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 HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANIntel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 840XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)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)Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz)NVIDIA 337.194.3.0NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- AMD Radeon HD 7950, AMD Radeon R9 270X, AMD Radeon R9 290: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri

High Performance AMD NVIDIA Linux GPU Comparisoncstrike: 2560 x 1600hl2lostcoast: 2560 x 1600reaction: 2560 x 1600tesseract: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 2560 x 1600unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - UltimateAMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN213.12204.60510.43123.8342.5698.4946.63130.17218.38189.13420.17123.2135.8687.3843.79124.38216.40237.86448.90123.6855.27119.6565.32141.27219.49218.43551.47128.0348.62115.9464.69154.98206.18190.10510.87128.0543.3799.6555.16140.06227.30234.06587.37127.8751.03121.6567.79160.78232.48283.88749.20127.9088.61174.1490.46184.91229.06273.89688.77127.9583.47158.2984.67181.39OpenBenchmarking.org

GPU Temperature Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsiusGPU Temperature MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringAMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon R9 29020406080100Min: 28 / Avg: 46.55 / Max: 57Min: 41 / Avg: 72 / Max: 82Min: 40 / Avg: 72.68 / Max: 81Min: 33 / Avg: 75.3 / Max: 83Min: 43 / Avg: 75.69 / Max: 81Min: 38 / Avg: 75.95 / Max: 81Min: 38 / Avg: 75.95 / Max: 82Min: 56 / Avg: 80.21 / Max: 93

System Power Consumption Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

OpenBenchmarking.orgWattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System MonitoringAMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti70140210280350Min: 65.4 / Avg: 168.07 / Max: 237Min: 65.6 / Avg: 209.75 / Max: 271.9Min: 58.8 / Avg: 228.03 / Max: 312.7Min: 62 / Avg: 228.49 / Max: 270.4Min: 65 / Avg: 232.69 / Max: 351.3Min: 65 / Avg: 234.78 / Max: 268.7Min: 60.8 / Avg: 243.34 / Max: 363.2Min: 63.5 / Avg: 310.47 / Max: 385

Counter-Strike Source

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceResolution: 2560 x 1600NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 76050100150200250SE +/- 2.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 1.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.83, N = 3SE +/- 2.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3232.48229.06227.30219.49218.38216.40213.12206.18

Half-Life 2 - Lost Coast

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterHalf-Life 2 - Lost CoastResolution: 2560 x 1600NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANAMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680AMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon R9 270X60120180240300SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 2SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 2SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 2SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 2283.88273.89237.86234.06218.43204.60190.10189.13

Counter-Strike Source

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceResolution: 2560 x 1600AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti0.40730.81461.22191.62922.03651.811.811.681.371.261.251.141.04

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680AMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 79500.05850.1170.17550.2340.29250.260.260.200.190.180.170.170.17

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 2560 x 1600NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270X160320480640800SE +/- 11.30, N = 3SE +/- 7.80, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3749.20688.77587.37551.47510.87510.43448.90420.17MIN: 726.6 / MAX: 760.5MIN: 673.2 / MAX: 697.4MIN: 583.2 / MAX: 589.7MIN: 548.9 / MAX: 553.2MIN: 509 / MAX: 513.4MIN: 508.7 / MAX: 512.8MIN: 448.7 / MAX: 449.1MIN: 420 / MAX: 420.3

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770AMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270X306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3128.05128.03127.95127.90127.87123.83123.68123.21

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANAMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 270X20406080100SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 388.6183.4755.2751.0348.6243.3742.5635.86

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 2560 x 1600NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770AMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 270X4080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3174.14158.29121.65119.65115.9499.6598.4987.38

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770AMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 270X20406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 390.4684.6767.7965.3264.6955.1646.6343.79

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680AMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 270X4080120160200SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3184.91181.39160.78154.98141.27140.06130.17124.38MIN: 41 / MAX: 474MIN: 40 / MAX: 445MIN: 38 / MAX: 357MIN: 41 / MAX: 332MIN: 23 / MAX: 429MIN: 39 / MAX: 292MIN: 26 / MAX: 412MIN: 28 / MAX: 369

Counter-Strike Source

GPU Temperature Monitor

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

Tesseract

GPU Temperature Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12GPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 270XNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770AMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680AMD Radeon R9 2901428425670Min: 39 / Avg: 44.11 / Max: 46Min: 55 / Avg: 55.4 / Max: 56Min: 59 / Avg: 60.75 / Max: 62Min: 56 / Avg: 61.18 / Max: 64Min: 61 / Avg: 61.56 / Max: 62Min: 60 / Avg: 62.67 / Max: 63Min: 64 / Avg: 66.79 / Max: 69Min: 67 / Avg: 71.11 / Max: 75

Unigine Heaven

GPU Temperature Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0GPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiAMD Radeon R9 29020406080100Min: 39 / Avg: 53.83 / Max: 56Min: 56 / Avg: 77.61 / Max: 81Min: 55 / Avg: 78.38 / Max: 80Min: 62 / Avg: 78.47 / Max: 80Min: 56 / Avg: 78.69 / Max: 81Min: 55 / Avg: 79.47 / Max: 82Min: 49 / Avg: 80.36 / Max: 83Min: 66 / Avg: 88.31 / Max: 93

Unigine Valley

GPU Temperature Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0GPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiAMD Radeon R9 29020406080100Min: 40 / Avg: 55.15 / Max: 57Min: 60 / Avg: 78.34 / Max: 81Min: 65 / Avg: 79.36 / Max: 80Min: 70 / Avg: 79.46 / Max: 81Min: 74 / Avg: 79.71 / Max: 81Min: 77 / Avg: 80.41 / Max: 81Min: 76 / Avg: 81.33 / Max: 83Min: 85 / Avg: 90 / Max: 93

Xonotic

GPU Temperature Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.7GPU Temperature MonitorAMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon R9 2901632486480Min: 46 / Avg: 48.81 / Max: 52Min: 60 / Avg: 67.75 / Max: 73Min: 71 / Avg: 72.43 / Max: 74Min: 66 / Avg: 75.21 / Max: 78Min: 75 / Avg: 76.43 / Max: 77Min: 66 / Avg: 76.55 / Max: 80Min: 70 / Avg: 77.56 / Max: 81Min: 80 / Avg: 83.78 / Max: 87

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 TimeNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiNVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 290AMD Radeon R9 270X3691215Min: 1 / Avg: 1.29 / Max: 3Min: 1 / Avg: 1.41 / Max: 3Min: 1 / Avg: 1.67 / Max: 3Min: 1 / Avg: 1.79 / Max: 4Min: 1 / Avg: 1.91 / Max: 4Min: 1 / Avg: 1.93 / Max: 8Min: 1 / Avg: 2.19 / Max: 9Min: 1 / Avg: 2.34 / Max: 9

Counter-Strike Source

System Power Consumption Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterCounter-Strike SourceSystem Power Consumption MonitorAMD Radeon HD 7950AMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti60120180240300Min: 66.6 / Avg: 117.56 / Max: 223.7Min: 66 / Avg: 120.53 / Max: 223.5Min: 72.4 / Avg: 128.57 / Max: 278.4Min: 101.4 / Avg: 187.81 / Max: 266.7Min: 122.6 / Avg: 199.19 / Max: 319.4Min: 105.9 / Avg: 216.46 / Max: 270.4Min: 109.8 / Avg: 221.66 / Max: 263.2Min: 138.4 / Avg: 274.08 / Max: 335.2

Tesseract

System Power Consumption Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12System Power Consumption MonitorNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon R9 270XNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680AMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 TiAMD Radeon R9 2904080120160200Min: 102.3 / Avg: 137.83 / Max: 142.3Min: 104 / Avg: 140.21 / Max: 145.3Min: 88.9 / Avg: 144.57 / Max: 154.3Min: 131.6 / Avg: 147.29 / Max: 152.1Min: 89.4 / Avg: 157.38 / Max: 170.5Min: 147.4 / Avg: 157.8 / Max: 163.5Min: 134.9 / Avg: 165.43 / Max: 168.9Min: 94.7 / Avg: 180.65 / Max: 200.3

Unigine Heaven

System Power Consumption Monitor

OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0System Power Consumption MonitorAMD Radeon R9 270XAMD Radeon HD 7950NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760AMD Radeon R9 290NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITANNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti70140210280350Min: 90.3 / Avg: 216.1 / Max: 237Min: 134 / Avg: 246.81 / Max: 271.9Min: 129.3 / Avg: 249.3 / Max: 291.5Min: 130.1 / Avg: 250.92 / Max: 267.1Min: 128.7 / Avg: 251.71 / Max: 270.3Min: 96.3 / Avg: 310.64 / Max: 351.3Min: 154.3 / Avg: 321.08 / Max: 363.2Min: 164.9 / Avg: 346.94 / Max: 385

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