Ubuntu 13.10 Radeon A Graphics comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite. HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 2247 |= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 3537 |= HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 137926 |=============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 51248 |================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 55542 |=================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 137200 |=============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 1112 |========================================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 1139 |=========================================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 1289 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 26381 |============================================ R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 28639 |================================================ HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 20268 |================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 74.93 |================================ R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 85.77 |===================================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 110.17 |=============================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 152.33 |======================================= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 153.87 |======================================= HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 185.70 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 212.20 |================= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 238.03 |==================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 572.17 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 54.40 |=============== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 54.73 |=============== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 175.10 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 97.30 |================================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 107.15 |============================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 117.46 |================================= HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 165.23 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 124.53 |========================================= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 142.77 |=============================================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 114.60 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . 116.27 |=========================================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . 127.12 |=============================================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 86.77 |================================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 51.51 |================================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . 58.44 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 11.0 AVG: 18.3 MAX: 25.0 R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 12.0 AVG: 18.3 MAX: 26.0 HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.7 MAX: 15.0 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.5 MAX: 16.0 R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.6 MAX: 18.0 HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.4 MAX: 14.0