Windows vs. Ubuntu Linux - AMD Radeon Gaming Graphics Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. RX 6800 XT: Windows 11: Processor: Intel Core i9-13900K (24 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI (0602 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384 MB 6000MHz Corsair CMK32GX5M2B6000C36, Disk: 1908GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, Audio: AMD Streaming Audio Device + HD Audio Device + AMD HD Audio Device, Monitor: ASUS V8U, Network: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area ) OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22621, Kernel: 10.0.22621.963 (x86_64), Display Driver: 31.0.12029.10015, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3444.0), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11: Processor: Intel Core i9-13900K (24 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI (0602 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384 MB 6000MHz Corsair CMK32GX5M2B6000C36, Disk: 1908GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, Audio: AMD HD Audio Device + AMD Streaming Audio Device + HD Audio Device, Monitor: ASUS V8U, Network: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area ) + Realtek Gaming 2.5GbE OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22621, Kernel: 10.0.22621.963 (x86_64), Display Driver: 31.0.14000.61002, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3504.0), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu: Processor: Intel Core i9-13900K (24 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 7a27, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 2048GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel Device 7a70 OS: Ubuntu 22.10, Kernel: 6.2.0-rc1-phx (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 43.1, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.0-devel (git-f603d8c 2022-12-28 kinetic-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 15.0.5 DRM 3.49), Vulkan: 1.3.238, Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu: Processor: Intel Core i9-13900K (24 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 7a27, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 2048GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon 24GB (2269/1249MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC897, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel Device 7a70 OS: Ubuntu 22.10, Kernel: 6.2.0-rc1-phx (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 43.1, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.4 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.0-devel (git-f603d8c 2022-12-28 kinetic-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 15.0.5 DRM 3.49), Vulkan: 1.3.238, Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GravityMark 1.72 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 204.8 |============================ RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 331.8 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 186.5 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 267.0 |===================================== GravityMark 1.72 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 203.2 |=========================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 296.5 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 188.3 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 341.0 |============================================== GravityMark 1.72 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 150.3 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 237.8 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 135.3 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 188.0 |==================================== GravityMark 1.72 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 151.8 |============================ RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 223.9 |========================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 141.5 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 250.8 |============================================== GravityMark 1.72 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: Vulkan Ray-Tracing Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 94.2 |=================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 218.1 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 125.9 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 225.4 |============================================== GravityMark 1.72 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Ray-Tracing Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 65.1 |====================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 139.2 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 76.2 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 138.8 |============================================== HITMAN 3 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 220.85 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 337.59 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 213.98 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 297.51 |======================================== HITMAN 3 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. MIN: 1.9 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 36.4 RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . MIN: 1.3 AVG: 3.0 MAX: 11.3 RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... MIN: 2.2 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 30.5 RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... MIN: 1.4 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 21.4 HITMAN 3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 137.08 |=========================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 224.54 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 119.70 |======================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 188.53 |====================================== HITMAN 3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. MIN: 3.5 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 54.5 RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . MIN: 2.1 AVG: 4.4 MAX: 9.6 RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... MIN: 4.4 AVG: 8.4 MAX: 22.1 RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... MIN: 2.6 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 16.4 Left 4 Dead 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 459.98 |====================================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 478.58 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 544.63 |============================================ RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 550.81 |============================================= Left 4 Dead 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 438.53 |==================================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 473.70 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 466.13 |====================================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 553.26 |============================================= Portal 2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 956.60 |============================================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 921.02 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 725.18 |================================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 936.17 |============================================ Portal 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 592.83 |===================================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 715.21 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 443.16 |============================ RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 628.56 |======================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 34.94 |======================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 67.32 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 37.18 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 63.14 |=========================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 62.43 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 111.83 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 67.16 |=========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 112.38 |============================================= Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Medium - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 24.43 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 43.24 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 24.87 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 43.24 |============================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Medium - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 36.24 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 61.86 |============================================ RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 37.10 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 65.40 |============================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 35.16 |======================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 69.06 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 31.08 |===================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 56.61 |====================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 62.53 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 113.63 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 49.67 |==================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 93.27 |===================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Medium - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 23.81 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 44.53 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 19.27 |==================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 34.49 |==================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Medium - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 35.40 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 64.57 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 26.26 |=================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 47.34 |================================== Strange Brigade Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 440.9 |==================================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 560.3 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 273.7 |====================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 275.5 |======================= Strange Brigade Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Setting: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 311.3 |================================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 438.5 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 273.9 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 271.4 |============================ Strange Brigade Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 171.0 |================================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 237.1 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 171.9 |================================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 225.3 |============================================ Strange Brigade Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 403.9 |================================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 539.3 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 272.2 |======================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 269.6 |======================= Strange Brigade Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Setting: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 288.6 |================================ RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 408.7 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 266.9 |============================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 272.6 |=============================== Strange Brigade Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 163.4 |================================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 226.2 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 163.0 |================================= Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 260.88 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 410.00 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 227.98 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 368.85 |======================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 119.09 |============================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 179.70 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 95.60 |======================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 162.23 |========================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 330.8 |================================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 466.4 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 349.3 |================================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 419.6 |========================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 190.1 |============================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 280.9 |============================================ RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 197.6 |=============================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 291.9 |============================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 168.9 |============================ RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 270.2 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 179.7 |============================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 276.0 |============================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 110.4 |============================ RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 180.3 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 113.7 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 183.1 |============================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 50.7 |=========================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 79.9 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 52.0 |============================ RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 86.8 |=============================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 75.2 |=========================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 127.9 |============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 73.2 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 124.7 |============================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 45.3 |=========================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 78.9 |=============================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 43.1 |========================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 77.0 |============================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 229.6 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 354.2 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 247.2 |=============================== RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 362.0 |============================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 155.3 |============================ RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 245.9 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 162.0 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 253.5 |============================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 77.0 |=========================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 120.2 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 79.4 |============================ RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 129.9 |============================================== X-Plane 12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 112.88 |=========================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 186.37 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 104.23 |========================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 142.37 |================================== X-Plane 12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Extreme Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RX 6800 XT: Windows 11 .. 102.11 |============================== RX 7900 XTX: Windows 11 . 151.44 |============================================= RX 6800 XT: Ubuntu ...... 96.63 |============================= RX 7900 XTX: Ubuntu ..... 128.74 |======================================