AMD Kaveri Radeon R7 Graphics Comparison AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 testis of Catalyst OpenGL on Ubuntu 14.04 Linux. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (900/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6450: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6770: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 240: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: ECS NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GT 520: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GeForce GTX 550 Ti: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Radeon R7: Processor: AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A88S3+, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 14336MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZRX-00D + 115GB Toshiba MKNSSDCL115GB-DX + 128GB C400-MTFDDAK128M, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 2048MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SMBX2431 + Viseo 220Dx + SMBX2431 + Viseo 220Dx, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Techsan Co B2C2 FlexCopII DVB chip / Technisat OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-53-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.3.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 88.23 |========= Radeon HD 6450 .......... 61.17 |====== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 339.10 |================================= Radeon HD 6870 .......... 460.60 |============================================= Radeon HD 7850 .......... 395.10 |======================================= GeForce GT 240 .......... 154.10 |=============== GeForce GT 520 .......... 53.47 |===== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 310.53 |============================== AMD Radeon R7 ........... 60.03 |====== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 37.0 Radeon HD 6450 .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 51.0 Radeon HD 6770 .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 10.0 Radeon HD 6870 .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 6.0 Radeon HD 7850 .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 15.0 GeForce GT 240 .......... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.5 MAX: 13.0 GeForce GT 520 .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 18.6 MAX: 33.0 GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 6.0 AMD Radeon R7 ........... MIN: 8.0 AVG: 16.3 MAX: 26.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 5.79 |============== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 2.06 |===== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 11.36 |============================ Radeon HD 6870 .......... 18.93 |============================================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 17.55 |=========================================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 4.69 |=========== GeForce GT 520 .......... 2.43 |====== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 13.17 |================================ AMD Radeon R7 ........... 6.57 |================ Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 7.16 |============ Radeon HD 6450 .......... 2.80 |===== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 17.18 |============================ Radeon HD 6870 .......... 28.22 |============================================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 22.32 |==================================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 8.05 |============= GeForce GT 520 .......... 3.47 |====== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 17.92 |============================= AMD Radeon R7 ........... 9.21 |=============== Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 25.80 |=========== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 15.70 |====== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 48.07 |==================== Radeon HD 6870 .......... 55.57 |======================= Radeon HD 7850 .......... 58.50 |======================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 42.10 |================= GeForce GT 520 .......... 20.20 |======== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 109.92 |============================================= AMD Radeon R7 ........... 47.00 |=================== Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . MIN: 17 AVG: 38 MAX: 78 Radeon HD 6450 .......... MIN: 30 AVG: 63 MAX: 99 Radeon HD 6770 .......... MIN: 8 AVG: 21 MAX: 71 Radeon HD 6870 .......... MIN: 6 AVG: 18 MAX: 55 Radeon HD 7850 .......... MIN: 7 AVG: 17 MAX: 60 GeForce GT 240 .......... MIN: 12 AVG: 21 MAX: 98 GeForce GT 520 .......... MIN: 30 AVG: 50 MAX: 82 GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... MIN: 5 AVG: 8 MAX: 67 AMD Radeon R7 ........... MIN: 9 AVG: 21 MAX: 37 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 165.89 |============================== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 112.63 |==================== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 213.80 |======================================= Radeon HD 6870 .......... 213.12 |======================================= Radeon HD 7850 .......... 203.67 |===================================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 247.23 |============================================= GeForce GT 520 .......... 105.04 |=================== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 247.24 |============================================= AMD Radeon R7 ........... 59.88 |=========== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 63.19 |================ Radeon HD 6450 .......... 38.25 |========== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 117.28 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 .......... 120.31 |============================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 118.77 |============================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 135.51 |================================== GeForce GT 520 .......... 36.80 |========= GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 179.49 |============================================= AMD Radeon R7 ........... 57.51 |============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 58.21 |=================== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 27.21 |========= Radeon HD 6770 .......... 103.63 |================================= Radeon HD 6870 .......... 109.17 |=================================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 107.33 |================================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 67.22 |====================== GeForce GT 520 .......... 27.45 |========= GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 140.09 |============================================= AMD Radeon R7 ........... 55.40 |================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 45.03 |======================= Radeon HD 6450 .......... 18.82 |========= Radeon HD 6770 .......... 75.76 |====================================== Radeon HD 6870 .......... 84.74 |========================================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 82.96 |========================================= GeForce GT 240 .......... 41.33 |===================== GeForce GT 520 .......... 19.32 |========== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 91.99 |============================================== AMD Radeon R7 ........... 47.03 |======================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 2046 |================== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 590 |===== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 2687 |======================= Radeon HD 6870 .......... 3627 |=============================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 5462 |=============================================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 932 |======== GeForce GT 520 .......... 269 |== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 1264 |=========== AMD Radeon R7 ........... 1840 |================ GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 10462 |======== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 4001 |=== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 16224 |============ Radeon HD 6870 .......... 29914 |====================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 62793 |============================================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 3623 |=== GeForce GT 520 .......... 6577 |===== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 28716 |===================== AMD Radeon R7 ........... 3600 |=== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 328 |====== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 197 |==== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 1256 |======================== Radeon HD 6870 .......... 2429 |=============================================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 2109 |========================================= GeForce GT 240 .......... 693 |============= GeForce GT 520 .......... 163 |=== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 1410 |=========================== AMD Radeon R7 ........... 602 |============ GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 2843 |============================== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 613 |====== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 1062 |=========== Radeon HD 6870 .......... 1131 |============ Radeon HD 7850 .......... 4441 |=============================================== GeForce GT 520 .......... 543 |====== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 1955 |===================== AMD Radeon R7 ........... 2116 |====================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 72557 |======== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 47231 |===== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 256825 |============================ Radeon HD 6870 .......... 411522 |============================================= Radeon HD 7850 .......... 291947 |================================ GeForce GT 240 .......... 90096 |========== GeForce GT 520 .......... 24387 |=== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 157990 |================= AMD Radeon R7 ........... 3600 | GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 189 |====================== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 40 |===== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 285 |================================= Radeon HD 6870 .......... 416 |================================================ Radeon HD 7850 .......... 324 |===================================== GeForce GT 240 .......... 89 |========== GeForce GT 520 .......... 47 |===== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 219 |========================= AMD Radeon R7 ........... 61 |======= GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better AMD A10-7850K Radeon R7 . 575 |================== Radeon HD 6450 .......... 136 |==== Radeon HD 6770 .......... 1011 |================================ Radeon HD 6870 .......... 1476 |=============================================== Radeon HD 7850 .......... 488 |================ GeForce GT 240 .......... 279 |========= GeForce GT 520 .......... 136 |==== GeForce GTX 550 Ti ...... 637 |==================== AMD Radeon R7 ........... 432 |==============