Steam Linux Testing NVIDIA and AMD Linux OpenGL Vulkan testing for mid-January 2017. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170124, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170124, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170124, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, 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 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170124, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1316/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1341/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1505/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1505/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, 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 Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1604/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.09, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 94.84 |========================= Radeon RX 460 ....... 91.50 |======================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 94.62 |========================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 94.50 |========================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 188.13 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 188.74 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 114.99 |============================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 124.19 |================================ GeForce GTX 1060 .... 149.96 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 162.50 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 168.43 |============================================ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 80.62 |=================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 46.72 |=========== Radeon RX 480 ....... 102.93 |========================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 139.48 |================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 129.23 |=============================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 157.37 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 63.79 |=============== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 73.85 |================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 127.14 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 172.99 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 203.73 |================================================= Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 1920 x 1080 - High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 25.00 |==================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 13.80 |=========== Radeon RX 480 ....... 41.90 |================================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 41.80 |================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 50.00 |======================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 57.10 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 22.70 |================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 31.30 |========================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 48.60 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 60.90 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 63.50 |================================================== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 4x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 22.48 |======== Radeon RX 460 ....... 13.10 |===== Radeon RX 480 ....... 31.56 |=========== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 40.47 |============== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 138.22 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 139.63 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 101.02 |=================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 114.58 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 138.98 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 138.86 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 139.57 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 81.53 |================================ Radeon RX 460 ....... 50.98 |==================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 97.73 |====================================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 98.47 |====================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 125.83 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 125.00 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 108.43 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 121.90 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 124.93 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 124.10 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 124.73 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 60.57 |========================= Radeon RX 460 ....... 46.15 |=================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 65.32 |=========================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 65.83 |=========================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 118.57 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 117.10 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 104.73 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 112.43 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 118.37 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 116.77 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 117.33 |================================================ Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 36.77 |=============== Radeon RX 460 ....... 23.40 |========= Radeon RX 480 ....... 43.93 |================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 66.83 |=========================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 75.20 |============================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 90.17 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 41.03 |================ GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 46.60 |=================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 76.67 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 106.70 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 122.70 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 26.47 |============ Radeon RX 460 ....... 17.33 |======== Radeon RX 480 ....... 32.10 |============== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 40.22 |================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 74.43 |================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 89.53 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 40.80 |================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 45.57 |==================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 74.47 |================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 103.07 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 112.50 |================================================= Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 107.57 |================================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 82.48 |========================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 112.24 |=================================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 116.23 |===================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 153.76 |================================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 155.02 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 105.20 |================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 110.78 |=================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 133.02 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 142.52 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 147.66 |=============================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 125.40 |============================================ Radeon RX 460 ....... 92.60 |================================= Radeon RX 480 ....... 121.33 |=========================================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 127.76 |============================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 137.21 |================================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 138.63 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 110.86 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 121.96 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 136.82 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 138.48 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 139.47 |================================================= ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 163.80 |================================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 119.60 |========================= Radeon RX 480 ....... 180.63 |====================================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 183.30 |====================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 210.00 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 227.17 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 159.07 |================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 170.37 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 208.93 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 228.90 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 233.33 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 257.83 |======================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 194.37 |================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 290.73 |=========================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 310.47 |============================ GeForce GTX 980 ..... 484.50 |============================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 484.43 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 369.27 |================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 414.67 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 508.10 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 533.93 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 535.97 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 31.0 Radeon RX 460 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 30.0 Radeon RX 480 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 30.0 Radeon R9 Fury ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 29.0 GeForce GTX 980 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 12.0 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 12.0 GeForce GTX 1050 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 6.0 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 6.0 GeForce GTX 1060 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.9 MAX: 6.0 GeForce GTX 1070 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.9 MAX: 8.0 GeForce GTX 1080 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.9 MAX: 9.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 104.67 |=================== Radeon RX 460 ....... 71.26 |============= Radeon RX 480 ....... 130.82 |======================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 173.83 |================================ GeForce GTX 980 ..... 178.03 |================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 209.77 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 105.26 |==================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 117.24 |====================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 182.76 |================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 238.87 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 264.04 |================================================= Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 47.41 |=============== Radeon RX 460 ....... 29.43 |========= Radeon RX 480 ....... 66.39 |===================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 82.97 |========================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 95.46 |============================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 118.26 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 49.36 |================ GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 56.39 |================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 99.43 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 135.62 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 155.88 |================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 285 ....... 156.58 |============================= Radeon RX 460 ....... 99.26 |================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 181.76 |================================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 217.07 |======================================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 213.77 |======================================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 246.95 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 106.15 |=================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 119.23 |====================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 193.84 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 243.73 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 266.96 |=================================================