BioShock Infinite Linux - AMD Catalyst vs. NVIDIA Preview

AMD Catalyst Linux graphics performance for BioShock Infinite compared to some NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards on Ubuntu. Linux gaming benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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BioShock Infinite Linux - AMD Catalyst vs. NVIDIA PreviewProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon R9 285Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GT 740 SCGeForce GT 610GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 560 TiIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz)Intel C610/X99SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.043.19.0-9-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.17.1fglrx 15.20.24.4.13374GCC 4.9.2ext42560x1600Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz)XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz)HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz)ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz)XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz)Samsung SyncMasterNVIDIA 346.474.4.0eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 1024MB (1084/2500MHz)Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1024MB (810/532MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MB (1019/2700MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte 990XA-UD3AMD RD890 bridge8192MB128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB (822/2004MHz)VIA ICE1712SAMSUNGRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Arch rolling3.19.2-1-ARCH (x86_64)4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.47GCC 4.9.2 201503041920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- Radeon R9 290, Radeon R9 270X, Radeon HD 6950, Radeon R9 285, Radeon HD 6870, Radeon HD 6450, Radeon HD 7850, Radeon HD 6570, Radeon HD 7950: 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/driProcessor Details- Radeon R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon R9 270X: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 6950: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon R9 285: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 6450: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 7850: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 6570: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 7950: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GT 740 SC: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GT 610: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 750 Ti: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 980: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 560 Ti: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance

BioShock Infinite Linux - AMD Catalyst vs. NVIDIA Previewbioshock-infinite: 2560 x 1600 - Ultrabioshock-infinite: 1920 x 1080 - UltraRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon R9 285Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GT 740 SCGeForce GT 610GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 560 Ti46.7746.5942.7247.0138.0445.0239.2744.8926.7742.054.397.1519.4040.225.5918.6742.0946.1525.5778.6627.3177.573.7612.7545.34112.62110.18125.07113.76125.6135.2435.19OpenBenchmarking.org

BioShock Infinite

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon R9 285Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GT 740 SCGeForce GT 610GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 560 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 346.7742.7238.0439.2726.774.3919.405.5942.0925.5727.313.7645.34110.18113.7635.24MIN: 10.96 / MAX: 81.88MIN: 9.24 / MAX: 82.03MIN: 9.21 / MAX: 82.06MIN: 10.72 / MAX: 81.84MIN: 4.57 / MAX: 83.8MIN: 2.07 / MAX: 87.77MIN: 7.46 / MAX: 81.9MIN: 9.3 / MAX: 82.07MIN: 9.9 / MAX: 82.04MIN: 14.65 / MAX: 81.88MIN: 21.88MIN: 20.31MIN: 8.91 / MAX: 81.9

BioShock Infinite

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon R9 285Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GT 740 SCGeForce GT 610GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 980GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 560 Ti306090120150SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 346.5947.0145.0244.8942.057.1540.2218.6746.1578.6677.5712.75112.62125.07125.6135.19MIN: 9.65 / MAX: 82.02MIN: 7.77 / MAX: 82.01MIN: 12.39 / MAX: 81.96MIN: 11.1 / MAX: 81.95MIN: 8.83 / MAX: 81.98MIN: 8.61 / MAX: 81.87MIN: 4.18 / MAX: 82.44MIN: 8.95 / MAX: 81.99MIN: 24.17 / MAX: 81.66MIN: 12.91 / MAX: 81.6MIN: 10.31MIN: 11.45MIN: 27.18MIN: 8.17 / MAX: 81.82

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