Radeon, Intel, Nouveau Linux 3.16 Git Intel HD Graphics, AMD Radeon, and NVIDIA GeForce Linux graphics benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Radeon HD 6770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon R7 260X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 260X 2048MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce 9800GT: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 460: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz), Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 520: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz), Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 610: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1024MB (270/405MHz), Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 650: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz), Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel HD Graphics 4600: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 101.97 |====================== Radeon HD 6870 ......... 186.07 |======================================== Radeon HD 6950 ......... 103.40 |====================== Radeon HD 7850 ......... 177.50 |====================================== Radeon HD 7950 ......... 212.43 |============================================== Radeon R7 260X ......... 157.43 |================================== Radeon R9 270X ......... 196.80 |=========================================== GeForce 9800GT ......... 53.42 |============ GeForce GTX 460 ........ 10.90 |== GeForce GT 520 ......... 12.33 |=== GeForce GT 610 ......... 12.30 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 101.40 |====================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 161.40 |=================================== GeForce GTX 760 ........ 154.10 |================================= Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 38.27 |======== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... MIN: 5 AVG: 10 MAX: 15 Radeon HD 6870 ......... MIN: 2 AVG: 5 MAX: 17 Radeon HD 6950 ......... MIN: 5 AVG: 10 MAX: 15 Radeon HD 7850 ......... MIN: 2 AVG: 6 MAX: 28 Radeon HD 7950 ......... MIN: 1 AVG: 5 MAX: 29 Radeon R7 260X ......... MIN: 2 AVG: 6 MAX: 30 Radeon R9 270X ......... MIN: 2 AVG: 5 MAX: 28 GeForce 9800GT ......... MIN: 10 AVG: 18 MAX: 31 GeForce GTX 460 ........ MIN: 45 AVG: 89 MAX: 99 GeForce GT 520 ......... MIN: 53 AVG: 80 MAX: 99 GeForce GT 610 ......... MIN: 47 AVG: 80 MAX: 99 GeForce GTX 650 ........ MIN: 5 AVG: 10 MAX: 23 GeForce GTX 680 ........ MIN: 2 AVG: 6 MAX: 31 GeForce GTX 760 ........ MIN: 2 AVG: 6 MAX: 19 Intel HD Graphics 4600 . MIN: 1 AVG: 26 MAX: 59 Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 42.68 |========================= Radeon HD 6870 ......... 77.92 |============================================= Radeon HD 6950 ......... 63.30 |==================================== Radeon HD 7850 ......... 63.99 |===================================== Radeon HD 7950 ......... 81.52 |=============================================== Radeon R7 260X ......... 60.57 |=================================== Radeon R9 270X ......... 81.79 |=============================================== GeForce 9800GT ......... 10.79 |====== GeForce GTX 460 ........ 3.39 |== GeForce GT 520 ......... 3.18 |== GeForce GT 610 ......... 3.18 |== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 35.50 |==================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 50.75 |============================= GeForce GTX 760 ........ 49.05 |============================ Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 18.30 |=========== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 72.27 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 ......... 116.53 |============================================== Radeon HD 6950 ......... 96.37 |====================================== Radeon HD 7850 ......... 56.60 |====================== Radeon HD 7950 ......... 57.00 |======================= Radeon R7 260X ......... 90.80 |==================================== Radeon R9 270X ......... 57.73 |======================= GeForce 9800GT ......... 25.50 |========== GeForce GTX 460 ........ 7.80 |=== GeForce GT 520 ......... 7.80 |=== GeForce GT 610 ......... 7.80 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 78.77 |=============================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 71.67 |============================ GeForce GTX 760 ........ 75.00 |============================== Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 35.93 |============== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 13.8 MAX: 70.0 Radeon HD 6870 ......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 8.6 MAX: 65.0 Radeon HD 6950 ......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 10.3 MAX: 67.0 Radeon HD 7850 ......... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 17.7 MAX: 92.0 Radeon HD 7950 ......... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 17.6 MAX: 89.0 Radeon R7 260X ......... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 11.0 MAX: 79.0 Radeon R9 270X ......... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 17.3 MAX: 87.0 GeForce 9800GT ......... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 38.0 MAX: 73.0 GeForce GTX 650 ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 12.7 MAX: 78.0 GeForce GTX 680 ........ MIN: 7.0 AVG: 13.8 MAX: 80.0 GeForce GTX 760 ........ MIN: 7.0 AVG: 13.3 MAX: 82.0 Intel HD Graphics 4600 . MIN: 21.0 AVG: 27.9 MAX: 42.0 Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 96.93 |=========================== Radeon HD 6870 ......... 166.63 |============================================== Radeon HD 6950 ......... 149.60 |========================================= Radeon HD 7850 ......... 131.23 |==================================== Radeon HD 7950 ......... 144.07 |======================================== Radeon R7 260X ......... 145.00 |======================================== Radeon R9 270X ......... 147.30 |========================================= GeForce 9800GT ......... 32.63 |========= GeForce GTX 460 ........ 8.30 |== GeForce GT 520 ......... 8.10 |== GeForce GT 610 ......... 8.02 |== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 74.52 |===================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 103.48 |============================= GeForce GTX 760 ........ 104.53 |============================= Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 40.03 |=========== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 183.44 |================================ Radeon HD 6870 ......... 259.88 |============================================== Radeon HD 6950 ......... 213.65 |====================================== Radeon HD 7850 ......... 224.09 |======================================== Radeon HD 7950 ......... 233.87 |========================================= Radeon R7 260X ......... 216.01 |====================================== Radeon R9 270X ......... 241.63 |=========================================== GeForce 9800GT ......... 67.13 |============ GeForce GTX 460 ........ 18.27 |=== GeForce GT 520 ......... 18.36 |=== GeForce GT 610 ......... 18.31 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 163.95 |============================= GeForce GTX 680 ........ 188.24 |================================= GeForce GTX 760 ........ 184.99 |================================= Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 91.89 |================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 92.62 |================================= Radeon HD 6870 ......... 128.05 |============================================== Radeon HD 6950 ......... 127.04 |============================================== GeForce 9800GT ......... 23.50 |======== GeForce GTX 460 ........ 14.09 |===== GeForce GT 520 ......... 13.13 |===== GeForce GT 610 ......... 13.29 |===== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 97.20 |=================================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 125.16 |============================================= GeForce GTX 760 ........ 123.92 |============================================= Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 46.71 |================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 44.22 |========================== Radeon HD 6870 ......... 79.76 |=============================================== Radeon HD 6950 ......... 77.25 |============================================== GeForce 9800GT ......... 11.69 |======= GeForce GTX 460 ........ 3.54 |== GeForce GT 520 ......... 3.18 |== GeForce GT 610 ......... 3.18 |== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 40.77 |======================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 58.05 |================================== GeForce GTX 760 ........ 56.96 |================================== Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 16.14 |========== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 115.14 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 ......... 185.08 |============================================== Radeon HD 6950 ......... 183.10 |============================================== GeForce 9800GT ......... 34.92 |========= GeForce GTX 460 ........ 13.18 |=== GeForce GT 520 ......... 12.15 |=== GeForce GT 610 ......... 12.13 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 119.13 |============================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 160.31 |======================================== GeForce GTX 760 ........ 154.49 |====================================== Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 71.84 |================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6770 ......... 71.47 |========================== Radeon HD 6870 ......... 122.71 |============================================ Radeon HD 6950 ......... 128.81 |============================================== GeForce 9800GT ......... 22.53 |======== GeForce GTX 460 ........ 8.65 |=== GeForce GT 520 ......... 7.53 |=== GeForce GT 610 ......... 7.11 |=== GeForce GTX 650 ........ 64.56 |======================= GeForce GTX 680 ........ 109.50 |======================================= GeForce GTX 760 ........ 86.04 |=============================== Intel HD Graphics 4600 . 50.12 |==================