Vulkan Radeon Vega NVIDIA Linux Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Radeon R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13491, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.7), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 480: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5.13491, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.7), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13491, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.7), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13491, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.7), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX Vega 56: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8176MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5.13491, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX Vega 64: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8176MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5.13491, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.7), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1126/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.59, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.0.130, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 980 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.59, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.0.130, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1060: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.59, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.0.130, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1070: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.59, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.0.130, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1080: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1607/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.59, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.0.130, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11264MB (1480/5508MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.59, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.0.130, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... 97.80 |========================= Radeon RX 480 ....... 109.43 |============================ Radeon RX 580 ....... 113.23 |============================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 103.43 |========================== Radeon RX Vega 56 ... 122.33 |=============================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 127.57 |================================ GeForce GTX 980 ..... 164.23 |========================================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 183.63 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 174.40 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 192.07 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 193.60 |================================================= GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 193.53 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... 49.00 |================ Radeon RX 480 ....... 48.80 |================ Radeon RX 580 ....... 53.97 |================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 59.37 |=================== Radeon RX Vega 56 ... 63.33 |==================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 66.37 |===================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 71.70 |======================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 87.10 |============================ GeForce GTX 1060 .... 73.70 |======================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 100.97 |================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 118.87 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 151.67 |================================================= Dawn of War III Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Medium - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... 15.69 |============= Radeon RX 480 ....... 17.26 |============== Radeon RX 580 ....... 18.87 |================ Radeon R9 Fury ...... 20.14 |================= Radeon RX Vega 56 ... 26.25 |====================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 31.02 |========================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 28.81 |======================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 34.74 |============================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 27.87 |======================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 37.57 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 45.82 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 60.48 |================================================== Serious Sam 3: BFE Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... 102.20 |================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 122.40 |===================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 138.00 |======================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 155.20 |=========================== Radeon RX Vega 56 ... 170.00 |============================= Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 175.40 |============================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 130.60 |======================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 162.50 |============================ GeForce GTX 1060 .... 136.30 |======================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 184.40 |================================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 219.75 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 284.10 |================================================= Serious Sam 3: BFE Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... 39.00 |====================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 33.23 |=================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 36.33 |===================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 48.90 |============================ Radeon RX Vega 56 ... 48.30 |=========================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 53.30 |============================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 40.20 |======================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 50.60 |============================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 39.60 |====================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 55.37 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 65.50 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 88.37 |================================================== The Talos Principle Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... 44.50 |==================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 45.07 |===================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 49.97 |======================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 65.63 |============================== Radeon RX Vega 56 ... 65.10 |============================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 73.13 |================================= GeForce GTX 980 ..... 46.17 |===================== GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 60.07 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 47.53 |====================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 67.10 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 79.97 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 107.30 |=================================================