Radeon vs. Nouveau Open-Source GPU 2D Performance 2D Nouveau and Radeon Ubuntu Linux desktop performance benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce 8500GT: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 256MB (459/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.6, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9500GT: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.6, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 520: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.6, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 4670: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6450: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6570: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 140.59 |=============================================== GeForce 9500GT . 140.38 |=============================================== GeForce GT 520 . 141.22 |=============================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 160.16 |===================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 154.77 |==================================================== Radeon HD 6570 . 161.90 |====================================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 153.88 |=========================================== GeForce 9500GT . 156.11 |============================================ GeForce GT 520 . 154.79 |=========================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 189.53 |===================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 188.42 |===================================================== Radeon HD 6570 . 192.38 |====================================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 328.74 |==================================== GeForce 9500GT . 327.46 |==================================== GeForce GT 520 . 329.29 |==================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 478.37 |===================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 487.97 |====================================================== Radeon HD 6570 . 469.00 |==================================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 13.80 |============================= GeForce 9500GT . 13.67 |============================= GeForce GT 520 . 26.16 |======================================================= Radeon HD 4670 . 7.93 |================= Radeon HD 6450 . 8.39 |================== Radeon HD 6570 . 8.11 |================= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 110.52 |=============================================== GeForce 9500GT . 106.63 |============================================== GeForce GT 520 . 126.10 |====================================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 104.33 |============================================= Radeon HD 6450 . 107.34 |============================================== Radeon HD 6570 . 103.39 |============================================ cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 30.69 |============================ GeForce 9500GT . 29.81 |=========================== GeForce GT 520 . 60.90 |======================================================= Radeon HD 4670 . 16.69 |=============== Radeon HD 6450 . 21.28 |=================== Radeon HD 6570 . 19.13 |================= Render Bench Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m3 Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 21.47 |=================================================== GeForce 9500GT . 21.03 |================================================== GeForce GT 520 . 23.05 |====================================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 21.79 |=================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 23.31 |======================================================= Radeon HD 6570 . 22.02 |==================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 24.79 |============================================== GeForce 9500GT . 25.99 |================================================ GeForce GT 520 . 29.92 |======================================================= Radeon HD 4670 . 28.24 |==================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 27.58 |=================================================== Radeon HD 6570 . 28.47 |==================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 3.03 |==================================== GeForce 9500GT . 3.03 |==================================== GeForce GT 520 . 4.69 |======================================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 2.45 |============================= Radeon HD 6450 . 2.49 |============================== Radeon HD 6570 . 2.56 |=============================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 6.07 |===================================== GeForce 9500GT . 6.11 |===================================== GeForce GT 520 . 9.31 |======================================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 5.06 |============================== Radeon HD 6450 . 5.04 |============================== Radeon HD 6570 . 4.96 |============================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 3.88 |==================================== GeForce 9500GT . 3.88 |==================================== GeForce GT 520 . 5.98 |======================================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 3.50 |================================= Radeon HD 6450 . 3.49 |================================= Radeon HD 6570 . 3.55 |================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 27.10 |================================================== GeForce 9500GT . 28.46 |==================================================== GeForce GT 520 . 27.86 |=================================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 29.12 |====================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 26.37 |================================================= Radeon HD 6570 . 29.83 |======================================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 17.77 |================ GeForce 9500GT . 17.78 |================ GeForce GT 520 . 17.95 |================ Radeon HD 4670 . 37.99 |=================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 60.46 |======================================================= Radeon HD 6570 . 49.99 |============================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better GeForce 8500GT . 7.58 |=============================================== GeForce 9500GT . 6.76 |========================================== GeForce GT 520 . 8.95 |======================================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 6.79 |========================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 6.70 |========================================== Radeon HD 6570 . 6.71 |==========================================