AMD Catalyst Linux graphics performance for BioShock Infinite compared to NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards on Ubuntu. Linux gaming benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz).
Changed Graphics to ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz).
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz).
Changed Graphics to Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz).
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz).
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz).
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Changed Graphics to MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz).
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz).
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB (1084/2500MHz).
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz).
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz).
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz).
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz).
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz).
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz).
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz).
A Steam-based test of the BioShock Infinite game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 18 March 2015 23:28 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 18 March 2015 22:00 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 19 March 2015 09:15 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 19 March 2015 11:08 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 18 March 2015 20:57 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 18 March 2015 22:33 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 18 March 2015 20:25 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 19 March 2015 18:27 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 March 2015 13:10 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 March 2015 14:45 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB (1084/2500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 19 March 2015 20:43 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 March 2015 11:07 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 March 2015 08:29 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 March 2015 11:49 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 March 2015 09:27 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 24 March 2015 10:45 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 March 2015 10:29 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.47, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 March 2015 08:46 by user phoronix.