Sensor Testing AMD Radeon R9 290 Linux benchmarks! AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards tested and benchmarked on Ubuntu Linux for a future article on Phoronix.com. Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 460: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ECS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 15 HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 650: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GpuTest 0.6.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 114 AVG: 258 MAX: 273 Radeon HD 6950 ..... MIN: 138 AVG: 278 MAX: 288 Radeon HD 7850 ..... MIN: 194 AVG: 196 MAX: 201 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 133 AVG: 265 MAX: 287 Radeon R9 270X ..... MIN: 276 AVG: 290 MAX: 301 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 71 AVG: 362 MAX: 413 GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 105 AVG: 220 MAX: 226 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 166 AVG: 231 MAX: 243 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 141 AVG: 142 MAX: 143 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 289 AVG: 298 MAX: 306 GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 1257 |========================= Radeon HD 6950 ..... 1300 |========================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 1130 |======================= Radeon HD 7950 ..... 1585 |================================ Radeon R9 270X ..... 2197 |============================================ Radeon R9 290 ...... 2573 |==================================================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 854 |================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 692 |============== GeForce GTX 650 .... 599 |============ GeForce GTX 680 .... 2088 |========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 14.40 |===================== Radeon HD 6950 ..... 17.68 |========================== Radeon HD 7850 ..... 12.67 |=================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 25.95 |====================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 23.33 |================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 31.20 |============================================== GeForce GTX 460 .... 10.83 |================ GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 9.13 |============= GeForce GTX 650 .... 10.37 |=============== GeForce GTX 680 .... 34.52 |=================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 114 AVG: 199 MAX: 212 Radeon HD 6950 ..... MIN: 123 AVG: 228 MAX: 239 Radeon HD 7850 ..... MIN: 135 AVG: 159 MAX: 172 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 147 AVG: 236 MAX: 248 Radeon R9 270X ..... MIN: 99 AVG: 208 MAX: 218 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 107 AVG: 286 MAX: 336 GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 130 AVG: 185 MAX: 200 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 112 AVG: 193 MAX: 202 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 104 AVG: 132 MAX: 135 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 97 AVG: 257 MAX: 268 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 0.07 |============================ Radeon HD 6950 ..... 0.08 |================================ Radeon HD 7850 ..... 0.08 |================================ Radeon HD 7950 ..... 0.11 |============================================ Radeon R9 270X ..... 0.11 |============================================ Radeon R9 290 ...... 0.11 |============================================ GeForce GTX 460 .... 0.06 |======================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 0.05 |==================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 0.08 |================================ GeForce GTX 680 .... 0.13 |==================================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... 4.88 |================================= Radeon HD 6950 ..... 4.67 |================================ Radeon HD 7850 ..... 5.76 |======================================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 5.98 |========================================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 7.58 |==================================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 7.11 |================================================= GeForce GTX 460 .... 3.89 |=========================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 3.00 |===================== GeForce GTX 650 .... 4.21 |============================= GeForce GTX 680 .... 7.01 |================================================ GpuTest 0.6.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 57 AVG: 69 MAX: 73 Radeon HD 6950 ..... MIN: 59 AVG: 72 MAX: 76 Radeon HD 7850 ..... MIN: 50 AVG: 62 MAX: 68 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 71 AVG: 85 MAX: 89 Radeon R9 270X ..... MIN: 49 AVG: 62 MAX: 66 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 47 AVG: 87 MAX: 96 GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 46 AVG: 58 MAX: 61 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 47 AVG: 68 MAX: 75 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 44 AVG: 56 MAX: 62 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 52 AVG: 75 MAX: 82 Unigine Valley 1.0 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 54 AVG: 67 MAX: 69 Radeon HD 6950 ..... MIN: 56 AVG: 70 MAX: 72 Radeon HD 7850 ..... MIN: 58 AVG: 64 MAX: 66 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 55 AVG: 83 MAX: 86 Radeon R9 270X ..... MIN: 46 AVG: 56 MAX: 57 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 84 AVG: 93 MAX: 94 GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 48 AVG: 53 MAX: 54 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 63 AVG: 69 MAX: 69 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 47 AVG: 56 MAX: 57 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 70 AVG: 79 MAX: 80 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 73 AVG: 206 MAX: 273 Radeon HD 6950 ..... MIN: 79 AVG: 231 MAX: 288 Radeon HD 7850 ..... MIN: 69 AVG: 166 MAX: 204 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 71 AVG: 239 MAX: 287 Radeon R9 270X ..... MIN: 69 AVG: 224 MAX: 301 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 71 AVG: 299 MAX: 413 GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 76 AVG: 189 MAX: 226 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 66 AVG: 195 MAX: 243 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 61 AVG: 130 MAX: 143 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 69 AVG: 256 MAX: 306 GPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Radeon HD 6870 ..... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 66.4 MAX: 73.0 Radeon HD 6950 ..... MIN: 36.5 AVG: 69.1 MAX: 76.0 Radeon HD 7850 ..... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 62.8 MAX: 68.0 Radeon HD 7950 ..... MIN: 40.0 AVG: 82.4 MAX: 89.0 Radeon R9 270X ..... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 57.1 MAX: 66.0 Radeon R9 290 ...... MIN: 35.0 AVG: 90.6 MAX: 96.0 GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 33.0 AVG: 53.6 MAX: 61.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 37.0 AVG: 67.8 MAX: 75.0 GeForce GTX 650 .... MIN: 35.0 AVG: 55.5 MAX: 62.0 GeForce GTX 680 .... MIN: 38.0 AVG: 76.3 MAX: 82.0