High Performance AMD NVIDIA Linux GPU Comparison

Testing high-end AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards using the proprietary Linux graphics drivers on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit with gaming benchmarks, Steam Linux gaming, and more. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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May 20 2014
 
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High Performance AMD NVIDIA Linux GPU ComparisonOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 840Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz)Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)Realtek ALC1150Samsung SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1fglrx 14.10.2NVIDIA 337.194.3.128744.3.0GCC 4.8.2ext42560x1600ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionHigh Performance AMD NVIDIA Linux GPU Comparison BenchmarksSystem Logs- AMD Radeon R9 290, AMD Radeon R9 270X, AMD Radeon HD 7950: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri

AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%137%174%210%247%Unigine HeavenUnigine ValleyUnigine TropicsReaction Quake 3Half-Life 2 - Lost CoastXonoticCounter-Strike SourceTesseract

High Performance AMD NVIDIA Linux GPU Comparisonunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 2560 x 1600reaction: 2560 x 1600hl2lostcoast: 2560 x 1600xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimatecstrike: 2560 x 1600tesseract: 1920 x 1080AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76055.2765.32119.65448.90237.86141.27216.40123.6835.8643.7987.38420.17189.13124.38218.38123.2142.5646.6398.49510.43204.60130.17213.12123.8351.0367.79121.65587.37234.06160.78227.30127.8788.6190.46174.14749.20283.88184.91232.48127.9083.4784.67158.29688.77273.89181.39229.06127.9548.6264.69115.94551.47218.43154.98219.49128.0343.3755.1699.65510.87190.10140.06206.18128.05OpenBenchmarking.org

Reaction Quake 3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7603691215Min: 1 / Avg: 2.19 / Max: 9Min: 1 / Avg: 2.34 / Max: 9Min: 1 / Avg: 1.93 / Max: 8Min: 1 / Avg: 1.67 / Max: 3Min: 1 / Avg: 1.29 / Max: 3Min: 1 / Avg: 1.41 / Max: 3Min: 1 / Avg: 1.79 / Max: 4Min: 1 / Avg: 1.91 / Max: 4

Counter-Strike Source

OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceSystem Power Consumption MonitorAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76060120180240300Min: 72.4 / Avg: 128.57 / Max: 278.4Min: 66 / Avg: 120.53 / Max: 223.5Min: 66.6 / Avg: 117.56 / Max: 223.7Min: 101.4 / Avg: 187.81 / Max: 266.7Min: 138.4 / Avg: 274.08 / Max: 335.2Min: 122.6 / Avg: 199.19 / Max: 319.4Min: 109.8 / Avg: 221.66 / Max: 263.2Min: 105.9 / Avg: 216.46 / Max: 270.4

Unigine Heaven

OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0System Power Consumption MonitorAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76070140210280350Min: 96.3 / Avg: 310.64 / Max: 351.3Min: 90.3 / Avg: 216.1 / Max: 237Min: 134 / Avg: 246.81 / Max: 271.9Min: 129.3 / Avg: 249.3 / Max: 291.5Min: 164.9 / Avg: 346.94 / Max: 385Min: 154.3 / Avg: 321.08 / Max: 363.2Min: 130.1 / Avg: 250.92 / Max: 267.1Min: 128.7 / Avg: 251.71 / Max: 270.3

Counter-Strike Source

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceGPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7601530456075Min: 60 / Avg: 61.56 / Max: 66Min: 30 / Avg: 35.19 / Max: 42Min: 41 / Avg: 49.42 / Max: 62Min: 53 / Avg: 63.92 / Max: 71Min: 50 / Avg: 62.88 / Max: 70Min: 53 / Avg: 61.27 / Max: 71Min: 52 / Avg: 66.31 / Max: 76Min: 55 / Avg: 72.67 / Max: 81

Unigine Heaven

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76020406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 355.2735.8642.5651.0388.6183.4748.6243.37

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0GPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76020406080100Min: 66 / Avg: 88.31 / Max: 93Min: 39 / Avg: 53.83 / Max: 56Min: 56 / Avg: 77.61 / Max: 81Min: 55 / Avg: 78.38 / Max: 80Min: 49 / Avg: 80.36 / Max: 83Min: 56 / Avg: 78.69 / Max: 81Min: 62 / Avg: 78.47 / Max: 80Min: 55 / Avg: 79.47 / Max: 82

Unigine Valley

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0GPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76020406080100Min: 85 / Avg: 90 / Max: 93Min: 40 / Avg: 55.15 / Max: 57Min: 60 / Avg: 78.34 / Max: 81Min: 65 / Avg: 79.36 / Max: 80Min: 76 / Avg: 81.33 / Max: 83Min: 74 / Avg: 79.71 / Max: 81Min: 70 / Avg: 79.46 / Max: 81Min: 77 / Avg: 80.41 / Max: 81

Tesseract

OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12System Power Consumption MonitorAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7604080120160200Min: 94.7 / Avg: 180.65 / Max: 200.3Min: 88.9 / Avg: 144.57 / Max: 154.3Min: 89.4 / Avg: 157.38 / Max: 170.5Min: 102.3 / Avg: 137.83 / Max: 142.3Min: 134.9 / Avg: 165.43 / Max: 168.9Min: 147.4 / Avg: 157.8 / Max: 163.5Min: 131.6 / Avg: 147.29 / Max: 152.1Min: 104 / Avg: 140.21 / Max: 145.3

Unigine Valley

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76020406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 365.3243.7946.6367.7990.4684.6764.6955.16

Unigine Tropics

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7604080120160200SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3119.6587.3898.49121.65174.14158.29115.9499.65

Tesseract

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12GPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7601428425670Min: 67 / Avg: 71.11 / Max: 75Min: 39 / Avg: 44.11 / Max: 46Min: 56 / Avg: 61.18 / Max: 64Min: 59 / Avg: 60.75 / Max: 62Min: 55 / Avg: 55.4 / Max: 56Min: 61 / Avg: 61.56 / Max: 62Min: 64 / Avg: 66.79 / Max: 69Min: 60 / Avg: 62.67 / Max: 63

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.7GPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7601632486480Min: 80 / Avg: 83.78 / Max: 87Min: 46 / Avg: 48.81 / Max: 52Min: 60 / Avg: 67.75 / Max: 73Min: 66 / Avg: 76.55 / Max: 80Min: 71 / Avg: 72.43 / Max: 74Min: 75 / Avg: 76.43 / Max: 77Min: 66 / Avg: 75.21 / Max: 78Min: 70 / Avg: 77.56 / Max: 81

Reaction Quake 3

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 2560 x 1600AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760160320480640800SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 3SE +/- 11.30, N = 3SE +/- 7.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.31, N = 3448.90420.17510.43587.37749.20688.77551.47510.87MIN: 448.7 / MAX: 449.1MIN: 420 / MAX: 420.3MIN: 508.7 / MAX: 512.8MIN: 583.2 / MAX: 589.7MIN: 726.6 / MAX: 760.5MIN: 673.2 / MAX: 697.4MIN: 548.9 / MAX: 553.2MIN: 509 / MAX: 513.4

Counter-Strike Source

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceResolution: 2560 x 1600AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7600.40730.81461.22191.62922.03651.681.811.811.251.041.371.261.14

Unigine Heaven

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7600.05850.1170.17550.2340.29250.180.170.170.200.260.260.190.17

Half-Life 2 - Lost Coast

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterHalf-Life 2 - Lost CoastResolution: 2560 x 1600AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76060120180240300SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 2SE +/- 0.34, N = 2SE +/- 0.56, N = 2SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 2SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3237.86189.13204.60234.06283.88273.89218.43190.10

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 7604080120160200SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3141.27124.38130.17160.78184.91181.39154.98140.06MIN: 23 / MAX: 429MIN: 28 / MAX: 369MIN: 26 / MAX: 412MIN: 38 / MAX: 357MIN: 41 / MAX: 474MIN: 40 / MAX: 445MIN: 41 / MAX: 332MIN: 39 / MAX: 292

Counter-Strike Source

This is a benchmark of Valve's Counter-Strike: Source game. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that Counter-Strike: Source is already installed. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized time demo. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceResolution: 2560 x 1600AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76050100150200250SE +/- 2.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.77, N = 3SE +/- 1.21, N = 3SE +/- 2.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3216.40218.38213.12227.30232.48229.06219.49206.18

Tesseract

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760306090120150SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3123.68123.21123.83127.87127.90127.95128.03128.05

System Power Consumption Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgWattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76070140210280350Min: 65 / Avg: 232.69 / Max: 351.3Min: 65.4 / Avg: 168.07 / Max: 237Min: 65.6 / Avg: 209.75 / Max: 271.9Min: 58.8 / Avg: 228.03 / Max: 312.7Min: 63.5 / Avg: 310.47 / Max: 385Min: 60.8 / Avg: 243.34 / Max: 363.2Min: 65 / Avg: 234.78 / Max: 268.7Min: 62 / Avg: 228.49 / Max: 270.4

GPU Temperature Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsiusGPU Temperature MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76020406080100Min: 56 / Avg: 80.21 / Max: 93Min: 28 / Avg: 46.55 / Max: 57Min: 41 / Avg: 72 / Max: 82Min: 43 / Avg: 75.69 / Max: 81Min: 33 / Avg: 75.3 / Max: 83Min: 40 / Avg: 72.68 / Max: 81Min: 38 / Avg: 75.95 / Max: 81Min: 38 / Avg: 75.95 / Max: 82

21 Results Shown

Reaction Quake 3:
  2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time
  System Power Consumption Monitor
  System Power Consumption Monitor
  GPU Temp Monitor
Unigine Heaven
Unigine Heaven:
  GPU Temp Monitor:
    Celsius
    Celsius
  System Power Consumption Monitor:
    Watts
Unigine Valley
Unigine Tropics
Tesseract:
  GPU Temp Monitor:
    Celsius
    Celsius
Reaction Quake 3
Counter-Strike Source:
  2560 x 1600
  1920 x 1080
Half-Life 2 - Lost Coast
Xonotic
Counter-Strike Source
Tesseract
System Power Consumption Monitor:
  Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring:
    Watts
    Celsius