GPU Intel AMD Linux Open-Source Comparison

Benchmark results by Michael Larabel for a future article.

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GPU Intel AMD Linux Open-Source ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionSkylake HD Graphics 530Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Pelles HD 7850Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores)MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0Intel Sky Lake15360MB256GB TS256GSSD370SIntel Sky Lake (1150MHz)Realtek ALC1150DELL P2210HIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.044.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150825Xfce 4.12X Server 1.17.1intel 2.99.9173.3 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875)GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0ext41920x108016384MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 512MBradeon 7.5.993.3 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MBXFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB4.1 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MBIntel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.60GHz (2 Cores)ASUS P5Q-PROIntel 4 DRAM + ICH10R4096MB120GB INTEL SSDSA2CW12 + 2000GB SAMSUNG HD204UIGigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7850 2048MBRealtek ALC1200SyncMasterQualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 + Intel PRO/WirelessArch Linux4.2.0-1-pelle (x86_64)4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-e0c2ea0) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.2.0 + Clang 3.8.0 + LLVM 3.8.0svnxfs1920x1200OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Skylake HD Graphics 530, Radeon HD 6570, Radeon HD 6870, Radeon HD 6950, Radeon HD 7950, Radeon R9 290, Radeon R7 370: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandGraphics Details- Skylake HD Graphics 530: SNA- Radeon HD 6570: EXA- Radeon HD 6870: EXA- Radeon HD 6950: EXA- Radeon HD 7950: GLAMOR- Radeon R9 290: GLAMOR- Radeon R7 370: GLAMOR- Pelles HD 7850: GLAMOR

GPU Intel AMD Linux Open-Source Comparisonopenarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenSkylake HD Graphics 530Radeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Pelles HD 785069.3755.718.0980.4462.3178477022262539171.5746.5019.155.7054.3632.304136702240732364221801180.43140.2867.4422.79152.05106.681656520761056183913228421113.10113.9081.6730.02144.27114.28266152221918478176692389218.82156.17108.9439.67170.56138.414365729542707526841766208.53180.95147.7160.78172.36143.1250854535129091011472926203.43152.6797.1635.37169.92135.685289433152765105101313158.37125.08136.4428.91121.5891.144897525712312163431132OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7950Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6870Pelles HD 7850Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6570Skylake HD Graphics 53050100150200250SE +/- 12.02, N = 6SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 7.35, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3218.82208.53203.43180.43158.37113.1071.5769.37MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 2MIN: 2MIN: 4MIN: 7MIN: 11

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6870Pelles HD 7850Radeon HD 6950Skylake HD Graphics 530Radeon HD 65704080120160200SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3180.95156.17152.67140.28125.08113.9055.7146.50

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon R9 290Pelles HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6570306090120150SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3147.71136.44108.9497.1681.6767.4419.15

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Pelles HD 7850Radeon HD 6870Skylake HD Graphics 530Radeon HD 65701428425670SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 2SE +/- 0.01, N = 360.7839.6735.3730.0228.9122.798.095.70

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6950Pelles HD 7850Skylake HD Graphics 530Radeon HD 65704080120160200SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 2.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3172.36170.56169.92152.05144.27121.5880.4454.36MIN: 86 / MAX: 420MIN: 87 / MAX: 401MIN: 85 / MAX: 448MIN: 72 / MAX: 295MIN: 63 / MAX: 305MIN: 70 / MAX: 246MIN: 46 / MAX: 117MIN: 26 / MAX: 87

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Pelles HD 7850Skylake HD Graphics 530Radeon HD 6570306090120150SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3143.12138.41135.68114.28106.6891.1462.3132.30MIN: 50 / MAX: 369MIN: 49 / MAX: 377MIN: 48 / MAX: 371MIN: 44 / MAX: 275MIN: 47 / MAX: 233MIN: 12 / MAX: 229MIN: 35 / MAX: 99MIN: 15 / MAX: 56

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon R7 370Radeon R9 290Pelles HD 7850Radeon HD 7950Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Skylake HD Graphics 530Radeon HD 657011K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 13.58, N = 3SE +/- 7.80, N = 3SE +/- 64.25, N = 3SE +/- 12.41, N = 3SE +/- 6.08, N = 3SE +/- 4.41, N = 3SE +/- 3.84, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 352894508544897543657266151656578474136

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 7950Pelles HD 7850Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6570Skylake HD Graphics 53011002200330044005500SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 32.41, N = 3SE +/- 45.08, N = 5SE +/- 20.74, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3535133152954257122212076702702

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 7950Pelles HD 7850Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6570Skylake HD Graphics 53060K120K180K240K300KSE +/- 570.04, N = 3SE +/- 305.92, N = 3SE +/- 192.11, N = 3SE +/- 10.87, N = 3SE +/- 67.52, N = 3SE +/- 92.19, N = 3SE +/- 12.99, N = 3SE +/- 1871.84, N = 3290910276510270752231216105618918472407322625

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6570Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 370Pelles HD 785020K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 231.11, N = 3SE +/- 47.15, N = 3SE +/- 45.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38176639132236421147684510343

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6570Radeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 370Pelles HD 7850Skylake HD Graphics 53020K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 108.13, N = 3SE +/- 6.44, N = 3SE +/- 15.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 29238928421218012926176613131132391

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 7950Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6870Pelles HD 7850Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6570Skylake HD Graphics 5301530456075Min: 1 / Avg: 4.82 / Max: 30Min: 2 / Avg: 4.97 / Max: 25Min: 1 / Avg: 5.08 / Max: 29Min: 2 / Avg: 5.52 / Max: 10Min: 3 / Avg: 6.33 / Max: 78Min: 4 / Avg: 8.82 / Max: 14Min: 7 / Avg: 14 / Max: 19Min: 11 / Avg: 14.1 / Max: 48

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