Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 260X Linux GPU Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com reviewing the Sapphire Radeon R7 260X graphics card against other AMD Catalyst GPUs and NVIDIA GeForce hardware on Ubuntu Linux. A10-7850K Radeon R7: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: KV SPECTRE DESKTOP 65W/100W (130F) 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6770: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6950: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon R7 260X: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 610: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1024MB (810/533MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 650: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (540/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 55.20 |============= Radeon HD 6770 ...... 54.73 |============= Radeon HD 6870 ...... 63.20 |=============== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 146.13 |=================================== Radeon HD 7850 ...... 84.13 |==================== Radeon R7 260X ...... 130.20 |================================ Radeon R9 270X ...... 155.43 |====================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 119.70 |============================= GeForce GT 610 ...... 20.70 |===== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 121.27 |============================= GeForce GTX 760 ..... 201.93 |================================================= Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 76.83 |================== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 127.67 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 ...... 153.83 |=================================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 154.47 |=================================== Radeon HD 7850 ...... 144.30 |================================= Radeon R7 260X ...... 143.07 |================================= Radeon R9 270X ...... 143.57 |================================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 139.43 |================================ GeForce GT 610 ...... 25.70 |====== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 127.43 |============================= GeForce GTX 760 ..... 214.63 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 62.30 |====================== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 79.68 |============================ Radeon HD 6870 ...... 89.59 |================================ Radeon HD 6950 ...... 92.04 |================================ Radeon HD 7850 ...... 95.75 |================================== Radeon R7 260X ...... 87.39 |=============================== Radeon R9 270X ...... 88.75 |=============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 94.90 |================================= GeForce GT 610 ...... 19.46 |======= GeForce GTX 650 ..... 97.16 |================================== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 139.04 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 15.7 MAX: 47.0 Radeon HD 6770 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 9.1 MAX: 25.0 Radeon HD 6870 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.6 MAX: 26.0 Radeon HD 6950 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 26.0 Radeon HD 7850 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 47.0 Radeon R7 260X ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 46.0 Radeon R9 270X ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 45.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. MIN: 5.0 AVG: 7.8 MAX: 23.0 GeForce GT 610 ...... MIN: 20.0 AVG: 37.0 MAX: 67.0 GeForce GTX 650 ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 23.0 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 23.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 86.60 |======================= Radeon HD 6770 ...... 108.35 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 ...... 114.95 |=============================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 115.69 |=============================== Radeon HD 7850 ...... 111.45 |============================== Radeon R7 260X ...... 110.31 |============================== Radeon R9 270X ...... 111.95 |============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 142.80 |======================================= GeForce GT 610 ...... 27.77 |======= GeForce GTX 650 ..... 142.94 |======================================= GeForce GTX 760 ..... 181.69 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 100.55 |========================= Radeon HD 6770 ...... 125.00 |=============================== Radeon HD 6870 ...... 127.17 |=============================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 127.70 |=============================== Radeon HD 7850 ...... 124.69 |=============================== Radeon R7 260X ...... 122.39 |============================== Radeon R9 270X ...... 125.43 |=============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 184.40 |============================================= GeForce GT 610 ...... 37.56 |========= GeForce GTX 650 ..... 178.32 |============================================ GeForce GTX 760 ..... 199.26 |================================================= Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 17.7 MAX: 53.0 Radeon HD 6770 ...... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 18.2 MAX: 54.0 Radeon HD 6870 ...... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 15.6 MAX: 50.0 Radeon HD 6950 ...... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 6.8 MAX: 16.0 Radeon HD 7850 ...... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.7 MAX: 46.0 Radeon R7 260X ...... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 7.6 MAX: 40.0 Radeon R9 270X ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 37.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. MIN: 5.0 AVG: 8.3 MAX: 52.0 GeForce GT 610 ...... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 48.2 MAX: 79.0 GeForce GTX 650 ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 59.0 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 12.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 18.0 Radeon HD 6770 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 11.0 Radeon HD 6870 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 7.0 Radeon HD 6950 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 7.0 Radeon HD 7850 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 12.0 Radeon R7 260X ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 12.0 Radeon R9 270X ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 12.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 6.0 GeForce GT 610 ...... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 18.2 MAX: 32.0 GeForce GTX 650 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.0 MAX: 5.0 GeForce GTX 760 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 4.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 11.75 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ...... 16.10 |============= Radeon HD 7850 ...... 32.40 |========================== Radeon R7 260X ...... 31.30 |========================= Radeon R9 270X ...... 47.27 |====================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 23.07 |================== GeForce GT 610 ...... 3.72 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 24.95 |==================== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 62.75 |================================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 33.66 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ...... 54.64 |=============== Radeon HD 6870 ...... 77.41 |===================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 94.50 |========================= Radeon HD 7850 ...... 88.76 |======================== Radeon R7 260X ...... 88.09 |======================= Radeon R9 270X ...... 119.30 |================================ GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 63.97 |================= GeForce GT 610 ...... 11.30 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 66.08 |================== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 184.28 |================================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 30.00 |========== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 51.86 |================= Radeon HD 6950 ...... 85.45 |============================ Radeon HD 7850 ...... 81.27 |=========================== Radeon R7 260X ...... 74.31 |======================== Radeon R9 270X ...... 95.65 |=============================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 57.12 |=================== GeForce GT 610 ...... 9.42 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 56.09 |================== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 149.08 |================================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 9.58 |========= Radeon HD 6770 ...... 17.54 |================= Radeon HD 6870 ...... 28.39 |=========================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 33.20 |================================ Radeon HD 7850 ...... 24.54 |======================= Radeon R7 260X ...... 28.39 |=========================== Radeon R9 270X ...... 40.88 |======================================= GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 18.38 |================== GeForce GT 610 ...... 3.49 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 19.54 |=================== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 52.32 |================================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 197.67 |================= Radeon HD 6770 ...... 342.47 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 ...... 474.53 |======================================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 487.00 |========================================= Radeon HD 7850 ...... 423.40 |==================================== Radeon R7 260X ...... 366.30 |=============================== Radeon R9 270X ...... 433.10 |==================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 309.73 |========================== GeForce GT 610 ...... 54.80 |===== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 324.17 |=========================== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 584.13 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 63.30 |=========== Radeon HD 6770 ...... 109.67 |=================== Radeon HD 6870 ...... 177.70 |============================== Radeon HD 6950 ...... 198.10 |================================== Radeon HD 7850 ...... 192.20 |================================= Radeon R7 260X ...... 186.37 |================================ Radeon R9 270X ...... 197.13 |================================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti .. 128.20 |====================== GeForce GT 610 ...... 27.03 |===== GeForce GTX 650 ..... 125.97 |====================== GeForce GTX 760 ..... 285.53 |=================================================