30-Way Ubuntu 14.04 AMD / NVIDIA Linux Graphics Card Comparison

Testing of 30 different AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards under Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux... Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com putting out all of these latest AMD and NVIDIA Linux GPU benchmarks on the binary drivers for reference purposes.

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30-Way Ubuntu 14.04 AMD / NVIDIA Linux Graphics Card ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD RD890 bridge8192MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB (850/1200MHz)Realtek ALC889VE228Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 14.043.13.0-13-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.15.0fglrx 13.35.54.3.12780GCC 4.8ext41920x1080Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz)ATI Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz)HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz)XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz)XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB (947/1250MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB (1150/1650MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (540/2505MHz)Ancor VE228NVIDIA 334.214.3.0NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (575/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz)ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (549/3500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (540/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (540/2700MHz)XFX NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz)3.3.0ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz)XFX NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (500/900MHz)MSI NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+ 512MB (675/1100MHz)ECS NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 256MB (600/700MHz)ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB (540/700MHz)Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 256MB (500/400MHz)Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1024MB (810/533MHz)4.3.0Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores)ASUS P8H67-VIntel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM2 x 2000GB Hitachi HDS72302 + 3 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 1000GB 10EAVS ExternalASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3004MHz)ESS ES1938/ES1946/ES1969Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 GigabitGentoo3.12.8 (x86_64)LXDE 0.6.1GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.4 + LLVM 3.42560x1440OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- Radeon HD 6770, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon HD 6950, Radeon HD 5830, Radeon HD 6870, Radeon HD 6450, Radeon HD 7950, Radeon HD 7850, Radeon R9 290, Radeon R7 260X, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GT 520, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GT 220, GeForce 9500GT, GeForce 9600GSO, GeForce 9800GT, GeForce 9800GTX, GeForce 8800GT, GeForce 8600GT, GeForce 8500GT, GeForce GT 610: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri

30-Way Ubuntu 14.04 AMD / NVIDIA Linux Graphics Card Comparisonunigine-sanctuary: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1280 x 1024unigine-valley: 1280 x 1024xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 66063.1453.3513.0325.31112.0479.431257168.29121.6452.0552.71116.6088.683825126.88101.5630.8745.89124.2494.96247781.0363.9916.8730.86118.7685.401940100.1784.5420.4540.85122.1191.76242810.688.842.114.1827.2419.12197185.78130.8058.4652.59116.6088.722913116.5991.7534.2242.07114.8486.372114205.05146.7171.0253.86114.9087.644786115.8981.9535.1839.62113.0785.07181088.3382.7740.8242.34169.83107.931948217.38173.5671.6777.68218.51154.83310263.9957.1423.0826.88151.4896.201414305.61208.17112.8381.75219.55158.075637232.81184.0375.3580.59219.76154.89336011.269.313.725.1727.4319.3116366.1356.6725.2528.57151.3897.44124180.4566.7926.1930.86164.98106.681571313.60207.72115.7182.52220.58158.606062181.96152.9463.8070.82217.80151.623229104.6094.1847.2348.54184.23119.08188713.9411.024.965.9331.8620.4924810.3010.254.284.1621.2413.1820913.6913.654.855.2229.2917.9433538.1640.9011.1414.9082.4050.9192844.0246.7111.8016.9494.0458.31110915.948.414.246.6567.1242.287698.165.202.152.9421.8313.242204.323.751.541.549.255.448611.309.423.735.2227.7619.44167153.13128.7152.4563.72202.31154.282468OpenBenchmarking.org

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 66070140210280350SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.17, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 363.14168.29126.8881.03100.1710.68185.78116.59205.05115.8988.33217.3863.99305.61232.8111.2666.1380.45313.60181.96104.6013.9410.3013.6938.1644.0215.948.164.3211.30153.13

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 66050100150200250SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.13, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 353.35121.64101.5663.9984.548.84130.8091.75146.7181.9582.77173.5657.14208.17184.039.3156.6766.79207.72152.9494.1811.0210.2513.6540.9046.718.415.203.759.42128.71

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024Radeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660306090120150SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 6SE +/- 0.38, N = 6SE +/- 0.18, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 313.0352.0530.8716.8720.452.1158.4634.2271.0235.1840.8271.6723.08112.8375.353.7225.2526.19115.7163.8047.234.964.284.8511.1411.804.242.151.543.7352.45

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024Radeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 66020406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 325.3152.7145.8930.8640.854.1852.5942.0753.8639.6242.3477.6826.8881.7580.595.1728.5730.8682.5270.8248.545.934.165.2214.9016.946.652.941.545.2263.72

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 66050100150200250SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 1.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.90, N = 3112.04116.60124.24118.76122.1127.24116.60114.84114.90113.07169.83218.51151.48219.55219.7627.43151.38164.98220.58217.80184.2331.8621.2429.2982.4094.0467.1221.839.2527.76202.31

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 6604080120160200SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 379.4388.6894.9685.4091.7619.1288.7286.3787.6485.07107.93154.8396.20158.07154.8919.3197.44106.68158.60151.62119.0820.4913.1817.9450.9158.3142.2813.245.4419.44154.28

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.6.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6770Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 5830Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 7850Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GT 220GeForce 9500GTGeForce 9600GSOGeForce 9800GTGeForce 9800GTXGeForce 8800GTGeForce 8600GTGeForce 8500GTGeForce GT 610ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 66013002600390052006500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 42.60, N = 5SE +/- 24.92, N = 3SE +/- 26.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 7.64, N = 3SE +/- 6.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 14.50, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 7.51, N = 312573825247719402428197291321144786181019483102141456373360163124115716062322918872482093359281109769220861672468

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