Ethereum Ethminer OpenCL NVIDIA Radeon RX Vega New Ethereum Ethminer Linux benchmarks on Ubuntu with different OpenCL NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. 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 HAWAII 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-kfd-compute-rocm-rel-1.6-127 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2450.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 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 POLARIS10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-kfd-compute-rocm-rel-1.6-127 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2450.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 Radeon RX 560: 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 POLARIS11 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-kfd-compute-rocm-rel-1.6-127 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2450.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 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 POLARIS10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-kfd-compute-rocm-rel-1.6-127 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2450.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 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 FIJI 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.11.0-kfd-compute-rocm-rel-1.6-127 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2450.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4 GeForce GTX 780 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 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 GeForce GTX 960: 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: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (1277/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 GeForce GTX 970: 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: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1163/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 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 ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 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 ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 GeForce GTX 1050: 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: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1354/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 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 ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 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 ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 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 ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 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 ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170730, 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 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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: amdgpudrmfb, 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, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.7), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ethereum Ethminer 1.2.9 Device: GPU OpenCL H/s > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... 23441499 |=================================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 17278202 |========================== Radeon RX 560 ....... 8535699 |============= Radeon RX 580 ....... 16950521 |========================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 24852707 |===================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 15725726 |======================= GeForce GTX 960 ..... 10348861 |=============== GeForce GTX 970 ..... 17978708 |=========================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 19813716 |============================= GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 18023856 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 11409088 |================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 18741839 |============================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 25344955 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 20671510 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 31583982 |=============================================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 5218121 |======== Ethereum Ethminer 1.2.9 Device: GPU OpenCL H/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... 89494.55 |============================== Radeon RX 480 ....... 90660.13 |=============================== Radeon RX 560 ....... 79919.60 |=========================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 86094.76 |============================= Radeon R9 Fury ...... 107877.89 |===================================== GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. 57924.59 |==================== GeForce GTX 960 ..... 69994.10 |======================== GeForce GTX 970 ..... 92696.05 |=============================== GeForce GTX 980 ..... 93782.38 |================================ GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. 77980.34 |========================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 98430.58 |================================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 122674.75 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 135539.52 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 114259.84 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 124361.07 |========================================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 20507.74 |======= Ethereum Ethminer 1.2.9 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... MIN: 40.0 AVG: 65.9 MAX: 78.0 Radeon RX 480 ....... MIN: 42.0 AVG: 65.6 MAX: 71.0 Radeon RX 560 ....... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 49.3 MAX: 58.0 Radeon RX 580 ....... MIN: 21.0 AVG: 48.4 MAX: 56.0 Radeon R9 Fury ...... MIN: 25.0 AVG: 42.8 MAX: 49.0 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 36.0 AVG: 65.4 MAX: 73.0 GeForce GTX 960 ..... MIN: 27.0 AVG: 56.4 MAX: 68.0 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 51.5 MAX: 58.0 GeForce GTX 980 ..... MIN: 33.0 AVG: 59.8 MAX: 72.0 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 34.0 AVG: 65.5 MAX: 78.0 GeForce GTX 1050 .... MIN: 26.0 AVG: 42.1 MAX: 47.0 GeForce GTX 1060 .... MIN: 29.0 AVG: 49.1 MAX: 58.0 GeForce GTX 1070 .... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 54.4 MAX: 66.0 GeForce GTX 1080 .... MIN: 33.0 AVG: 53.7 MAX: 63.0 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 60.2 MAX: 70.0 Radeon RX Vega 64 ... MIN: 45.0 AVG: 66.4 MAX: 75.0 Ethereum Ethminer 1.2.9 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon R9 290 ....... MIN: 106 AVG: 262 MAX: 283 Radeon RX 480 ....... MIN: 68 AVG: 191 MAX: 206 Radeon RX 560 ....... MIN: 50 AVG: 107 MAX: 115 Radeon RX 580 ....... MIN: 73 AVG: 197 MAX: 210 Radeon R9 Fury ...... MIN: 61 AVG: 230 MAX: 257 GeForce GTX 780 Ti .. MIN: 124 AVG: 271 MAX: 292 GeForce GTX 960 ..... MIN: 72 AVG: 148 MAX: 159 GeForce GTX 970 ..... MIN: 87 AVG: 194 MAX: 204 GeForce GTX 980 ..... MIN: 88 AVG: 211 MAX: 226 GeForce GTX 980 Ti .. MIN: 60 AVG: 231 MAX: 250 GeForce GTX 1050 .... MIN: 65 AVG: 116 MAX: 119 GeForce GTX 1060 .... MIN: 70 AVG: 153 MAX: 164 GeForce GTX 1070 .... MIN: 78 AVG: 187 MAX: 204 GeForce GTX 1080 .... MIN: 54 AVG: 181 MAX: 194 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . MIN: 107 AVG: 254 MAX: 273 Radeon RX Vega 64 ... MIN: 73 AVG: 254 MAX: 297 Ethereum Ethminer 1.2.9 Performance / Cost - Device: GPU OpenCL H/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 72336.43 |================================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 42482.51 |==================== Radeon R9 Fury ...... 44459.23 |===================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 99209.46 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 70723.92 |================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 46165.67 |====================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 41425.87 |==================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 45184.52 |===================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 10457.16 |=====