Low-End Open-Source Linux GPU Comparison Comparing several different NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards on the open-source Linux graphics drivers. Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Radeon HD 4550: 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 4550 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 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 5450: 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 5450/6350 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 GeForce 8400GS: 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 8400 GS 256MB (500/333MHz), 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 9600GSO: 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 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), 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 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4550 .. 52.72 |=========================== Radeon HD 4670 .. 83.96 |=========================================== Radeon HD 5450 .. 39.73 |==================== Radeon HD 6570 .. 104.10 |===================================================== GeForce 9500GT .. 74.11 |====================================== GeForce 9600GSO . 65.32 |================================= GeForce GT 520 .. 34.61 |================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4550 .. 149.32 |======================================== Radeon HD 4670 .. 197.26 |===================================================== Radeon HD 5450 .. 109.77 |============================= Radeon HD 6450 .. 40.56 |=========== Radeon HD 6570 .. 197.00 |===================================================== GeForce 9500GT .. 198.46 |===================================================== GeForce 9600GSO . 172.65 |============================================== GeForce GT 520 .. 96.19 |========================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4550 .. 53.33 |================================== Radeon HD 4670 .. 78.47 |================================================== Radeon HD 5450 .. 40.77 |========================== Radeon HD 6450 .. 11.87 |======== Radeon HD 6570 .. 84.65 |====================================================== GeForce 9500GT .. 71.57 |============================================== GeForce 9600GSO . 56.20 |==================================== GeForce GT 520 .. 43.37 |============================ Smokin Guns 1.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4550 .. 120.20 |================================= Radeon HD 4670 .. 179.00 |================================================== Radeon HD 5450 .. 72.00 |==================== Radeon HD 6450 .. 23.70 |======= Radeon HD 6570 .. 191.28 |===================================================== GeForce 9500GT .. 162.77 |============================================= GeForce 9600GSO . 136.70 |====================================== GeForce GT 520 .. 74.10 |===================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4550 .. 26.90 |============ Radeon HD 4670 .. 70.40 |================================= Radeon HD 5450 .. 16.30 |======== Radeon HD 6450 .. 4.93 |== Radeon HD 6570 .. 114.60 |===================================================== GeForce 9500GT .. 43.90 |==================== GeForce 9600GSO . 36.80 |================= GeForce GT 520 .. 17.00 |======== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4550 .. 18.00 |============== Radeon HD 4670 .. 38.63 |============================== Radeon HD 5450 .. 11.70 |========= Radeon HD 6450 .. 3.60 |=== Radeon HD 6570 .. 69.60 |====================================================== GeForce 8400GS .. 11.40 |========= GeForce 9500GT .. 34.20 |=========================== GeForce 9600GSO . 24.90 |=================== GeForce GT 520 .. 12.57 |========== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4550 .. 25.50 |===================== Radeon HD 4670 .. 38.30 |=============================== Radeon HD 5450 .. 18.10 |=============== Radeon HD 6450 .. 13.22 |=========== Radeon HD 6570 .. 39.80 |================================= GeForce 8400GS .. 22.20 |================== GeForce 9500GT .. 66.00 |====================================================== GeForce 9600GSO . 55.93 |============================================== GeForce GT 520 .. 25.60 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4550 .. 88.63 |========================== Radeon HD 4670 .. 141.63 |========================================== Radeon HD 5450 .. 61.60 |================== Radeon HD 6450 .. 87.83 |========================== Radeon HD 6570 .. 179.50 |===================================================== GeForce 8400GS .. 61.67 |================== GeForce 9500GT .. 152.37 |============================================= GeForce 9600GSO . 126.20 |===================================== GeForce GT 520 .. 60.10 |==================