R600 Radeon / Gallium3D 2D Color Tiling

Testing out the latest R600+ Radeon / Gallium3D 2D Color tiling with the latest Git of drm-next, Mesa 8.1-devel Git master, and xf86-video-ati Git as of 15 March. Comparing same stack when enabling ColorTiling and ColorTiling2D from the Radeon xorg.conf as well as setting R600_SURF=1 environment variable. Testing with a Radeon HD 4890 and Radeon HD 6950. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1203151-BY-R6002DCOL86&grw&sor.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon HD 4890Radeon HD 6950 No Tiling 2D Color Tiling No Tiling 2D Color TilingIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy DMI216384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MBRealtek ALC892DELL P2210HIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.043.3.0-996-generic (x86_64)Unity 5.4.0X Server 1.11.3radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-177ccd2) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.6ext41920x1080AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MBOpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Radeon HD 4890: No Tiling, Radeon HD 4890: 2D Color Tiling: Compiz was running on this system.

nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Offwarsow: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 1024 x 768 - No - Offpadman: 1920 x 1080warsow: 1280 x 1024openarena: 1280 x 1024openarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1024 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highnexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - OffRadeon HD 4890Radeon HD 6950 No Tiling 2D Color Tiling No Tiling 2D Color Tiling56.3027.20129.6538.5732.53243.97121.07202.9591.64101.7857.0729.7876.5831.83193.4334.3336.50252.07198.67221.38120.10175.1085.8150.3537.5131.57167.75115.7036.33251.37183.63220.81111.15135.4784.7233.9143.4534.70209.1433.1039.23251.87235.97225.43125.21182.4892.0535.65OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off

Radeon HD 4890Radeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off2D Color TilingNo Tiling20406080100SE +/- 16.34, N = 6SE +/- 9.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 376.5856.3043.4537.51

Warsow

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 0.61Resolution: 1920 x 10802D Color TilingNo Tiling816243240SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 334.7031.5731.8327.20

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: No - Sound: Off2D Color TilingNo Tiling50100150200250SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3209.14167.75193.43129.65

World of Padman

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWorld of Padman 1.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080No Tiling2D Color Tiling306090120150SE +/- 27.32, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3115.7033.1038.5734.33

Warsow

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 0.61Resolution: 1280 x 10242D Color TilingNo Tiling918273645SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 339.2336.3336.5032.53

OpenArena

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

Radeon HD 4890Radeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1280 x 10242D Color TilingNo Tiling60120180240300SE +/- 1.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3252.07243.97251.87251.37

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 10802D Color TilingNo Tiling50100150200250SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3235.97183.63198.67121.07

Xonotic

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low2D Color TilingNo Tiling50100150200250SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3225.43220.81221.38202.95

Xonotic

Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High2D Color TilingNo Tiling306090120150SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3125.21111.15120.1091.64

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low2D Color TilingNo Tiling4080120160200SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 17.98, N = 6SE +/- 1.78, N = 3SE +/- 1.43, N = 3182.48135.47175.10101.78

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 4890OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High2D Color TilingNo Tiling20406080100SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 392.0584.7285.8157.07

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off

Radeon HD 4890Radeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off2D Color TilingNo Tiling1122334455SE +/- 7.59, N = 6SE +/- 4.58, N = 6SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 350.3529.7835.6533.91


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