AMD NVIDIA Linux Ubuntu Performance Running AMD and NVIDIA Linux benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Radeon R7 260X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB (1150/1650MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 750: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 750 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GeForce GTX TITAN: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 gentoo-s2: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H-B3, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 4001GB Western Digital WD4001FAEX-0, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Desktop (1350MHz), Audio: Realtek ID 889 OS: Gentoo, Kernel: 3.13.5-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00Z + 250GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (540/3505MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HD Audio, Monitor: ViewSonic VX2439wm, Network: Atheros Device e091 OS: Debian 7.5, Kernel: 3.10-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 337.12, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Half-Life 2 - Lost Coast Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 128.95 |=================== Radeon R9 270X .......... 188.86 |=========================== Radeon R9 290 ........... 240.46 |=================================== GeForce GTX 750 ......... 99.15 |============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 112.69 |================ GeForce GTX 760 ......... 190.10 |=========================== GeForce GTX 770 ......... 233.90 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 283.22 |========================================= GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 274.46 |======================================= GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 313.45 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 131.63 |========= Radeon R9 270X .......... 166.83 |=========== Radeon R9 290 ........... 233.27 |================ GeForce GTX 750 ......... 108.17 |======= GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 127.07 |========= GeForce GTX 760 ......... 191.10 |============= GeForce GTX 770 ......... 247.90 |================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 302.77 |===================== GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 282.37 |=================== gentoo-s2 ............... 148.70 |========== GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 657.37 |============================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.6 MAX: 52.0 Radeon R9 270X .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.0 MAX: 51.0 Radeon R9 290 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 51.0 GeForce GTX 750 ......... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 9.2 MAX: 29.0 GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 30.0 GeForce GTX 760 ......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 29.0 GeForce GTX 770 ......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 10.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 28.0 GeForce GTX TITAN ....... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 29.0 gentoo-s2 ............... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 63.0 GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 5.0 Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X ..... 114.54 |=============================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 150.76 |======================================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 163.46 |============================================ GeForce GTX 750 .... 90.87 |======================== GeForce GTX 750 Ti . 109.05 |============================= GeForce GTX 760 .... 165.85 |============================================ GeForce GTX 770 .... 180.70 |================================================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 186.96 |================================================== GeForce GTX TITAN .. 186.71 |================================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 23.16 |============ Radeon R9 270X .......... 35.87 |=================== Radeon R9 290 ........... 55.26 |============================= GeForce GTX 750 ......... 28.61 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 33.34 |================= GeForce GTX 760 ......... 43.44 |======================= GeForce GTX 770 ......... 51.00 |=========================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 88.12 |============================================== GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 83.30 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 53.71 |============================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 75.14 |================ Radeon R9 270X .......... 108.04 |======================= Radeon R9 290 ........... 160.90 |================================== GeForce GTX 750 ......... 52.89 |=========== GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 63.34 |============= GeForce GTX 760 ......... 109.65 |======================= GeForce GTX 770 ......... 139.26 |============================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 211.29 |============================================= GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 189.50 |======================================== gentoo-s2 ............... 0.18 | GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 147.15 |=============================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 88.53 |=============== Radeon R9 270X .......... 134.44 |======================= Radeon R9 290 ........... 177.92 |============================== GeForce GTX 750 ......... 85.12 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 97.28 |================= GeForce GTX 760 ......... 160.87 |============================ GeForce GTX 770 ......... 196.33 |================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 263.11 |============================================= GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 246.61 |========================================== gentoo-s2 ............... 6.71 |= GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 208.62 |==================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 28.87 |=============== Radeon R9 270X .......... 43.78 |====================== Radeon R9 290 ........... 65.37 |================================= GeForce GTX 750 ......... 29.73 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 34.32 |================== GeForce GTX 760 ......... 55.33 |============================ GeForce GTX 770 ......... 67.83 |=================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 90.13 |============================================== GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 84.37 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 80.47 |========================================= Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 53.70 |=================== Radeon R9 270X .......... 80.17 |============================= Radeon R9 290 ........... 92.10 |================================= GeForce GTX 750 ......... 68.20 |========================= GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 76.37 |============================ GeForce GTX 760 ......... 110.40 |======================================== GeForce GTX 770 ......... 117.43 |========================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 124.53 |============================================= GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 124.13 |============================================= GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 118.00 |=========================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... MIN: 1 AVG: 19 MAX: 99 Radeon R9 270X .......... MIN: 2 AVG: 12 MAX: 96 Radeon R9 290 ........... MIN: 2 AVG: 11 MAX: 62 GeForce GTX 750 ......... MIN: 4 AVG: 15 MAX: 64 GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... MIN: 2 AVG: 13 MAX: 46 GeForce GTX 760 ......... MIN: 1 AVG: 9 MAX: 27 GeForce GTX 770 ......... MIN: 1 AVG: 8 MAX: 26 GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... MIN: 1 AVG: 8 MAX: 26 GeForce GTX TITAN ....... MIN: 1 AVG: 8 MAX: 26 GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . MIN: 1 AVG: 9 MAX: 30 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 142.60 |=================== Radeon R9 270X .......... 181.97 |========================= Radeon R9 290 ........... 215.57 |============================= GeForce GTX 750 ......... 110.95 |=============== GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 125.58 |================= GeForce GTX 760 ......... 204.58 |============================ GeForce GTX 770 ......... 231.34 |=============================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 262.47 |==================================== GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 258.99 |=================================== gentoo-s2 ............... 30.16 |==== GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 331.03 |============================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R7 260X .......... 102.24 |================== Radeon R9 270X .......... 123.31 |====================== Radeon R9 290 ........... 141.29 |========================= GeForce GTX 750 ......... 70.73 |============= GeForce GTX 750 Ti ...... 82.04 |=============== GeForce GTX 760 ......... 139.26 |========================= GeForce GTX 770 ......... 160.76 |============================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti ...... 185.48 |================================= GeForce GTX TITAN ....... 182.39 |================================ gentoo-s2 ............... 19.38 |=== GeForce GTX 770 eVGA SC . 254.32 |=============================================