NVIDIA vs. AMDGPU-PRO vs. RadeonSI Benchmark Comparison Thanksgiving 2016 comparison of NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon cards with both open and hybrid AMD drivers. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1050: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1316/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1050 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1328/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1060: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1070: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1505/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1080: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (170/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.20, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2009.7578125MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.10), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4082.84765625MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.10), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 460: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2009.7109375MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.10), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 480: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8141.7109375MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.10), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4053.82421875MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 285 - Open: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161121, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-ac458d2) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-ac458d2), Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 460 - Open: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD POLARIS11 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161121, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-ac458d2) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-ac458d2), Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 480 - Open: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 8064MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161121, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-ac458d2) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-ac458d2), Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 Fury - Open: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161121, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-ac458d2) Gallium 0.4, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.1 Mesa 13.1.0-devel (git-ac458d2), Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 87.00 |======================================= GeForce GTX 980 ....... 98.49 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1050 ...... 53.46 |======================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 59.61 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 80.75 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 95.18 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 104.18 |=============================================== Radeon R9 285 ......... 63.93 |============================= Radeon R9 290 ......... 76.40 |================================== Radeon RX 460 ......... 45.74 |===================== Radeon RX 480 ......... 80.63 |==================================== Radeon R9 Fury ........ 85.41 |======================================= Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 65.16 |============================= Radeon RX 460 - Open .. 46.25 |===================== Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 76.51 |=================================== Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 79.08 |==================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 132.94 |============================= GeForce GTX 980 ....... 134.15 |============================= GeForce GTX 1050 ...... 66.28 |=============== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 76.66 |================= GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 131.14 |============================= GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 179.53 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 214.09 |=============================================== Radeon R9 285 ......... 70.19 |=============== Radeon R9 290 ......... 99.16 |====================== Radeon RX 460 ......... 43.39 |========== Radeon RX 480 ......... 101.58 |====================== Radeon R9 Fury ........ 124.75 |=========================== Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 78.63 |================= Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 103.03 |======================= Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 143.12 |=============================== Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Low Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 980 ....... 63.80 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 41.40 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 63.00 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 72.70 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 74.10 |================================================ Radeon R9 285 ......... 30.40 |==================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 40.60 |========================== Radeon RX 460 ......... 27.50 |================== Radeon RX 480 ......... 47.90 |=============================== Radeon R9 Fury ........ 45.60 |============================== Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 13.50 |========= Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 13.40 |========= Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 16.80 |=========== Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 2560 x 1440 - High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 980 ....... 31.70 |============================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 18.80 |================== GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 30.10 |============================= GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 41.30 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 50.00 |================================================ Radeon R9 285 ......... 15.30 |=============== Radeon R9 290 ......... 22.30 |===================== Radeon RX 460 ......... 12.50 |============ Radeon RX 480 ......... 25.80 |========================= Radeon R9 Fury ........ 27.00 |========================== Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 6.60 |====== Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 9.30 |========= Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 8.00 |======== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 83.07 |======================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 91.83 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 49.93 |======================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 56.77 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 93.27 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 102.40 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 103.40 |================================================= Radeon R9 285 ....... 43.10 |==================== Radeon R9 290 ....... 56.67 |=========================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 28.62 |============== Radeon RX 480 ....... 63.33 |============================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 78.73 |===================================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 230.60 |============================================== GeForce GTX 980 ....... 219.20 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1050 ...... 160.47 |================================ GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 172.30 |================================== GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 217.80 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 233.17 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 237.23 |=============================================== Radeon R9 285 ......... 137.20 |=========================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 157.03 |=============================== Radeon RX 460 ......... 104.30 |===================== Radeon RX 480 ......... 161.23 |================================ Radeon R9 Fury ........ 168.00 |================================= Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 101.28 |==================== Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 122.90 |======================== Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 129.23 |========================== Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 155.78 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 980 ....... 154.47 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 1050 ...... 105.75 |================================ GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 112.17 |================================== GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 133.04 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 144.13 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 148.64 |============================================= Radeon R9 285 ......... 35.74 |=========== Radeon R9 290 ......... 37.96 |=========== Radeon RX 460 ......... 24.51 |======= Radeon RX 480 ......... 31.22 |========= Radeon R9 Fury ........ 37.51 |=========== Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 105.41 |================================ Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 113.06 |================================== Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 115.21 |=================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 172.22 |============================== GeForce GTX 980 ....... 177.96 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1050 ...... 105.56 |=================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 116.93 |===================== GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 184.45 |================================ GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 237.39 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 267.00 |=============================================== Radeon R9 285 ......... 100.92 |================== Radeon R9 290 ......... 126.59 |====================== Radeon RX 460 ......... 65.41 |============ Radeon RX 480 ......... 140.35 |========================= Radeon R9 Fury ........ 180.66 |================================ Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 120.61 |===================== Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 157.24 |============================ Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 215.88 |====================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 89.41 |=========================== GeForce GTX 980 ....... 96.74 |============================= GeForce GTX 1050 ...... 49.29 |=============== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 56.37 |================= GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 99.37 |============================== GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 135.85 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 155.98 |=============================================== Radeon R9 285 ......... 44.85 |============== Radeon RX 460 ......... 29.31 |========= Radeon RX 480 ......... 67.62 |==================== Radeon R9 Fury ........ 85.68 |========================== Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 46.58 |============== Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 66.55 |==================== Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 81.88 |========================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GeForce GTX 780 Ti .... 175.10 |====================================== GeForce GTX 980 ....... 145.13 |================================ GeForce GTX 1050 ...... 69.42 |=============== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ... 80.77 |================== GeForce GTX 1060 ...... 133.17 |============================= GeForce GTX 1070 ...... 179.43 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1080 ...... 214.09 |=============================================== Radeon R9 285 ......... 127.02 |============================ Radeon R9 290 ......... 153.32 |================================== Radeon RX 460 ......... 79.67 |================= Radeon RX 480 ......... 165.14 |==================================== Radeon R9 Fury ........ 195.09 |=========================================== Radeon R9 285 - Open .. 136.41 |============================== Radeon RX 480 - Open .. 164.17 |==================================== Radeon R9 Fury - Open . 204.88 |=============================================