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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High Performance AMD NVIDIA Linux GPU ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760Intel 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)Realtek ALC1150Samsung SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1fglrx 14.10.24.3.12874GCC 4.8.2ext42560x1600Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz)NVIDIA 337.194.3.0NVIDIA 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)OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- 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

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

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time

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

System Power Consumption Monitor

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

System Power Consumption Monitor

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

GPU Temperature Monitor

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

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

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

Unigine Heaven

GPU Temperature Monitor

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

GPU Temperature Monitor

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

System Power Consumption Monitor

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

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

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

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

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

GPU Temperature Monitor

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

GPU Temperature Monitor

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

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

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

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

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

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

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

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

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

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

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

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

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

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

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

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

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

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

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

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