Radeon Gallium3D Latest vs. Catalyst Updated plus tweaked is drm-next, Git master Mesa 8.1-devel, Git DDX. Disabled swap buffers wait, enabled ColorTiling and ColorTiling2D, and enabled PCI Express 2.0 support. Catalyst is using latest binary blob. Ubuntu 12.04 stock is what the experience should be like on clean installs of Precise Pangolin. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-996-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-177ccd2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.95.3, OpenGL: 4.2.11566, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-996-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-177ccd2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.95.3, OpenGL: 4.2.11566, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-996-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-177ccd2) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.95.3, OpenGL: 4.2.11566, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 137.41 |======================= Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 162.28 |=========================== Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 206.25 |=================================== Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 65.54 |=========== Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 85.66 |============== Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 154.22 |========================== Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 143.02 |======================== Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 208.74 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 49.43 |========= Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 64.38 |=========== Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 194.19 |================================= Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 17.24 |=== Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 32.86 |====== Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 120.18 |===================== Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 70.50 |============ Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 203.18 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 138.07 |===================== Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 218.24 |================================= Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 233.94 |=================================== Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 109.34 |================ Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 171.80 |========================== Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 233.77 |=================================== Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 225.18 |================================== Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 233.31 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 76.11 |=============== Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 128.22 |========================= Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 178.61 |================================== Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 48.35 |========= Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 80.13 |=============== Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 159.51 |=============================== Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 137.66 |========================== Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 181.88 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 164.12 |========================= Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 193.05 |============================= Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 230.19 |=================================== Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 111.03 |================= Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 122.47 |=================== Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 230.15 |=================================== Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 211.32 |================================ Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 228.83 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 84.87 |================= Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 106.98 |===================== Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 172.55 |================================== Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 42.08 |======== Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 59.78 |============ Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 132.03 |========================== Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 115.83 |======================= Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 177.30 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 208.60 |==================== Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 197.90 |=================== Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 349.40 |================================== Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 129.57 |============= Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 120.13 |============ Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 295.07 |============================= Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 238.60 |======================= Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 361.63 |=================================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 146.05 |=================== Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 55.70 |======= Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 274.80 |=================================== Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 99.07 |============= Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 61.13 |======== Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 271.47 |=================================== Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 40.70 |===== Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 273.53 |=================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 40.57 |====== Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 85.13 |============ Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 255.47 |=================================== Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 29.80 |==== Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 60.77 |======== Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 203.30 |============================ Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 82.73 |=========== Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 220.50 |============================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 27.60 |==== Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked . 53.67 |======= Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst .......... 249.43 |================================ Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04 ...... 20.03 |=== Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked . 36.13 |===== Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst .......... 135.90 |================== Radeon HD 6950: Updated + Tweaked . 54.90 |======= Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst .......... 268.87 |===================================