2D High End GPU Performance Comparison

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the high-end 2D graphics card performance of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce GPUs on proprietary Linux drivers.

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2D High End GPU Performance ComparisonOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 840NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2048MB (1045/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN 6144MB (836/3004MHz)XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz)Realtek ALC1150Samsung SyncMasterSyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.1NVIDIA 337.19fglrx 14.10.24.3.04.3.12874GCC 4.8.2ext42560x1600ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorsNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolution2D High End GPU Performance Comparison BenchmarksSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Radeon HD 7950, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon R9 290: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri

GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7950Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%126%151%177%cairo-perf-traceQGears2GtkPerf

2D High End GPU Performance Comparisonqgears2: XRender Extension - Textqgears2: XRender Extension - Gearsqgears2: XRender Extension - Image Scalingcairo-perf-trace: Popplergtkperf: Total Timegtkperf: GtkComboBoxgtkperf: GtkCheckButtongtkperf: GtkRadioButtongtkperf: GtkToggleButtongtkperf: GtkComboBoxEntrygtkperf: GtkTextView - Scrollgtkperf: GtkTextView - Add Textgtkperf: GtkDrawingArea - Circlesgtkperf: GtkDrawingArea - PixbufsGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon HD 7950Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290211.39215.79768.161.50652.9342.311.582.565.2940.080.22514.838.661.13177.38146.411061.861.56631.2225.011.572.595.1927.830.16514.188.541.19184.91147.27836.421.41623.0824.741.492.545.0434.110.11514.229.011.09215.25201.50775.431.95658.1041.941.542.555.2144.290.13513.998.761.17230.98200.70871.232.00653.9539.241.472.545.3441.470.19513.518.611.13219.52221.561376.002.86741.0131.211.512.496.8622.680.05514.4416.318.27258.81258.231372.031.51738.9631.421.432.465.7122.710.04515.4616.177.62180.48183.311391.851.58783.5230.801.644.615.8322.240.04515.5116.549.27OpenBenchmarking.org

QGears2

This test runs qgears2, which is a test written by Zack Rusin and is based upon cairogears. This test can see how well different rendering backends perform and uses Qt4. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: TextGeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon R9 290GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon HD 7950GeForce GTX TITANRadeon R9 270X60120180240300SE +/- 19.95, N = 6SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 24.35, N = 6SE +/- 1.94, N = 3SE +/- 10.16, N = 6SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 15.32, N = 6SE +/- 3.90, N = 3177.38180.48184.91211.39215.25219.52230.98258.811. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: GearsGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 770Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 680Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 270X60120180240300SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.08, N = 3SE +/- 3.31, N = 5SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3146.41147.27183.31200.70201.50215.79221.56258.231. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image ScalingGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon R9 270XRadeon HD 7950Radeon R9 29030060090012001500SE +/- 3.57, N = 3SE +/- 2.24, N = 3SE +/- 69.70, N = 6SE +/- 35.83, N = 6SE +/- 16.96, N = 6SE +/- 23.00, N = 4SE +/- 23.79, N = 6SE +/- 23.86, N = 3768.16775.43836.42871.231061.861372.031376.001391.851. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

cairo-perf-trace

The cairo-perf-trace test is a benchmark bundled with the upstream Cairo package. This test profile tests Cairo's Xlib back-end using a few of the tests from the cairo-traces repository on FreeDesktop.org Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is Bettercairo-perf-trace 1.10.2Cairo Trace: PopplerRadeon HD 7950GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon R9 290GeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 7700.64351.2871.93052.5743.2175SE +/- 0.07, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 4SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 32.862.001.951.581.561.511.501.411. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lpthread -lpixman-1 -lfontconfig -lpng12 -lXrender -lX11 -lz -ldl -lrt -lm

GtkPerf

This test calculates the average frame-rate from several different GTK operations. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: Total TimeRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 7702004006008001000SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 2.38, N = 3SE +/- 1.97, N = 3783.52741.01738.96658.10653.95652.93631.22623.081. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANRadeon R9 270XRadeon HD 7950Radeon R9 290GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 7701020304050SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 6SE +/- 0.42, N = 6SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 2.36, N = 6SE +/- 0.50, N = 342.3141.9439.2431.4231.2130.8025.0124.741. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkCheckButtonRadeon R9 290GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX TITANRadeon R9 270X0.3690.7381.1071.4761.845SE +/- 0.07, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.04, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 61.641.581.571.541.511.491.471.431. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkRadioButtonRadeon R9 290GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 770Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 270X1.03732.07463.11194.14925.1865SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34.612.592.562.552.542.542.492.461. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkToggleButtonRadeon HD 7950Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 770246810SE +/- 0.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 66.865.835.715.345.295.215.195.041. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntryGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 750 TiRadeon R9 270XRadeon HD 7950Radeon R9 2901020304050SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 4SE +/- 2.64, N = 6SE +/- 0.87, N = 6SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 344.2941.4740.0834.1127.8322.7122.6822.241. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkTextView - ScrollGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 770Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270X0.04950.0990.14850.1980.2475SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 60.220.190.160.130.110.050.040.041. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add TextRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 680Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITAN110220330440550SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3515.51515.46514.83514.44514.22514.18513.99513.511. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - CirclesRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 770GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 750 Ti48121620SE +/- 0.24, N = 6SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 516.5416.3116.179.018.768.668.618.541. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - PixbufsRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 270XGeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX TITANGeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 7703691215SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 6SE +/- 0.08, N = 69.278.277.621.191.171.131.131.091. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0