1080p AMD NVIDIA Linux Comparison Large AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce Linux perf comparison with perf per watt and perf per dollar value. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. ,,"Radeon R9 270X","Radeon R9 285","Radeon R9 290","Radeon R7 370","Radeon R9 Fury","GeForce GTX 950","GeForce GTX 960","GeForce GTX 970","GeForce GTX 980","GeForce GTX 980 Ti","GeForce GTX TITAN X" Processor,,Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores) Motherboard,,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Chipset,,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core,Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB Disk,,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3 Graphics,,Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz),Supported device 6939 2048MB (918/1375MHz),Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz),MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB (1030/1400MHz),Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB (1000/500MHz),eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1201/3304MHz),eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz),eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz),NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz) Audio,,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99,Intel C610/X99 Monitor,,ASUS PB278,ASUS PB278,ASUS PB278,ASUS PB278,ASUS PB278,,,,,, Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection OS,,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04,Ubuntu 15.04 Kernel,,3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64),3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64) Desktop,,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12,Xfce 4.12 Display Server,,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1,X Server 1.17.1 Display Driver,,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,NVIDIA 355.11,NVIDIA 355.11,NVIDIA 355.11,NVIDIA 355.11,NVIDIA 355.11,NVIDIA 355.11 OpenGL,,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.0,4.4.0,4.4.0,4.4.0,4.4.0,4.4.0 Compiler,,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0,GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 ,,"Radeon R9 270X","Radeon R9 285","Radeon R9 290","Radeon R7 370","Radeon R9 Fury","GeForce GTX 950","GeForce GTX 960","GeForce GTX 970","GeForce GTX 980","GeForce GTX 980 Ti","GeForce GTX TITAN X" "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,113.22,109.01,119.33,102.45,120.14,155.39,178.98,203.45,211.64,207.51,213.29 "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Dollar)",HIB,0.67,0.45,0.48,0.57,0.22,0.98,0.90,0.62,0.42,0.32,0.21 "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.71,0.67,0.64,0.65,0.68,1.09,1.28,1.24,1.33,1.07,1.15 "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,158.86,162.73,186.12,157.52,176.48,143.11,140.06,163.68,159.67,193.66,185.24 "Metro 2033 Redux - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 (FPS)",HIB,56.09,56.32,61.00,54.72,60.06,121.97,128.26,133.65,135.90,134.42,134.46 "Metro 2033 Redux - Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 (FPS/Dollar)",HIB,0.33,0.23,0.24,0.31,0.11,0.77,0.64,0.41,0.27,0.21,0.13 "Metro 2033 Redux - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.34,0.33,0.31,0.37,0.34,0.75,0.79,0.75,0.74,0.63,0.61 "Metro 2033 Redux - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,163.26,172.04,198.09,147.03,177.49,162.73,162.28,177.41,183.28,211.79,218.82 "Metro: Last Light Redux - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 (FPS)",HIB,61.49,63.58,75.53,59.39,76.62,121.19,133.27,154.00,154.29,152.30,150.19 "Metro: Last Light Redux - Performance / Cost - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 (FPS/Dollar)",HIB,0.36,0.26,0.30,0.33,0.14,0.76,0.67,0.47,0.31,0.23,0.15 "Metro: Last Light Redux - Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.30,0.29,0.29,0.32,0.34,0.61,0.63,0.66,0.65,0.57,0.54 "Metro: Last Light Redux - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,203.33,217.78,259.53,188.42,225.99,198.62,211.98,232.66,239.09,266.73,277.68 "Elemental Demo - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,28.53,28.93,40.65,24.95,42.98,39.77,44.61,60.14,62.61,62.27,61.96 "Elemental Demo - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,35.47,35.15,24.81,40.63,24.43,30.84,25.87,18.49,17.35,16.78,16.74 "Elemental Demo - Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Dollar)",HIB,0.17,0.12,0.16,0.14,0.08,0.25,0.22,0.18,0.13,0.10,0.06 "Elemental Demo - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.16,0.15,0.16,0.15,0.19,0.27,0.27,0.32,0.29,0.27,0.25 "Elemental Demo - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,179,189.23,258.28,165.34,228.75,149.47,163.73,186.36,212.43,234.32,245.85 "Matinee Fight Scene Demo - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,20.24,18.50,24.23,18.08,23.13,26.79,29.44,37.97,40.37,42.86,44.52 "Matinee Fight Scene Demo - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,50.65,55.1,42.59,56.41,44.92,46.83,39.55,27.94,25.97,24.59,23.31 "Matinee Fight Scene Demo - Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Dollar)",HIB,0.12,0.08,0.10,0.10,0.04,0.17,0.15,0.12,0.08,0.07,0.04 "Matinee Fight Scene Demo - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.11,0.10,0.10,0.11,0.12,0.18,0.19,0.20,0.20,0.19,0.18 "Matinee Fight Scene Demo - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,180.75,189.18,235.11,163.81,198.25,146.55,158.51,192.41,205.19,229.42,245.75 "Unigine Valley - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen (FPS)",HIB,45.83,51.67,74.66,38.77,94.82,53.05,61.00,86.61,91.54,104.18,107.23 "Unigine Valley - Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen (FPS/Dollar)",HIB,0.27,0.22,0.30,0.22,0.17,0.33,0.31,0.26,0.18,0.16,0.11 "Unigine Valley - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.22,0.22,0.24,0.21,0.30,0.32,0.34,0.38,0.40,0.38,0.37 "Unigine Valley - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,210.12,230.59,314.12,186.28,313.43,168.01,181.06,225.32,230.73,272.69,289.79 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,118.27,116.05,119.21,118.34,119.04,192.96,210.39,229.18,230.34,229.45,233.92 "Xonotic - Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS/Dollar)",HIB,0.70,0.48,0.48,0.66,0.22,1.21,1.06,0.70,0.46,0.35,0.23 "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.79,0.73,0.64,0.85,0.73,1.36,1.45,1.41,1.34,1.26,1.18 "Xonotic - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,150.64,159.36,187.61,139.11,164.15,141.91,145.46,162.8,171.98,182.15,198.79 "Team Fortress 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,114.32,108.14,112.77,115.14,113.33,116.35,116.14,120.97,119.79,120.25,119.64 "Team Fortress 2 - Performance / Cost - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Dollar)",HIB,0.68,0.45,0.45,0.64,0.21,0.73,0.58,0.37,0.24,0.19,0.12 "Team Fortress 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.00,1.00,0.90,1.09,0.90,1.08,1.09,1.03,0.99,0.82,0.78 "Team Fortress 2 - System Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,114.4,107.85,124.81,105.99,125.35,108.04,107.03,116.98,120.41,146.51,152.51 "System Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Watts)",,172.85,183.37,230.63,159.12,208.26,154.95,163.89,184.52,193.98,223.2,232.36