Open-Source RadeonSI Gallium3D vs. Nouveau Fermi/Kepler
Intel Core i7-4770K testing with Radeon HD 7000 series "Southern islands" graphics cards on open-source RadeonSI driver found in Fedora 19 compared to the NVIDIA GeForce 400/500/600 Fermi and Kepler series running on the Fedora 19 Nouveau driver. Benchmarking by Michael larabel of phoronix...


Radeon HD 7850: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

	OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Radeon HD 7950: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

	OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GTX 460: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

	OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GTX 550 Ti: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

	OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GTX 680: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

	OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 7850 ..... 19.97 |===========================
Radeon HD 7950 ..... 37.85 |===================================================
GeForce GTX 460 .... 8.11  |===========
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 21.17 |=============================
GeForce GTX 680 .... 30.36 |=========================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 7850 ..... 48.10  |====================
Radeon HD 7950 ..... 81.60  |=================================
GeForce GTX 460 .... 31.00  |=============
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 76.20  |===============================
GeForce GTX 680 .... 122.80 |==================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 7850 ..... 10.20 |===========
Radeon HD 7950 ..... 15.70 |================
GeForce GTX 460 .... 9.10  |==========
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 28.10 |=============================
GeForce GTX 680 .... 48.77 |===================================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 7850 ..... 20.57 |===================
Radeon HD 7950 ..... 42.33 |======================================
GeForce GTX 460 .... 14.80 |=============
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 38.10 |==================================
GeForce GTX 680 .... 56.43 |===================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 7850 ..... 48.24  |====================
Radeon HD 7950 ..... 85.69  |====================================
GeForce GTX 460 .... 31.97  |=============
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 79.88  |=================================
GeForce GTX 680 .... 119.87 |==================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 7850 ..... 24.97 |====================
Radeon HD 7950 ..... 44.15 |====================================
GeForce GTX 460 .... 15.02 |============
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 38.36 |===============================
GeForce GTX 680 .... 62.73 |===================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 7850 ..... 30.04 |===========================
Radeon HD 7950 ..... 51.84 |===============================================
GeForce GTX 460 .... 11.63 |===========
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 32.30 |=============================
GeForce GTX 680 .... 56.24 |===================================================