NVIDIA AMD OpenGL Linux Comparison Christmas 2016 To Jan
AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce benchmarks for Christmas 2016 Linux OpenGL comparison. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Some new results added in for January.
Radeon RX 480
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Radeon R9 Fury
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB.
Radeon R9 285
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB.
GeForce GTX 950
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
GeForce GTX 980
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz).
GeForce GTX 1080
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (576/5005MHz).
GeForce GTX 970
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz).
GeForce GTX 680
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz).
GeForce GTX 1070
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1505/4006MHz).
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (195/3504MHz).
GeForce GTX 1050
Changed Graphics to Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (338/3504MHz).
GeForce GTX 1060
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (549/4006MHz).
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz).
GeForce GTX 960
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz).
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz).
Radeon R9 285 - January
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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, 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- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Radeon R9 Fury - January
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB.
Radeon RX 480 - January
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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Team Fortress 2
Metro: Last Light Redux
A Steam-based test of the Metro: Last Light Redux game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
GpuTest
GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Xonotic
This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Radeon RX 480
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 15 December 2016 09:36 by user phoronix.
Radeon R9 Fury
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 15 December 2016 12:25 by user pts.
Radeon R9 285
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.9.0-040900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 15 December 2016 17:41 by user pts.
GeForce GTX 950
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2048MB (1202/3304MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 19 December 2016 14:13 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 980
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 19 December 2016 17:29 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 1080
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (576/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 19 December 2016 20:30 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 970
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 December 2016 08:45 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 680
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1006/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 December 2016 17:37 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 1070
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1505/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 December 2016 19:58 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (195/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2016 07:51 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 1050
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (338/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2016 10:01 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 1060
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (549/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2016 17:38 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2016 19:10 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 960
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 December 2016 21:26 by user phoronix.
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.26, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 22 December 2016 06:23 by user phoronix.
Radeon R9 285 - January
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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, 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- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 6 January 2017 17:16 by user phoronix.
Radeon R9 Fury - January
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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, 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- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 6 January 2017 18:56 by user phoronix.
Radeon RX 480 - January
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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 6 January 2017 22:02 by user phoronix.