Latest AMD Radeon R9 290 Linux Performance Look Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com with different AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards. 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12780, 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12780, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R7 260X: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB (1150/1650MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12780, 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12780, 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12780, 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 760: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (540/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 770: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 780 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (549/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 270X OC - 14.1beta: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00B, Graphics: Supported device 6810 2048MB (1150/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2309W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.12.10-300.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.5, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12780, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 143.27 |===================== Radeon HD 7950 ........ 206.30 |============================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 128.77 |=================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 161.07 |======================= Radeon R9 290 ......... 220.50 |================================ GeForce GTX 680 ....... 241.37 |=================================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 202.30 |============================= GeForce GTX 770 ....... 260.00 |====================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 322.43 |=============================================== R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 102.43 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.9 MAX: 62.0 Radeon HD 7950 ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 62.0 Radeon R7 260X ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.8 MAX: 61.0 Radeon R9 270X ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 62.0 Radeon R9 290 ......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 71.0 GeForce GTX 680 ....... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 35.0 GeForce GTX 760 ....... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 35.0 GeForce GTX 770 ....... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 35.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 35.0 R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 9.7 MAX: 41.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 24.16 |============= Radeon HD 7950 ........ 42.38 |======================= Radeon R7 260X ........ 22.80 |============= Radeon R9 270X ........ 35.57 |==================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 52.39 |============================= GeForce GTX 680 ....... 48.21 |=========================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 43.39 |======================== GeForce GTX 770 ....... 50.80 |============================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 87.16 |================================================ R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 37.39 |===================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 30.57 |================ Radeon HD 7950 ........ 46.66 |========================= Radeon R7 260X ........ 28.73 |=============== Radeon R9 270X ........ 43.83 |======================= Radeon R9 290 ......... 63.04 |================================== GeForce GTX 680 ....... 63.72 |================================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 55.03 |============================= GeForce GTX 770 ....... 67.67 |==================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 89.57 |================================================ R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 42.27 |======================= Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 70.03 |============ Radeon HD 7950 ........ 147.53 |======================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 93.13 |=============== Radeon R9 270X ........ 92.20 |=============== Radeon R9 290 ......... 161.20 |=========================== GeForce GTX 680 ....... 213.83 |=================================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 194.83 |================================ GeForce GTX 770 ....... 232.40 |====================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 285.80 |=============================================== R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 97.97 |================ Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 14.1 MAX: 81.0 Radeon HD 7950 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 27.0 Radeon R7 260X ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 88.0 Radeon R9 270X ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 85.0 Radeon R9 290 ......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 21.0 GeForce GTX 680 ....... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 9.0 GeForce GTX 760 ....... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 9.0 GeForce GTX 770 ....... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 10.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 9.0 R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 10.0 MAX: 81.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 155.05 |========================= Radeon HD 7950 ........ 171.61 |============================ Radeon R7 260X ........ 143.38 |======================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 166.05 |=========================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 170.37 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 ....... 241.83 |======================================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 223.56 |===================================== GeForce GTX 770 ....... 254.87 |========================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 285.87 |=============================================== R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 134.25 |====================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 112.12 |=========================== Radeon HD 7950 ........ 132.57 |================================ Radeon R7 260X ........ 106.22 |========================= Radeon R9 270X ........ 127.35 |============================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 131.04 |=============================== GeForce GTX 680 ....... 164.77 |======================================= GeForce GTX 760 ....... 148.25 |=================================== GeForce GTX 770 ....... 170.87 |========================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 197.74 |=============================================== R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 96.75 |======================= GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 1125 |============= Radeon HD 7950 ........ 1587 |=================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 1188 |============== Radeon R9 270X ........ 2232 |========================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 2774 |================================ GeForce GTX 680 ....... 1941 |======================= GeForce GTX 760 ....... 1723 |==================== GeForce GTX 770 ....... 2078 |======================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 3379 |======================================= R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 4192 |================================================= GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 4220 |============== Radeon HD 7950 ........ 4583 |=============== Radeon R7 260X ........ 4996 |================= Radeon R9 270X ........ 5504 |================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 4810 |================ GeForce GTX 680 ....... 8993 |============================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 6780 |====================== GeForce GTX 770 ....... 9508 |=============================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 14525 |================================================ R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 5981 |==================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenCL Heartwall Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 7850 .. 6.01 |========================================== Radeon HD 7950 .. 5.07 |==================================== Radeon R7 260X .. 4.91 |================================== Radeon R9 270X .. 4.70 |================================= Radeon R9 290 ... 4.90 |================================== GeForce GTX 680 . 5.19 |==================================== GeForce GTX 760 . 7.83 |======================================================= GeForce GTX 770 . 4.89 |================================== Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenCL Leukocyte Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ..... 60.24 |=================================================== Radeon HD 7950 ..... 55.28 |=============================================== Radeon R7 260X ..... 59.23 |================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 54.38 |============================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 54.82 |============================================== GeForce GTX 680 .... 12.22 |========== GeForce GTX 760 .... 12.73 |=========== GeForce GTX 770 .... 11.67 |========== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 9.16 |======== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room Score > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 605 |====================== Radeon HD 7950 ........ 984 |==================================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 617 |======================= Radeon R9 270X ........ 844 |=============================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 1333 |================================================= GeForce GTX 680 ....... 654 |======================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 546 |==================== GeForce GTX 770 ....... 686 |========================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 1215 |============================================= R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 890 |================================= LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala Score > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 1107 |===================== Radeon HD 7950 ........ 1873 |==================================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 1118 |===================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 1555 |============================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 2550 |================================================= GeForce GTX 680 ....... 1316 |========================= GeForce GTX 760 ....... 1094 |===================== GeForce GTX 770 ....... 1379 |========================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 2408 |============================================== R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 1580 |============================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7850 ........ 8522 |===================== Radeon HD 7950 ........ 13724 |================================== Radeon R7 260X ........ 7823 |==================== Radeon R9 270X ........ 11428 |============================= Radeon R9 290 ......... 19199 |================================================ GeForce GTX 680 ....... 8943 |====================== GeForce GTX 760 ....... 7668 |=================== GeForce GTX 770 ....... 9363 |======================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 18097 |============================================= R9 270X OC - 14.1beta . 11346 |============================