1080p Mid Range Linux Gaming 1080p Linux gaming benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. RX 590: 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: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8GB (1560/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.20.0-042000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + LLVM 6.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, 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 (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.20.0-042000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + LLVM 6.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, 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 (1630/945MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.20.0-042000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + LLVM 6.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.20.0-042000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.25, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + LLVM 6.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GTX 1070: 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 1070 8GB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.20.0-042000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.25, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + LLVM 6.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, 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, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.20.0-042000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.25, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + LLVM 6.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RTX 2060: 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: Device 6GB (1365/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.20.0-042000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.25, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + LLVM 6.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, 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: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB (1410/7000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.20.0-042000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.25, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.1.84, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + LLVM 6.0.0 + CUDA 10.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 F1 2018 Configuration: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra High Quality - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX 590 ..... MIN: 7.6 AVG: 14.6 MAX: 43.7 RX Vega 56 . MIN: 6.8 AVG: 12.2 MAX: 46.0 RX Vega 64 . MIN: 6.1 AVG: 11.1 MAX: 46.2 GTX 1070 ... MIN: 6.4 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 28.8 GTX 1080 ... MIN: 5.2 AVG: 8.9 MAX: 19.5 RTX 2060 ... MIN: 5.2 AVG: 9.0 MAX: 19.0 RTX 2070 ... MIN: 4.7 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 18.5 DiRT Showdown Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 28.62 |========= RX Vega 56 . 41.86 |============= RX Vega 64 . 48.74 |=============== GTX 1060 ... 141.51 |============================================ GTX 1070 ... 174.08 |====================================================== GTX 1080 ... 187.08 |========================================================== RTX 2060 ... 181.34 |======================================================== RTX 2070 ... 186.75 |========================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 17.93 |================================ RX Vega 56 . 24.83 |============================================ RX Vega 64 . 28.53 |================================================== GTX 1060 ... 9.97 |================== GTX 1070 ... 22.80 |======================================== GTX 1080 ... 26.20 |============================================== RTX 2060 ... 27.07 |================================================ RTX 2070 ... 33.53 |=========================================================== Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 127.00 |======================================== RX Vega 56 . 160.00 |=================================================== RX Vega 64 . 182.00 |========================================================== GTX 1060 ... 59.17 |=================== GTX 1070 ... 123.47 |======================================= GTX 1080 ... 146.00 |=============================================== RTX 2060 ... 134.00 |=========================================== RTX 2070 ... 148.00 |=============================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX 590 ..... MIN: 2 AVG: 5 MAX: 4183 RX Vega 56 . MIN: 2 AVG: 5 MAX: 4178 RX Vega 64 . MIN: 2 AVG: 5 MAX: 4165 GTX 1060 ... MIN: 2 AVG: 5 MAX: 3874 GTX 1070 ... MIN: 2 AVG: 4 MAX: 3848 GTX 1080 ... MIN: 2 AVG: 4 MAX: 3861 RTX 2060 ... MIN: 2 AVG: 4 MAX: 3814 RTX 2070 ... MIN: 2 AVG: 4 MAX: 3822 Total War: WARHAMMER II 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Skaven Battle - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX 590 ..... MIN: 7 AVG: 20 MAX: 72 .X.. RX Vega 56 . MIN: 7 AVG: 15 MAX: 62 .X.. RX Vega 64 . MIN: 4 AVG: 13 MAX: 64 .X . GTX 1060 ... MIN: 9 AVG: 29 MAX: 87 .X|.. GTX 1070 ... MIN: 4 AVG: 15 MAX: 62 .X. GTX 1080 ... MIN: 6 AVG: 13 MAX: 72 .X . RTX 2060 ... MIN: 4 AVG: 13 MAX: 61 .X. RTX 2070 ... MIN: 6 AVG: 12 MAX: 802 The Talos Principle Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 45.73 |================================ RX Vega 56 . 65.73 |============================================= RX Vega 64 . 73.30 |=================================================== GTX 1060 ... 30.55 |===================== GTX 1070 ... 64.97 |============================================= GTX 1080 ... 80.07 |======================================================= RTX 2060 ... 73.27 |=================================================== RTX 2070 ... 85.60 |=========================================================== Total War: WARHAMMER II 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Skaven Battle Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 51.30 |==================================== RX Vega 56 . 65.23 |============================================= RX Vega 64 . 74.80 |==================================================== GTX 1060 ... 34.53 |======================== GTX 1070 ... 65.57 |============================================== GTX 1080 ... 76.77 |===================================================== RTX 2060 ... 74.10 |==================================================== RTX 2070 ... 84.73 |=========================================================== Total War: WARHAMMER II 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Fallen Gates Battle Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 45.50 |==================================== RX Vega 56 . 57.43 |============================================= RX Vega 64 . 66.20 |==================================================== GTX 1060 ... 32.03 |========================= GTX 1070 ... 58.27 |============================================== GTX 1080 ... 69.37 |======================================================= RTX 2060 ... 65.03 |=================================================== RTX 2070 ... 74.70 |=========================================================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Extreme Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 34.17 |================================== RX Vega 56 . 47.80 |=============================================== RX Vega 64 . 53.77 |===================================================== GTX 1060 ... 26.13 |========================== GTX 1070 ... 45.93 |============================================= GTX 1080 ... 54.80 |====================================================== RTX 2060 ... 50.73 |================================================== RTX 2070 ... 60.10 |=========================================================== Total War: WARHAMMER II 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Fallen Gates Battle - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX 590 ..... MIN: 4.3 AVG: 22.0 MAX: 57.7 RX Vega 56 . MIN: 5.2 AVG: 17.4 MAX: 52.0 RX Vega 64 . MIN: 4.7 AVG: 15.1 MAX: 51.9 GTX 1060 ... MIN: 6.9 AVG: 31.2 MAX: 71.8 GTX 1070 ... MIN: 4.2 AVG: 17.2 MAX: 49.3 GTX 1080 ... MIN: 4.5 AVG: 14.4 MAX: 47.7 RTX 2060 ... MIN: 4.8 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 52.8 RTX 2070 ... MIN: 4.2 AVG: 13.4 MAX: 51.1 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Extreme - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX 590 ..... MIN: 11 AVG: 29 MAX: 250 RX Vega 56 . MIN: 9 AVG: 21 MAX: 257 RX Vega 64 . MIN: 10 AVG: 18 MAX: 257 GTX 1060 ... MIN: 10 AVG: 39 MAX: 883 GTX 1070 ... MIN: 8 AVG: 22 MAX: 269 GTX 1080 ... MIN: 9 AVG: 18 MAX: 256 RTX 2060 ... MIN: 9 AVG: 20 MAX: 253 RTX 2070 ... MIN: 8 AVG: 17 MAX: 252 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 91.59 |=============================== RX Vega 56 . 114.00 |====================================== RX Vega 64 . 131.00 |============================================ GTX 1060 ... 86.70 |============================= GTX 1070 ... 136.32 |============================================== GTX 1080 ... 165.38 |======================================================== RTX 2060 ... 152.37 |=================================================== RTX 2070 ... 172.39 |========================================================== F1 2018 Configuration: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 68 |================================= RX Vega 56 . 82 |======================================== RX Vega 64 . 90 |============================================ GTX 1060 ... 64 |=============================== GTX 1070 ... 89 |=========================================== GTX 1080 ... 110 |===================================================== RTX 2060 ... 111 |====================================================== RTX 2070 ... 126 |============================================================= F1 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Anti Aliasing: TAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 86 |========================================= RX Vega 56 . 99 |=============================================== RX Vega 64 . 108 |=================================================== GTX 1060 ... 69 |================================= GTX 1070 ... 99 |=============================================== GTX 1080 ... 122 |========================================================== RTX 2060 ... 120 |========================================================= RTX 2070 ... 129 |============================================================= Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 1920 x 1080 - High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 53.00 |======================================== RX Vega 56 . 64.83 |================================================= RX Vega 64 . 69.73 |==================================================== GTX 1060 ... 46.40 |=================================== GTX 1070 ... 62.13 |=============================================== GTX 1080 ... 75.10 |======================================================== RTX 2060 ... 70.00 |==================================================== RTX 2070 ... 78.83 |=========================================================== X-Plane 11 Quality: Very High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 103.00 |========================================================= RX Vega 56 . 104.00 |========================================================== RX Vega 64 . 103.00 |========================================================= GTX 1060 ... 66.13 |===================================== GTX 1070 ... 87.68 |================================================= GTX 1080 ... 88.58 |================================================= RTX 2060 ... 86.99 |================================================= RTX 2070 ... 86.28 |================================================ Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 196 |====================================================== RX Vega 56 . 201 |======================================================= RX Vega 64 . 204 |======================================================== GTX 1060 ... 147 |========================================= GTX 1070 ... 204 |======================================================== GTX 1080 ... 221 |============================================================= RTX 2060 ... 210 |========================================================== RTX 2070 ... 218 |============================================================ DiRT Rally Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 141 |===================================================== RX Vega 56 . 159 |============================================================ RX Vega 64 . 163 |============================================================= GTX 1060 ... 112 |========================================== GTX 1070 ... 144 |====================================================== GTX 1080 ... 151 |========================================================= RTX 2060 ... 146 |======================================================= RTX 2070 ... 153 |========================================================= Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 90.33 |============================================== RX Vega 56 . 91.98 |=============================================== RX Vega 64 . 91.35 |=============================================== GTX 1060 ... 79.05 |======================================== GTX 1070 ... 104.47 |====================================================== GTX 1080 ... 113.23 |========================================================== RTX 2060 ... 108.40 |======================================================== RTX 2070 ... 111.27 |========================================================= BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 212 |================================================ RX Vega 56 . 206 |=============================================== RX Vega 64 . 200 |============================================= GTX 1060 ... 237 |====================================================== GTX 1070 ... 265 |============================================================ GTX 1080 ... 270 |============================================================= RTX 2060 ... 266 |============================================================ RTX 2070 ... 264 |============================================================ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 276 |====================================================== RX Vega 64 . 266 |===================================================== GTX 1060 ... 280 |======================================================= GTX 1070 ... 304 |============================================================ GTX 1080 ... 307 |============================================================= RTX 2060 ... 308 |============================================================= RTX 2070 ... 309 |============================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 590 ..... 136 |======================================================== RX Vega 56 . 138 |======================================================== RX Vega 64 . 138 |======================================================== GTX 1060 ... 143 |=========================================================== GTX 1070 ... 143 |=========================================================== GTX 1080 ... 146 |============================================================ RTX 2060 ... 149 |============================================================= RTX 2070 ... 146 |============================================================