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.
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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 |=============================================