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 4550 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 6570 GeForce 8400GS GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce GT 520 AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD ATI RD890 bridge 8192MB 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 AMD Radeon HD 4550 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 4670 512MB AMD Radeon HD 5450/6350 512MB AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 256MB (500/333MHz) nouveau 1.0.6 NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Radeon HD 4550, Radeon HD 4670, Radeon HD 5450, Radeon HD 6570, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce GT 520: --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 4550, Radeon HD 4670, Radeon HD 5450, Radeon HD 6570, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce GT 520: EXA
Low-End Open-Source Linux GPU Comparison warsow: 1280 x 1024 smokin-guns: 1280 x 1024 reaction: 1280 x 1024 prey: 1280 x 1024 openarena: 1280 x 1024 openarena: 1024 x 768 xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Low xonotic: 1024 x 768 - High Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 6570 GeForce 8400GS GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO GeForce GT 520 53.33 120.20 26.90 18 88.63 25.50 149.32 52.72 78.47 179.00 70.40 38.63 141.63 38.30 197.26 83.96 40.77 72 16.30 11.70 61.60 18.10 109.77 39.73 11.87 23.70 4.93 3.60 87.83 13.22 40.56 84.65 191.28 114.60 69.60 179.50 39.80 197.00 104.10 11.40 61.67 22.20 71.57 162.77 43.90 34.20 152.37 66.00 198.46 74.11 56.20 136.70 36.80 24.90 126.20 55.93 172.65 65.32 43.37 74.10 17 12.57 60.10 25.60 96.19 34.61 OpenBenchmarking.org
Warsow Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO Radeon HD 4550 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6450 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 1.28, N = 6 SE +/- 1.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.80, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 84.65 78.47 71.57 56.20 53.33 43.37 40.77 11.87
Smokin Guns Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Smokin Guns 1.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO Radeon HD 4550 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6450 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 2.81, N = 5 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 191.28 179.00 162.77 136.70 120.20 74.10 72.00 23.70
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 6570 Radeon HD 4670 GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO Radeon HD 4550 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6450 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 114.60 70.40 43.90 36.80 26.90 17.00 16.30 4.93
Prey Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO Radeon HD 4550 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 5450 GeForce 8400GS Radeon HD 6450 15 30 45 60 75 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 +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 69.60 38.63 34.20 24.90 18.00 12.57 11.70 11.40 3.60
OpenArena Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 6570 GeForce 9500GT Radeon HD 4670 GeForce 9600GSO Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 6450 GeForce 8400GS Radeon HD 5450 GeForce GT 520 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 1.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 179.50 152.37 141.63 126.20 88.63 87.83 61.67 61.60 60.10
OpenArena Resolution: 1024 x 768 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 4550 GeForce 8400GS Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 6450 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.95, N = 6 66.00 55.93 39.80 38.30 25.60 25.50 22.20 18.10 13.22
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 GeForce 9500GT Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6570 GeForce 9600GSO Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 5450 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 6450 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 1.63, N = 3 SE +/- 1.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 1.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 198.46 197.26 197.00 172.65 149.32 109.77 96.19 40.56
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 6570 Radeon HD 4670 GeForce 9500GT GeForce 9600GSO Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 5450 GeForce GT 520 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 104.10 83.96 74.11 65.32 52.72 39.73 34.61
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