4K AMD Catalyst Perf Per Dollar Benchmark results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Diamond Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB (1030/1400MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Sapphire Radeon R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Supported device 6939 2048MB (918/1375MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB (1000/500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SE39UY04, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 122.05 |============================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 84.63 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 77.61 |============================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 116.22 |=========================================== Team Fortress 2 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.49 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.47 |============================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.32 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.21 |==================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.90 |============================================ MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.71 |=================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.58 |============================ Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.96 |=============================================== Team Fortress 2 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 73 AVG: 135 MAX: 276 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 58 AVG: 120 MAX: 196 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 62 AVG: 133 MAX: 231 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 68 AVG: 121 MAX: 274 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 90.04 |=========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 55.86 |=========================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 66.61 |================================ Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 96.03 |============================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.36 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.31 |======================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.28 |===================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.17 |====================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.38 |======================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.35 |==================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.34 |=================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.46 |=============================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 66 AVG: 236 MAX: 320 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 58 AVG: 161 MAX: 190 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 69 AVG: 195 MAX: 238 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 69 AVG: 209 MAX: 312 Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 116.50 |======================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 79.04 |========================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 99.73 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 134.63 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.47 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.44 |============================================ Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.41 |========================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.24 |======================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.52 |====================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.52 |====================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.56 |======================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.65 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 78 AVG: 226 MAX: 324 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 60 AVG: 153 MAX: 179 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 68 AVG: 180 MAX: 228 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 70 AVG: 208 MAX: 314 Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 47.23 |==================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 26.43 |==================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 32.49 |======================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 61.14 |============================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.19 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.15 |===================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.13 |================================ Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.11 |=========================== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.15 |=================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.13 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.14 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.20 |=============================================== Metro: Last Light Redux System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 69 AVG: 309 MAX: 369 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 58 AVG: 196 MAX: 221 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 60 AVG: 239 MAX: 277 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 70 AVG: 304 MAX: 377 Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 48.03 |======================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 30.18 |========================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 35.75 |============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 55.43 |============================================== Metro 2033 Redux Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.19 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.17 |========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.15 |===================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.10 |========================= Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m0 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.21 |====================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.18 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.19 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.26 |=============================================== Metro 2033 Redux System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 67 AVG: 230 MAX: 334 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 61 AVG: 170 MAX: 214 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 70 AVG: 192 MAX: 256 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 68 AVG: 211 MAX: 331 Civilization: Beyond Earth Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 49.91 |========================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 28.92 |======================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 30.51 |========================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 55.71 |============================================== Civilization: Beyond Earth Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 7 AVG: 27 MAX: 87 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 7 AVG: 47 MAX: 153 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 8 AVG: 43 MAX: 147 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 7 AVG: 23 MAX: 88 Civilization: Beyond Earth Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.20 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.16 |====================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.13 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.10 |======================== Civilization: Beyond Earth Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.21 |====================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.19 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.17 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.26 |=============================================== Civilization: Beyond Earth System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 72 AVG: 233 MAX: 337 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 58 AVG: 152 MAX: 197 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 73 AVG: 183 MAX: 235 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 70 AVG: 210 MAX: 334 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 29.06 |=========================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 18.42 |=========================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 6.90 |========== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 30.85 |============================================== BioShock Infinite Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.12 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.10 |======================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.03 |============ Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.05 |==================== BioShock Infinite Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.13 |========================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.12 |====================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.04 |============= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.15 |=============================================== BioShock Infinite System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 78 AVG: 230 MAX: 302 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 71 AVG: 159 MAX: 183 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 70 AVG: 170 MAX: 193 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 71 AVG: 200 MAX: 284 SuperTuxKart 0.9 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 42.33 |======================================= MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 30.49 |============================ Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 24.16 |====================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 50.46 |============================================== SuperTuxKart 0.9 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.17 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.17 |=============================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.10 |============================ Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.09 |========================= SuperTuxKart 0.9 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.22 |==================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.21 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.15 |======================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.29 |=============================================== SuperTuxKart 0.9 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 65 AVG: 188 MAX: 269 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 58 AVG: 143 MAX: 164 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 61 AVG: 160 MAX: 199 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 71 AVG: 172 MAX: 256 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 115.81 |================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 75.89 |====================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 90.65 |========================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 154.15 |============================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.47 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.42 |========================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.37 |===================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.27 |=========================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.55 |===================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.50 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.49 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.70 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 72 AVG: 210 MAX: 278 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 62 AVG: 151 MAX: 179 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 62 AVG: 184 MAX: 205 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 70 AVG: 222 MAX: 296 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 21.52 |================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 10.24 |================ Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 13.82 |====================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 29.07 |============================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.09 |=============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.06 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.06 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.05 |========================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.07 |===================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.06 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.06 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.09 |=============================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 76 AVG: 318 MAX: 342 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 59 AVG: 185 MAX: 198 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 69 AVG: 228 MAX: 243 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 72 AVG: 335 MAX: 367 Meta Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar Performance Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.275 |============================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.245 |========================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.198 |================================= Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.139 |======================= Meta Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... 0.334 |====================================== MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... 0.297 |================================== Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. 0.272 |=============================== Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . 0.402 |============================================== System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts Diamond Radeon R9 290 ... MIN: 63 AVG: 237 MAX: 369 MSI Radeon R7 370 4G .... MIN: 58 AVG: 159 MAX: 221 Sapphire Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 60 AVG: 184 MAX: 277 Sapphire Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 68 AVG: 226 MAX: 377