AMD Radeon HD 7850 Ubuntu Linux Catalyst AMD ASUS Radeon HD 7850 Linux graphics card benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix reviewing the Radeon HD 7850 from Ubuntu. Radeon HD 5000/6000/7000 series benchmarks plus benchmarks of comparison NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards under Linux. Using the proprietary binary drivers. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel. Radeon HD 5830: 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: ATI Radeon HD 5800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11 Catalyst 12.9, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 6870: 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 6800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11 Catalyst 12.9, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 6950: 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 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11 Catalyst 12.9, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7850: 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 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11 Catalyst 12.9, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7850 - OC: 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 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (1040/1360MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11 Catalyst 12.9, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7950: 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 7900 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11 Catalyst 12.9, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 460: 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 GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: 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 GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 680: 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 GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-9-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX: Processor: AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core @ 3.10GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A97, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 768MB (648/1700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.17, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 69.43 |============== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 96.47 |==================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 104.43 |====================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 84.83 |================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 85.83 |================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 88.47 |================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 84.40 |================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 69.87 |=============== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 230.60 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 175.03 |==================================== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ...... 130.80 |=============================== Radeon HD 6870 ...... 148.37 |=================================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 151.00 |=================================== Radeon HD 7850 ...... 140.93 |================================= Radeon HD 7850 - OC . 141.07 |================================= Radeon HD 7950 ...... 142.10 |================================= GeForce GTX 460 ..... 142.00 |================================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 124.57 |============================= GeForce GTX 680 ..... 208.57 |================================================= Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ...... 88.20 |======================= Radeon HD 6870 ...... 120.43 |================================ Radeon HD 6950 ...... 134.97 |==================================== Radeon HD 7850 ...... 127.63 |================================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC . 133.03 |=================================== Radeon HD 7950 ...... 142.77 |====================================== GeForce GTX 460 ..... 88.30 |======================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 78.57 |===================== GeForce GTX 680 ..... 184.23 |================================================= Quake 4 1.4.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ...... 146.00 |================================================ Radeon HD 6870 ...... 149.97 |================================================= Radeon HD 6950 ...... 146.97 |================================================ Radeon HD 7850 ...... 124.30 |========================================= Radeon HD 7850 - OC . 124.40 |========================================= Radeon HD 7950 ...... 125.03 |========================================= GeForce GTX 460 ..... 131.00 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 113.80 |===================================== GeForce GTX 680 ..... 132.23 |=========================================== Quake 4 1.4.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ...... 138.17 |============================================ Radeon HD 6870 ...... 154.00 |================================================= Radeon HD 6950 ...... 155.17 |================================================= Radeon HD 7850 ...... 127.87 |======================================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC . 128.47 |========================================= Radeon HD 7950 ...... 130.53 |========================================= GeForce GTX 460 ..... 120.73 |====================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 71.63 |======================= GeForce GTX 680 ..... 135.13 |=========================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 260.03 |========================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 367.80 |===================================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 422.43 |========================================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 273.67 |=========================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 300.30 |============================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 430.87 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 27.63 |=== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 60.73 |====== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 481.90 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 271.87 |=========================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 21.75 |================ Radeon HD 6870 ....... 27.64 |==================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 33.32 |======================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 24.17 |================= Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 26.16 |=================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 55.96 |======================================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 3.62 |=== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 6.07 |==== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 68.06 |================================================= GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 22.29 |================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 15.62 |================ Radeon HD 6870 ....... 18.75 |=================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 25.00 |========================= Radeon HD 7850 ....... 14.78 |=============== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 20.54 |===================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 42.05 |========================================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 2.61 |=== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 4.27 |==== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 48.53 |================================================= GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 17.50 |================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 78.84 |=================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 96.51 |======================= Radeon HD 6950 ....... 121.91 |============================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 113.08 |=========================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 129.98 |=============================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 178.28 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 36.89 |========= GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 45.53 |=========== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 198.23 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 62.93 |=============== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 49.32 |==================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 59.60 |======================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 76.61 |=============================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 42.54 |================= Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 56.01 |====================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 111.86 |============================================= GeForce GTX 460 ...... 7.04 |=== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 23.13 |========= GeForce GTX 680 ...... 119.91 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 36.46 |=============== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 62.09 |================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 81.95 |======================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 97.61 |============================ Radeon HD 7850 ....... 44.88 |============= Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 103.83 |============================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 125.18 |==================================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 12.33 |==== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 35.01 |========== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 164.93 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 53.30 |================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 41.17 |================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 54.48 |======================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 66.89 |============================= Radeon HD 7850 ....... 34.18 |=============== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 37.47 |================ Radeon HD 7950 ....... 88.79 |======================================= GeForce GTX 460 ...... 4.20 |== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 11.60 |===== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 110.37 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 32.74 |============== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 30.79 |===================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 41.52 |============================ Radeon HD 6950 ....... 46.52 |=============================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 30.07 |==================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 34.85 |======================= Radeon HD 7950 ....... 53.60 |==================================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 5.15 |=== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 18.27 |============ GeForce GTX 680 ...... 73.33 |================================================= GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 26.08 |================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 21.92 |================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 28.89 |======================= Radeon HD 6950 ....... 35.47 |============================= Radeon HD 7850 ....... 19.78 |================ Radeon HD 7950 ....... 45.77 |===================================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 3.76 |=== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 12.80 |========== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 60.95 |================================================= GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 20.56 |================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 140.74 |============================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 146.06 |================================ Radeon HD 6950 ....... 146.53 |================================ Radeon HD 7850 ....... 110.27 |======================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 110.99 |======================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 112.45 |======================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 35.49 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 54.23 |============ GeForce GTX 680 ...... 221.58 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 187.93 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 118.07 |========================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 134.60 |============================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 139.17 |=============================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 104.56 |======================= Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 106.17 |======================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 110.26 |======================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 20.02 |==== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 20.13 |==== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 216.53 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 188.01 |========================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 105.20 |================================ Radeon HD 6870 ....... 109.85 |================================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 111.57 |================================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 84.11 |========================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 84.99 |========================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 86.83 |=========================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 25.06 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 40.65 |============= GeForce GTX 680 ...... 155.56 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 125.41 |======================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 85.59 |============================ Radeon HD 6870 ....... 96.08 |=============================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 103.80 |================================= Radeon HD 7850 ....... 81.78 |========================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 81.50 |========================== Radeon HD 7950 ....... 86.46 |============================ GeForce GTX 460 ...... 18.32 |====== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 18.38 |====== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 149.36 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 126.07 |========================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 78.10 |=========================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 86.33 |============================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 96.16 |================================= Radeon HD 7850 ....... 78.76 |=========================== Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 81.08 |============================ Radeon HD 7950 ....... 83.90 |============================= GeForce GTX 460 ...... 19.45 |======= GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 25.16 |========= GeForce GTX 680 ...... 139.68 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 72.07 |========================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 ....... 52.76 |====================== Radeon HD 6870 ....... 60.82 |========================== Radeon HD 6950 ....... 73.86 |=============================== Radeon HD 7850 ....... 65.15 |============================ Radeon HD 7850 - OC .. 68.40 |============================= Radeon HD 7950 ....... 80.84 |================================== GeForce GTX 460 ...... 14.35 |====== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ... 13.83 |====== GeForce GTX 680 ...... 113.71 |================================================ GTX 460 SE NeoRazorX . 72.24 |==============================