Holiday 2018 NVIDIA AMD Linux Gaming Benchmarks AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce Linux gaming benchmarks as of November 2018. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. GTX 1060: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.13, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GTX 1070 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB (1607/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.13, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GTX 1080: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB (1607/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.13, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GTX 1080 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB (1480/5508MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.13, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RTX 2070: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB (1410/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.13, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RTX 2080 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB (1350/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.13, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.70, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX Vega 56: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.70, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX Vega 64: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB SABRENT + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.19.2-041902-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.70, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 F1 2017 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: Off Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.30 |======================================== GTX 1070 Ti . 0.35 |=============================================== GTX 1080 .... 0.29 |======================================= GTX 1080 Ti . 0.23 |=============================== RTX 2070 .... 0.27 |==================================== RTX 2080 Ti . 0.14 |=================== RX 580 ...... 0.44 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.33 |============================================ RX Vega 64 .. 0.28 |====================================== Batman: Arkham Origins Performance / Cost - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.43 |========================================== GTX 1070 Ti . 0.43 |========================================== GTX 1080 .... 0.39 |====================================== GTX 1080 Ti . 0.35 |================================== RTX 2070 .... 0.33 |================================ RTX 2080 Ti . 0.20 |==================== RX 580 ...... 0.60 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.40 |======================================= RX Vega 64 .. 0.34 |================================= Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Performance / Cost - Preset: 2560 x 1440 - High Quality Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.11 |====================================== GTX 1070 Ti . 0.12 |========================================== GTX 1080 .... 0.10 |=================================== GTX 1080 Ti . 0.10 |=================================== RTX 2070 .... 0.10 |=================================== RTX 2080 Ti . 0.07 |======================== RX 580 ...... 0.17 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.14 |================================================= RX Vega 64 .. 0.13 |============================================= Dota 2 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.28 |============================================== GTX 1070 Ti . 0.30 |================================================= GTX 1080 .... 0.25 |========================================= GTX 1080 Ti . 0.20 |================================= RTX 2070 .... 0.21 |================================== RTX 2080 Ti . 0.12 |==================== RX 580 ...... 0.36 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.27 |============================================ RX Vega 64 .. 0.24 |======================================= Dawn of War III Performance / Cost - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.21 |============================================== GTX 1070 Ti . 0.23 |================================================== GTX 1080 .... 0.19 |========================================== GTX 1080 Ti . 0.16 |=================================== RTX 2070 .... 0.16 |=================================== RTX 2080 Ti . 0.10 |====================== RX 580 ...... 0.27 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.21 |============================================== RX Vega 64 .. 0.19 |========================================== Mad Max Performance / Cost - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Camp Hollow Point Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.25 |=========================================== GTX 1070 Ti . 0.28 |================================================= GTX 1080 .... 0.23 |======================================== GTX 1080 Ti . 0.22 |====================================== RTX 2070 .... 0.22 |====================================== RTX 2080 Ti . 0.16 |============================ RX 580 ...... 0.34 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.27 |=============================================== RX Vega 64 .. 0.24 |========================================== Rise of the Tomb Raider Performance / Cost - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: SMAA - Scene: Spine Of The Mountain Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.21 |=========================================== GTX 1070 Ti . 0.24 |================================================= GTX 1080 .... 0.21 |=========================================== GTX 1080 Ti . 0.20 |========================================= RTX 2070 .... 0.19 |======================================= RTX 2080 Ti . 0.14 |============================ RX 580 ...... 0.29 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.22 |============================================= RX Vega 64 .. 0.20 |========================================= The Talos Principle Performance / Cost - Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.17 |================================================ GTX 1070 Ti . 0.19 |===================================================== GTX 1080 .... 0.16 |============================================= GTX 1080 Ti . 0.16 |============================================= RTX 2070 .... 0.15 |========================================== RTX 2080 Ti . 0.12 |================================== RX 580 ...... 0.21 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.16 |============================================= RX Vega 64 .. 0.15 |========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.67 |======================================= GTX 1070 Ti . 0.69 |======================================== GTX 1080 .... 0.57 |================================= GTX 1080 Ti . 0.49 |============================= RTX 2070 .... 0.55 |================================ RTX 2080 Ti . 0.35 |==================== RX 580 ...... 1.01 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.88 |=================================================== RX Vega 64 .. 0.80 |=============================================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Performance / Cost - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.23 |============================================= GTX 1070 Ti . 0.25 |================================================= GTX 1080 .... 0.21 |========================================= GTX 1080 Ti . 0.18 |=================================== RTX 2070 .... 0.19 |===================================== RTX 2080 Ti . 0.11 |====================== RX 580 ...... 0.30 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.24 |=============================================== RX Vega 64 .. 0.21 |========================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Performance / Cost - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second Per Dollar > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 .... 0.14 |==================================== GTX 1070 Ti . 0.16 |========================================= GTX 1080 .... 0.13 |================================= GTX 1080 Ti . 0.13 |================================= RTX 2070 .... 0.12 |=============================== RTX 2080 Ti . 0.09 |======================= RX 580 ...... 0.23 |=========================================================== RX Vega 56 .. 0.22 |======================================================== RX Vega 64 .. 0.20 |===================================================