Ubuntu 16.04 NVIDIA vs. AMDGPU RadeonSI Tonga Graphics AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce Ubuntu Linux tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GeForce GTX 760: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.13, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.13, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 950: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.13, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 960: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.13, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 970: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.13, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.13, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980 Ti: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.28, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.13, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 285: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R7 370: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 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 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160311, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 358.70 |=================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 505.77 |================================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 364.17 |==================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 416.90 |========================================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 452.30 |============================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 460.47 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 455.07 |============================================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 231.13 |======================= Radeon R9 285 ...... 265.47 |========================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 287.07 |============================ Radeon R7 370 ...... 204.53 |==================== Radeon R9 Fury ..... 324.90 |================================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 101.59 |======================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 183.69 |========================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 104.41 |======================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 116.34 |=========================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 168.29 |======================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 185.38 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 217.23 |================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 80.22 |================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 60.75 |============== Radeon R9 290 ...... 108.38 |========================= Radeon R7 370 ...... 71.62 |================ Radeon R9 Fury ..... 159.08 |===================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 43.08 |================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 88.96 |====================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 47.89 |==================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 53.82 |======================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 85.31 |==================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 94.72 |======================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 117.87 |================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 24.56 |========== Radeon R9 285 ...... 29.62 |============= Radeon R9 290 ...... 40.88 |================= Radeon R7 370 ...... 22.35 |========= Radeon R9 Fury ..... 44.84 |=================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 56.01 |========================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 93.86 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 53.30 |======================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 61.45 |============================ GeForce GTX 970 .... 87.92 |======================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 92.76 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 108.85 |================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 40.72 |=================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 47.41 |====================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 63.91 |============================= Radeon R7 370 ...... 34.75 |================ Radeon R9 Fury ..... 79.97 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 399.80 |============================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 445.27 |================================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 372.46 |========================================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 402.68 |============================================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 440.44 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 445.67 |================================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 440.16 |================================================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 329.94 |===================================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 344.04 |======================================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 339.84 |====================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 322.12 |==================================== Radeon R9 Fury ..... 355.53 |======================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 192.35 |============================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 315.87 |================================================ GeForce GTX 950 .... 155.20 |======================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 174.92 |=========================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 269.70 |========================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 296.68 |============================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 327.72 |================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 160.51 |======================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 171.98 |========================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 206.15 |=============================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 141.16 |====================== Radeon R9 Fury ..... 242.79 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 136.40 |============================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 242.26 |================================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 102.65 |===================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 121.93 |========================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 187.31 |======================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 205.85 |========================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 238.54 |================================================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 126.66 |========================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 129.51 |=========================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 166.46 |================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 108.76 |====================== Radeon R9 Fury ..... 202.54 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 95.73 |============================ GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 173.48 |================================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 70.02 |==================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 85.42 |========================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 127.99 |===================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 140.99 |========================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 165.87 |================================================ Radeon R9 270X ..... 89.69 |========================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 99.62 |============================= Radeon R9 290 ...... 127.56 |===================================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 79.04 |======================= Radeon R9 Fury ..... 156.21 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 44287 |=============================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 52106 |==================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 36299 |========================= GeForce GTX 960 .... 38553 |=========================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 54722 |====================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 60418 |========================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 73834 |=================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 29140 |==================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 28067 |=================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 31889 |====================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 27585 |=================== Radeon R9 Fury ..... 38968 |=========================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 998 |================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 2047 |=================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 1063 |================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 1167 |==================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 1779 |============================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 2006 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 2637 |============================================= Radeon R9 270X ..... 1320 |====================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 1400 |======================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 1719 |============================= Radeon R7 370 ...... 1065 |================== Radeon R9 Fury ..... 3077 |==================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 127599 |================================= GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 183282 |================================================ GeForce GTX 950 .... 85144 |====================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 89995 |======================= GeForce GTX 970 .... 139560 |==================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 158916 |========================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 191973 |================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 76212 |==================== Radeon R9 285 ...... 55218 |============== Radeon R9 290 ...... 81044 |===================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 67362 |================== Radeon R9 Fury ..... 103573 |=========================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 167 |================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 344 |===================================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 187 |==================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 242 |========================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 355 |======================================= GeForce GTX 980 .... 376 |========================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 487 |===================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 138 |=============== Radeon R9 285 ...... 199 |====================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 238 |========================== Radeon R7 370 ...... 108 |============ Radeon R9 Fury ..... 440 |================================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... 379 |============== GeForce GTX 780 Ti . 820 |=============================== GeForce GTX 950 .... 523 |==================== GeForce GTX 960 .... 681 |========================== GeForce GTX 970 .... 1010 |====================================== GeForce GTX 980 .... 1035 |======================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti . 1370 |==================================================== Radeon R9 270X ..... 376 |============== Radeon R9 285 ...... 520 |==================== Radeon R9 290 ...... 651 |========================= Radeon R7 370 ...... 292 |=========== Radeon R9 Fury ..... 1155 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GeForce GTX 760 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 7.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.0 MAX: 6.0 GeForce GTX 950 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 8.0 GeForce GTX 960 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 8.0 GeForce GTX 970 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 7.0 GeForce GTX 980 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 12.0 GeForce GTX 980 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.2 MAX: 7.0