MAX: 97 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 5.58 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 1.92 |============= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 1.95 |============= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . 17.26 |=============================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . MIN: 96 AVG: 96 MAX: 98 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . MIN: 43.0 AVG: 47.6 MAX: 51.0 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 . MIN: 129 AVG: 144 MAX: 159 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Charts FPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 13.13 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 10.93 |=============================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 11.48 |================================ Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Charts FPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.14 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.08 |====================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.08 |====================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 44.0 AVG: 46.5 MAX: 51.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 48.0 AVG: 54.5 MAX: 56.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 50.0 AVG: 53.7 MAX: 55.0 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 82 AVG: 91 MAX: 100 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 110 AVG: 137 MAX: 143 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 113 AVG: 140 MAX: 148 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gradients FPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 50.20 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 31.38 |======================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 34.86 |========================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gradients FPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.48 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.22 |================= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.25 |==================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 47.3 MAX: 50.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 55.0 AVG: 56.8 MAX: 58.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 55.0 AVG: 56.2 MAX: 57.0 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 83 AVG: 104 MAX: 125 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 112 AVG: 140 MAX: 149 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 113 AVG: 139 MAX: 145 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Fish FPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 2.01 |=============================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 2.50 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 2.50 |====================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Fish FPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 0.02 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.02 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.02 |====================================== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 43.0 AVG: 44.1 MAX: 45.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 48.0 AVG: 51.3 MAX: 56.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 48.0 AVG: 49.6 MAX: 54.0 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 61 AVG: 89 MAX: 94 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 98 AVG: 118 MAX: 146 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 99 AVG: 121 MAX: 149 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gears FPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 277.88 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 62.77 |======== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 83.30 |=========== Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 Demo: Gears FPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 2.32 |====================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 0.42 |======= AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 0.56 |========= Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 48.3 MAX: 50.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 55.0 AVG: 56.9 MAX: 58.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 55.0 AVG: 56.8 MAX: 58.0 Cairo Performance Demos 2012-01-30 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 96 AVG: 120 MAX: 124 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 116 AVG: 149 MAX: 159 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 113 AVG: 149 MAX: 155 LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 4222 |======================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 6389 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 6734 |====================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 19.01 |================ AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 43.23 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 43.68 |===================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 54.0 AVG: 71.6 MAX: 75.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 56.0 AVG: 59.7 MAX: 60.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 57.0 AVG: 60.5 MAX: 61.0 LuxMark 2.1beta1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 213 AVG: 222 MAX: 224 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 114 AVG: 148 MAX: 150 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 120 AVG: 154 MAX: 157 LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala Score > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 649 |========================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 921 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 979 |======================================= LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala Score Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 2.93 |================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 6.21 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 6.30 |====================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 70.0 AVG: 74.6 MAX: 76.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 57.0 AVG: 59.9 MAX: 61.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 56.0 AVG: 60.7 MAX: 61.0 LuxMark 2.1beta1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 128 AVG: 221 MAX: 231 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 112 AVG: 148 MAX: 150 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 116 AVG: 155 MAX: 157 LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room Score > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 296 |================ AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 664 |==================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 720 |======================================= LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room Score Per Watt > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... 1.40 |============ AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . 4.21 |===================================== AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . 4.34 |====================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 69.0 AVG: 73.5 MAX: 75.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 54.0 AVG: 61.3 MAX: 62.0 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 57.0 AVG: 61.8 MAX: 63.0 LuxMark 2.1beta1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 144 AVG: 212 MAX: 216 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 112 AVG: 158 MAX: 160 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 146 AVG: 166 MAX: 168 GPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 38 AVG: 71 MAX: 80 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 41 AVG: 64 MAX: 73 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 41 AVG: 66 MAX: 75 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 ........... MIN: 60 AVG: 218 MAX: 282 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 800-1250MHz . MIN: 65 AVG: 194 MAX: 258 AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 65 AVG: 206 MAX: 274 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better AMD Radeon HD 7950 @ 900-1375MHz . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 41.7 MAX: 42.0