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.
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Low-End Open-Source Linux GPU Comparison Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 8400GS GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD ATI RD890 bridge 8192MB 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 AMD Radeon HD 5450/6350 512MB Realtek ALC889 DELL P2210H Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 13.04 3.8.0-7-generic (x86_64) Xfce 4.10 X Server 1.13.2 radeon 7.1.0 3.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svn ext4 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB AMD Radeon HD 4550 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 256MB (500/333MHz) nouveau 1.0.6 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Radeon HD 5450, Radeon HD 6570, Radeon HD 4670, Radeon HD 4550, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 9600GSO: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details - Radeon HD 5450, Radeon HD 6570, Radeon HD 4670, Radeon HD 4550, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 9600GSO: EXA
Low-End Open-Source Linux GPU Comparison xonotic: 1024 x 768 - High xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Low warsow: 1280 x 1024 smokin-guns: 1280 x 1024 reaction: 1280 x 1024 prey: 1280 x 1024 openarena: 1024 x 768 openarena: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 8400GS GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 39.73 109.77 40.77 72 16.30 11.70 18.10 61.60 104.10 197.00 84.65 191.28 114.60 69.60 39.80 179.50 83.96 197.26 78.47 179.00 70.40 38.63 38.30 141.63 40.56 11.87 23.70 4.93 3.60 13.22 87.83 52.72 149.32 53.33 120.20 26.90 18 25.50 88.63 11.40 22.20 61.67 74.11 198.46 71.57 162.77 43.90 34.20 66.00 152.37 34.61 96.19 43.37 74.10 17 12.57 25.60 60.10 65.32 172.65 56.20 136.70 36.80 24.90 55.93 126.20 OpenBenchmarking.org
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 39.73 104.10 83.96 52.72 74.11 34.61 65.32
Xonotic Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.50, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 109.77 197.00 197.26 40.56 149.32 198.46 96.19 172.65
Warsow Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 1.28, N = 6 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.80, N = 3 40.77 84.65 78.47 11.87 53.33 71.57 43.37 56.20
Smokin Guns Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Smokin Guns 1.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.81, N = 5 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 72.00 191.28 179.00 23.70 120.20 162.77 74.10 136.70
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 16.30 114.60 70.40 4.93 26.90 43.90 17.00 36.80
Prey Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 8400GS GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 11.70 69.60 38.63 3.60 18.00 11.40 34.20 12.57 24.90
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 8400GS GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 3.95, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 18.10 39.80 38.30 13.22 25.50 22.20 66.00 25.60 55.93
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 8400GS GeForce 9500GT GeForce GT 520 GeForce 9600GSO 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.31, N = 3 61.60 179.50 141.63 87.83 88.63 61.67 152.37 60.10 126.20
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