Dota 2 RadeonSI Gallium3D vs. Binary Driver Test, Dota 2 NVIDIA Linux Ubuntu GPU Comparison Tests Fun with the open-source Radeon drivers with Dota 2 Valve game on Ubuntu Linux then compared to Catalyst on Ubuntu Linux. Tests by Michael Larabel. Dota 2 NVIDIA Linux Ubuntu GPU Comparison Tests: Fresh NVIDIA Linux graphics card benchmarks of Valve's Dota 2 game. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. Open-Source: HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc3phx+ (x86_64) 20160208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc3phx+ (x86_64) 20160208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.0.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc3phx+ (x86_64) 20160208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: R7 370: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc3phx+ (x86_64) 20160208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc3phx+ (x86_64) 20160208, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.0.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Closed-Source: HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Closed-Source: R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Supported device 6939 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Closed-Source: R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Closed-Source: R7 370: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Closed-Source: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 680: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 750: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 960: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 970: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX TITAN X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7950 ... 112.00 |====================================== Open-Source: R9 285 .... 109.17 |===================================== Open-Source: R9 290 .... 135.47 |============================================== Open-Source: R7 370 .... 107.33 |==================================== Open-Source: R9 Fury ... 108.77 |===================================== Closed-Source: HD 7950 . 94.23 |================================ Closed-Source: R9 285 .. 99.63 |================================== Closed-Source: R9 290 .. 94.22 |================================ Closed-Source: R7 370 .. 92.08 |=============================== Closed-Source: R9 Fury . 104.35 |=================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7950 ... 97.40 |================================== Open-Source: R9 285 .... 105.80 |==================================== Open-Source: R9 290 .... 133.63 |============================================== Open-Source: R7 370 .... 85.20 |============================= Open-Source: R9 Fury ... 116.67 |======================================== Closed-Source: HD 7950 . 94.30 |================================ Closed-Source: R9 285 .. 96.43 |================================= Closed-Source: R9 290 .. 95.93 |================================= Closed-Source: R7 370 .. 90.73 |=============================== Closed-Source: R9 Fury . 103.15 |==================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7950 ... 89.83 |========================== Open-Source: R9 285 .... 97.17 |============================ Open-Source: R9 290 .... 124.20 |=================================== Open-Source: R7 370 .... 77.33 |====================== Open-Source: R9 Fury ... 111.87 |================================ Closed-Source: HD 7950 . 88.07 |========================= Closed-Source: R9 285 .. 89.16 |========================= Closed-Source: R9 290 .. 89.48 |========================= Closed-Source: R7 370 .. 86.40 |========================= Closed-Source: R9 Fury . 96.73 |=========================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 146.97 |========================================== GeForce GTX 750 ........ 151.68 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 760 ........ 135.90 |======================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti ..... 158.50 |============================================= GeForce GTX 960 ........ 144.98 |========================================= GeForce GTX 970 ........ 160.67 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 ........ 159.37 |============================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti ..... 161.93 |============================================== GeForce GTX TITAN X .... 157.87 |============================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7950 ... 61.53 |================= Open-Source: R9 285 .... 66.23 |================== Open-Source: R9 290 .... 93.33 |========================== Open-Source: R7 370 .... 52.20 |=============== Open-Source: R9 Fury ... 109.63 |=============================== Closed-Source: HD 7950 . 80.50 |====================== Closed-Source: R9 285 .. 82.07 |======================= Closed-Source: R9 290 .. 89.67 |========================= Closed-Source: R7 370 .. 63.97 |================== Closed-Source: R9 Fury . 99.70 |============================ GeForce GTX 680 ........ 99.43 |============================ GeForce GTX 750 ........ 127.50 |==================================== GeForce GTX 760 ........ 89.70 |========================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti ..... 150.27 |========================================== GeForce GTX 960 ........ 101.13 |============================ GeForce GTX 970 ........ 147.00 |========================================= GeForce GTX 980 ........ 153.07 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ..... 165.00 |============================================== GeForce GTX TITAN X .... 162.90 |============================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7950 ... 33.53 |============== Open-Source: R9 285 .... 35.63 |=============== Open-Source: R9 290 .... 51.63 |===================== Open-Source: R7 370 .... 27.53 |=========== Open-Source: R9 Fury ... 67.07 |=========================== Closed-Source: HD 7950 . 44.13 |================== Closed-Source: R9 285 .. 44.33 |================== Closed-Source: R9 290 .. 64.13 |========================== Closed-Source: R7 370 .. 34.00 |============== Closed-Source: R9 Fury . 97.97 |======================================== GeForce GTX 680 ........ 51.37 |===================== GeForce GTX 750 ........ 26.63 |=========== GeForce GTX 760 ........ 44.90 |================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti ..... 81.47 |================================= GeForce GTX 960 ........ 55.00 |======================= GeForce GTX 970 ........ 81.67 |================================= GeForce GTX 980 ........ 89.60 |===================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti ..... 106.37 |============================================ GeForce GTX TITAN X .... 112.20 |==============================================