OpenCL Performance Per Dollar NVIDIA vs. AMD Radeon and GeForce NVIDIA OpenCL compute GPGPU benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Radeon RX 560: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 560 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.4.0, OpenGL: 4.5.13505, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (2527.3), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 0.4.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13505, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (2527.3), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX Vega 64: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8176MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.4.0, OpenGL: 4.5.13505, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (2527.3), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1050: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1354/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.98, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1050 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1354/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.98, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1060: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.98, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1070: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.98, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1070 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8192MB (1607/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.98, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1080: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1607/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.98, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11264MB (1480/5508MHz), Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.34, OpenGL: 4.5.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.98, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SHOC Scalable HeterOgeneous Computing 2015-11-10 Performance / Cost - Target: OpenCL - Benchmark: FFT SP GFLOPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 1.81 |============================================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 1.75 |============================================= Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 1.56 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 1.99 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 1.39 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 1.44 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 1.39 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 1.18 |============================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 1.22 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 1.23 |================================ SHOC Scalable HeterOgeneous Computing 2015-11-10 Performance / Cost - Target: OpenCL - Benchmark: MD5 Hash GHash/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 0.03 |=================================================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 0.03 |=================================================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 0.02 |================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 0.02 |================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 0.02 |================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 0.03 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 0.03 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 0.03 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 0.03 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 0.03 |=================================================== SHOC Scalable HeterOgeneous Computing 2015-11-10 Performance / Cost - Target: OpenCL - Benchmark: Max SP Flops GFLOPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 20.21 |================================================ Radeon RX 580 ....... 20.91 |================================================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 18.16 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 16.27 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 15.93 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 17.53 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 17.88 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 18.96 |============================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 17.54 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 16.56 |======================================== SHOC Scalable HeterOgeneous Computing 2015-11-10 Performance / Cost - Target: OpenCL - Benchmark: Texture Read Bandwidth GB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 0.90 |====================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 0.64 |=============== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 0.60 |============== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 2.13 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 1.81 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 1.39 |================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 1.13 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 1.04 |========================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 0.96 |======================= GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 0.74 |================== cl-mem 2017-01-13 Performance / Cost - Benchmark: Copy GB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 0.60 |============================================= Radeon RX 580 ....... 0.59 |============================================ Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 0.53 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 0.68 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 0.52 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 0.51 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 0.47 |=================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 0.39 |============================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 0.39 |============================= GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 0.40 |============================== cl-mem 2017-01-13 Performance / Cost - Benchmark: Read GB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 0.71 |================================================= Radeon RX 580 ....... 0.70 |================================================ Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 0.57 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 0.74 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 0.56 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1060 .... 0.56 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 0.52 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 0.43 |============================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 0.43 |============================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 0.43 |============================== cl-mem 2017-01-13 Performance / Cost - Benchmark: Write GB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 0.64 |============================================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 0.61 |============================================ Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 0.53 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 0.71 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 0.53 |====================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 0.54 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1070 .... 0.50 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 0.41 |============================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 0.41 |============================= GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 0.43 |=============================== Ethereum Ethminer 1.2.9 Performance / Cost - Device: GPU OpenCL H/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 85432.05 |============================================= Radeon RX 580 ....... 74015.98 |======================================= Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 45767.01 |======================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 88837.68 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 69905.06 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 68649.95 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 63631.81 |================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 54335.13 |============================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 38705.55 |==================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 39598.65 |===================== Darktable 2.0.3 Performance / Cost - Test: Boat - Acceleration: OpenCL Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 937.30 |============== Radeon RX 580 ....... 1252.81 |=================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 2765.00 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 3201.90 |================================================ GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 2273.05 |================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 1168.75 |================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 1372.00 |===================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 1614.23 |======================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 1773.31 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 2237.20 |================================== Blender 2.79 Performance / Cost - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: OpenCL Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 50937.90 |======= Radeon RX 580 ....... 131000.87 |=================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 92995.00 |============== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 53532.70 |======== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 72634.51 |=========== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 109433.50 |================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 167384.00 |========================= GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 214826.71 |================================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 225436.75 |================================= GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 313295.89 |============================================== Xsbench OpenCL 2017-07-06 Performance / Cost - Lookups/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ..... 306792.61 |================================================ Radeon RX 580 ..... 294108.23 |============================================== Radeon RX Vega 64 . 253531.54 |======================================== FAHBench 2.3.2 Performance / Cost - Ns Per Day Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 0.24 |=============================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 0.18 |======================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 0.12 |================ GeForce GTX 1050 .... 0.39 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 0.35 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 0.36 |=============================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 0.34 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 0.31 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 0.28 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 0.24 |=============================== JuliaGPU 1.2pts1 Performance / Cost - OpenCL Device: GPU Samples/sec Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 594636.66 |============================================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 377954.87 |============================= Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 181382.55 |============== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 518649.65 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 478044.59 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 439994.89 |================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 381819.82 |============================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 360547.87 |============================ GeForce GTX 1080 .... 325333.52 |========================= GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 254363.66 |==================== MandelbulbGPU 1.0pts1 Performance / Cost - OpenCL Device: GPU Samples/sec Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 344327.55 |============================================== Radeon RX 580 ....... 219983.47 |============================= Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 127012.85 |================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 293434.23 |======================================= GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 270235.39 |==================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 237334.62 |================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 210479.18 |============================ GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 198524.38 |=========================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 180240.06 |======================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 141235.82 |=================== LuxMark 3.0 Performance / Cost - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Hotel Score Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 8.41 |================================================= Radeon RX 580 ....... 8.48 |================================================= Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 5.95 |================================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 8.80 |=================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 7.94 |============================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 7.65 |============================================ GeForce GTX 1070 .... 7.16 |========================================= GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 6.94 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 5.52 |================================ GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 4.96 |============================= LuxMark 3.0 Performance / Cost - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Microphone Score Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 23.62 |============================================= Radeon RX 580 ....... 24.44 |============================================== Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 17.58 |================================= GeForce GTX 1050 .... 26.46 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 22.18 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 19.69 |===================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 18.76 |=================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 16.22 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1080 .... 12.03 |======================= GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 12.62 |======================== LuxMark 3.0 Performance / Cost - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ....... 49.34 |================================================= Radeon RX 580 ....... 49.03 |================================================ Radeon RX Vega 64 ... 31.40 |=============================== GeForce GTX 1050 .... 50.58 |================================================== GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . 43.66 |=========================================== GeForce GTX 1060 .... 42.85 |========================================== GeForce GTX 1070 .... 40.55 |======================================== GeForce GTX 1070 Ti . 33.83 |================================= GeForce GTX 1080 .... 23.92 |======================== GeForce GTX 1080 Ti . 25.42 |========================= Lulesh OpenCL 2017-07-06 Performance / Cost - z/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Radeon RX 560 ..... 27.53 |==================================================== Radeon RX 580 ..... 14.05 |=========================== Radeon RX Vega 64 . 4.31 |========