AMD Radeon R9 290 vs. NVIDIA GeForce 700 Linux Preview

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article reviewing the Radeon R9 290 graphics card and compared to other NVIDIA GeForce 700 series. This is just some early preview benchmarks.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1311207-SO-1311194SO33&grs.

AMD Radeon R9 290 vs. NVIDIA GeForce 700 Linux PreviewProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionXFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiIntel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBRealtek ALC1150SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 13.103.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64)Xfce 4.10X Server 1.14.3fglrx 13.25.54.3.12614GCC 4.8ext42560x1600NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)NVIDIA GPU 40 HDMI/DP4.3.0Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz)Unity 7.1.2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (549/3500MHz)NVIDIA GPU 44 HDMI/DPOpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- XFX Radeon R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/driCompiler Details- XFX Radeon R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,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-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- XFX Radeon R9 290, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveOpenCL Details- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536System Details- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680: GPU Compute Cores: 1536.

AMD Radeon R9 290 vs. NVIDIA GeForce 700 Linux Previewunigine-sanctuary: 2560 x 1600unvanquished: 2560 x 1600xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraunigine-tropics: 2560 x 1600unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080openarena: 2560 x 1600unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - UltimateXFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti110.78166.50174.95101.41155.65208.7057.87135.95129.66209.70241.65112.86181.37241.6763.18163.26136.27238.57266.35119.50191.14260.8766.66177.16210.44296.40306.57170.35260.70325.1089.26207.39OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeXFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti1326395265Min: 1 / Avg: 4.81 / Max: 69Min: 2 / Avg: 4.13 / Max: 35Min: 2 / Avg: 3.82 / Max: 33Min: 1 / Avg: 3.06 / Max: 32

Unvanquished

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterUnvanquished Alpha 21Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeXFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti510152025Min: 2 / Avg: 5.99 / Max: 20Min: 3 / Avg: 4.73 / Max: 10Min: 2 / Avg: 4.18 / Max: 9Min: 2 / Avg: 3.36 / Max: 8

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600XFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti50100150200250SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.85, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3110.78129.66136.27210.44

Unvanquished

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnvanquished Alpha 21Resolution: 2560 x 1600XFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti60120180240300SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3166.50209.70238.57296.40

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraXFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti70140210280350SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 2.20, N = 3174.95241.65266.35306.57MIN: 83 / MAX: 478MIN: 121 / MAX: 404MIN: 133 / MAX: 446MIN: 156 / MAX: 592

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600XFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti4080120160200SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3101.41112.86119.50170.35

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080XFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti60120180240300SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3155.65181.37191.14260.70

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600XFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti70140210280350SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3208.70241.67260.87325.10MIN: 1MIN: 2MIN: 2MIN: 1

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080XFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti20406080100SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 357.8763.1866.6689.26

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateXFX Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti50100150200250SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.29, N = 3135.95163.26177.16207.39MIN: 30 / MAX: 420MIN: 39 / MAX: 331MIN: 43 / MAX: 362MIN: 41 / MAX: 480

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