NVIDIA vs. AMD professional graphics with Blender 4.3. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation 16GB, Audio: NVIDIA AD107 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 565.57.01, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 3.0 CUDA 12.7.33, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: nouveau.modeset=0 - Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation 20GB.
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon PRO W7500 8GB, Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.0-devel (LLVM 18.1.7 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon PRO W7600 8GB.
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon PRO W7700 15GB.
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon PRO W7900 45GB.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation 16GB, Audio: NVIDIA AD107 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 565.57.01, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 3.0 CUDA 12.7.33, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: nouveau.modeset=0 - Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 27 November 2024 14:37 by user pts.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation 20GB, Audio: NVIDIA AD104 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 565.57.01, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 3.0 CUDA 12.7.33, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: nouveau.modeset=0 - Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 27 November 2024 16:35 by user pts.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 48GB, Audio: NVIDIA AD102 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 565.57.01, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 3.0 CUDA 12.7.33, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: nouveau.modeset=0 - Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 27 November 2024 15:39 by user pts.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon PRO W7500 8GB, Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.0-devel (LLVM 18.1.7 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 28 November 2024 19:56 by user pts.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon PRO W7600 8GB, Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.0-devel (LLVM 18.1.7 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 28 November 2024 17:07 by user pts.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon PRO W7700 15GB, Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.0-devel (LLVM 18.1.7 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 28 November 2024 14:41 by user pts.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 8-Core @ 6.22GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi (3.12.AS02 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6000MT/s F5-6000J2836G16G, Disk: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon PRO W7900 45GB, Audio: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Realtek Device 8126 + MEDIATEK Device 0717
OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 46.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.0-devel (LLVM 18.1.7 DRM 3.58), Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Kernel Notes: Transparent Huge Pages: madvise
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: amd-pstate-epp performance (EPP: performance) - CPU Microcode: 0xb404023
Security Notes: gather_data_sampling: Not affected + itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + mmio_stale_data: Not affected + reg_file_data_sampling: Not affected + retbleed: Not affected + spec_rstack_overflow: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 28 November 2024 15:22 by user pts.