AMD Radeon NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Linux AMD Radeon vs. NVIDIA GeForce Linux graphics cards on the proprietary graphics drivers under Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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AMD Radeon NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Linux Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution A10-7850K Radeon R7 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 6770 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R9 290 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 770 AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores) ASUS A88X-PRO AMD Device 1422 7168MB 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (900/1066MHz) ATI R6xx HDMI DELL S2409W Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 13.10 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.1.2 X Server 1.14.5 fglrx 13.30.1 4.3.12682 GCC 4.8 ext4 1920x1080 8192MB HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz) Realtek ALC1150 VA2431 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB (850/1200MHz) 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz) ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz) 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz) ECS NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1700MHz) ViewSonic VA2431 NVIDIA 331.38 3.3.0 eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz) 4.3.0 eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz) MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (540/3004MHz) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Environment Details - A10-7850K Radeon R7, Radeon HD 6450, Radeon HD 6770, Radeon HD 6870, Radeon HD 7850, Radeon R9 290: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
AMD Radeon NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Linux gputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 reaction: 1920 x 1080 unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 unvanquished: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate A10-7850K Radeon R7 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 6770 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R9 290 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 770 2046 328 2843 72557 88.23 5.79 7.16 25.80 63.19 58.21 45.03 590 197 613 47231 61.17 2.06 2.80 15.70 38.25 27.21 18.82 2687 1256 1062 256825 339.10 11.36 17.18 48.07 117.28 103.63 75.76 3627 2429 1131 411522 460.60 18.93 28.22 55.57 120.31 109.17 84.74 5462 2109 4441 291947 395.10 17.55 22.32 58.50 118.77 107.33 82.96 4240 5039 4903 422080 424.03 43.16 116.60 114.79 105.65 81.82 932 693 90096 154.10 4.69 8.05 42.10 135.51 67.22 41.33 269 163 543 24387 53.47 2.43 3.47 20.20 36.80 27.45 19.32 1264 1410 1955 157990 310.53 13.17 17.92 109.92 179.49 140.09 91.99 1816 1209 3141 154758 322.60 16.89 19.51 120.33 173.25 140.04 93.50 6158 3092 11489 276298 579.87 46.79 57.22 204.37 194.02 175.29 129.72 6757 3187 8682 277291 563.20 42.09 51.56 196.77 192.67 174.08 130.28 7952 3307 12133 289255 596.90 49.50 60.16 208.13 193.28 175.47 130.43 OpenBenchmarking.org
GpuTest Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6770 A10-7850K Radeon R7 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GT 240 Radeon HD 6450 GeForce GT 520 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 1167.34, N = 6 SE +/- 1087.25, N = 6 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 15.17, N = 3 SE +/- 82.74, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 4.18, N = 3 SE +/- 129.30, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.67, N = 3 7952 6757 6158 5462 4240 3627 2687 2046 1816 1264 932 590 269
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 6770 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GT 240 A10-7850K Radeon R7 Radeon HD 6450 GeForce GT 520 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500 SE +/- 44.90, N = 3 SE +/- 3.06, N = 3 SE +/- 4.84, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 24.92, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, 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 5039 3307 3187 3092 2429 2109 1410 1256 1209 693 328 197 163
GpuTest Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 650 A10-7850K Radeon R7 GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6770 Radeon HD 6450 GeForce GT 520 3K 6K 9K 12K 15K SE +/- 31.70, N = 3 SE +/- 10.79, N = 3 SE +/- 23.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 12133 11489 8682 4903 4441 3141 2843 1955 1131 1062 613 543
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 680 Radeon HD 6770 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GT 240 A10-7850K Radeon R7 Radeon HD 6450 GeForce GT 520 90K 180K 270K 360K 450K SE +/- 43244.86, N = 6 SE +/- 1222.00, N = 3 SE +/- 647.39, N = 3 SE +/- 372.75, N = 3 SE +/- 987.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1302.15, N = 3 SE +/- 35.92, N = 3 SE +/- 25.06, N = 3 SE +/- 2198.18, N = 6 SE +/- 42.67, N = 3 SE +/- 127.75, N = 3 SE +/- 7.64, N = 3 SE +/- 186.85, N = 3 422080 411522 291947 289255 277291 276298 256825 157990 154758 90096 72557 47231 24387
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 6770 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GT 240 A10-7850K Radeon R7 Radeon HD 6450 GeForce GT 520 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 1.69, N = 3 SE +/- 4.60, N = 3 SE +/- 10.34, N = 3 SE +/- 2.66, N = 3 SE +/- 2.56, N = 3 SE +/- 1.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.55, N = 3 SE +/- 2.52, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 1.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 596.90 579.87 563.20 460.60 424.03 395.10 339.10 322.60 310.53 154.10 88.23 61.17 53.47 MIN: 593.8 / MAX: 599.6 MIN: 571 / MAX: 586.4 MIN: 543.7 / MAX: 578.9 MIN: 455.3 / MAX: 463.6 MIN: 419.2 / MAX: 427.9 MIN: 393 / MAX: 396.9 MIN: 338 / MAX: 339.7 MIN: 317.6 / MAX: 325.6 MIN: 309.1 / MAX: 312.7 MIN: 152.6 / MAX: 157 MIN: 87.5 / MAX: 88.7
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 6770 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GT 240 A10-7850K Radeon R7 Radeon HD 6450 GeForce GT 520 10 20 30 40 50 Min: 1 / Avg: 1.62 / Max: 4 Min: 1 / Avg: 1.66 / Max: 4 Min: 1 / Avg: 1.7 / Max: 4 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.13 / Max: 6 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.31 / Max: 15 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.43 / Max: 15 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.88 / Max: 10 Min: 2 / Avg: 3 / Max: 6 Min: 2 / Avg: 3.14 / Max: 6 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.47 / Max: 13 Min: 2 / Avg: 11.13 / Max: 37 Min: 1 / Avg: 16.24 / Max: 51 Min: 2 / Avg: 18.65 / Max: 33
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 6770 A10-7850K Radeon R7 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 6450 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 6 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 49.50 46.79 42.09 18.93 17.55 16.89 13.17 11.36 5.79 4.69 2.43 2.06
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 6770 GeForce GT 240 A10-7850K Radeon R7 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 6450 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 60.16 57.22 51.56 43.16 28.22 22.32 19.51 17.92 17.18 8.05 7.16 3.47 2.80
Unvanquished Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 650 Radeon R9 290 GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6770 GeForce GT 240 A10-7850K Radeon R7 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 6450 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.22, N = 3 SE +/- 5.20, N = 6 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 3.65, N = 6 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 208.13 204.37 196.77 120.33 116.60 109.92 58.50 55.57 48.07 42.10 25.80 20.20 15.70
Unvanquished Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 6770 GeForce GT 240 A10-7850K Radeon R7 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 6450 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.73 / Max: 13 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.79 / Max: 13 Min: 3 / Avg: 5.04 / Max: 13 Min: 5 / Avg: 8.21 / Max: 73 Min: 5 / Avg: 8.29 / Max: 67 Min: 4 / Avg: 8.34 / Max: 26 Min: 7 / Avg: 16.8 / Max: 60 Min: 6 / Avg: 17.72 / Max: 55 Min: 8 / Avg: 20.63 / Max: 71 Min: 12 / Avg: 20.8 / Max: 98 Min: 17 / Avg: 38.36 / Max: 78 Min: 30 / Avg: 49.8 / Max: 82 Min: 30 / Avg: 63.3 / Max: 99
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GT 240 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 6770 Radeon R9 290 A10-7850K Radeon R7 Radeon HD 6450 GeForce GT 520 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 194.02 193.28 192.67 179.49 173.25 135.51 120.31 118.77 117.28 114.79 63.19 38.25 36.80 MIN: 111 / MAX: 431 MIN: 115 / MAX: 424 MIN: 112 / MAX: 422 MIN: 93 / MAX: 358 MIN: 91 / MAX: 298 MIN: 72 / MAX: 188 MIN: 65 / MAX: 303 MIN: 63 / MAX: 282 MIN: 58 / MAX: 297 MIN: 60 / MAX: 283 MIN: 30 / MAX: 94 MIN: 19 / MAX: 52 MIN: 22 / MAX: 44
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GTX 650 Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 6770 GeForce GT 240 A10-7850K Radeon R7 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 6450 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 1.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 175.47 175.29 174.08 140.09 140.04 109.17 107.33 105.65 103.63 67.22 58.21 27.45 27.21 MIN: 99 / MAX: 365 MIN: 99 / MAX: 372 MIN: 97 / MAX: 352 MIN: 66 / MAX: 266 MIN: 68 / MAX: 248 MIN: 53 / MAX: 278 MIN: 55 / MAX: 259 MIN: 54 / MAX: 261 MIN: 48 / MAX: 252 MIN: 31 / MAX: 108 MIN: 27 / MAX: 89 MIN: 14 / MAX: 37 MIN: 13 / MAX: 42
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate GeForce GTX 770 GeForce GTX 760 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 650 GeForce GTX 550 Ti Radeon HD 6870 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon R9 290 Radeon HD 6770 A10-7850K Radeon R7 GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 520 Radeon HD 6450 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 130.43 130.28 129.72 93.50 91.99 84.74 82.96 81.82 75.76 45.03 41.33 19.32 18.82 MIN: 26 / MAX: 322 MIN: 26 / MAX: 324 MIN: 22 / MAX: 321 MIN: 24 / MAX: 187 MIN: 25 / MAX: 194 MIN: 18 / MAX: 256 MIN: 16 / MAX: 242 MIN: 16 / MAX: 245 MIN: 18 / MAX: 213 MIN: 14 / MAX: 83 MIN: 18 / MAX: 75 MIN: 9 / MAX: 30 MIN: 9 / MAX: 33
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