AMD Radeon Linux 3.5 Kernel Performance Benchmarks of the AMD Radeon HD 5750, Radeon HD 5830, Radeon HD 6450, Radeon HD 6770, and Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards using the open-source Linux graphics driver. Using Mesa 8.1-devel, xf86-video-ati, libdrm Git as of 6 June 2012. Comparing the performance of the Linux 3.2, Linux 3.4, and Linux 3.5 development (Git as of 6 June) kernels to look at the Evergreen/Northern-Islands performance improvements in the Linux 3.5 Radeon DRM. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Swap buffers wait was disabled but the rest of the Radeon Linux driver options were stock.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution HD 5830 HD 6450 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 5750 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.5 Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0 Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz) Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Ubuntu 12.04 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.10.0 X Server 1.11.3 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-17e0472) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 ext4 1920x1080 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64) 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64) AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz) 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64) 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) AMD Radeon HD 6000 1024MB (850/1200MHz) 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64) 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64) 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) ATI Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (960/1150MHz) 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64) 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64) 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) AMD Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (700/1150MHz) 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64) 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64) 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Graphics Details - EXA System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
doom3: 1920 x 1080 - High lightsmark: 1920 x 1080 nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - On openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High HD 5830 HD 6450 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 5750 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.2 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.5 54.07 93.60 61.31 111.50 42.87 129.33 69.60 43.97 91.59 60.72 109.70 42.60 110.88 61.87 44.50 92.74 60.74 110.97 42.47 115.45 61.77 10.33 20.45 16.50 36 12.20 42.27 19.65 10.33 20.71 16.63 36.13 12.20 42.57 19.77 10.53 21.41 17.03 36.27 12.20 42.79 19.92 30.60 67.57 49.46 81.90 32.40 93.56 51.61 31.03 65.56 50.79 82.27 32.60 93.19 51.63 39.70 81.29 56.36 103.00 39.90 108.58 58.14 49.60 98.12 63.39 118.10 47.93 119.33 65.38 49.57 98.39 52.77 118.43 48.30 117.29 65.75 68.57 127.86 73.75 157.60 60.87 142.27 78.36 27.20 60.22 45.52 74.60 28.67 86.52 47.63 27.33 61.35 46.33 74.63 28.90 85.58 47.72 36.17 76.21 53.36 97.23 37.97 104.69 55.47 OpenBenchmarking.org
Doom 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Min Avg Max HD 5830 44.0 47.5 54.1 HD 6450 10.3 10.4 10.5 HD 6770 30.6 33.8 39.7 HD 6870 49.6 55.9 68.6 HD 5750 27.2 30.2 36.2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 20 40 60 80 100
Lightsmark Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max HD 5830 91.6 92.6 93.6 HD 6450 20.5 20.9 21.4 HD 6770 65.6 71.5 81.3 HD 6870 98.1 108.1 127.9 HD 5750 60.2 65.9 76.2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 40 80 120 160 200
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Min Avg Max HD 5830 60.7 60.9 61.3 HD 6450 16.5 16.7 17.0 HD 6770 49.5 52.2 56.4 HD 6870 52.8 63.3 73.8 HD 5750 45.5 48.4 53.4 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 20 40 60 80 100
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max HD 5830 109.7 110.7 111.5 HD 6450 36.0 36.1 36.3 HD 6770 81.9 89.1 103.0 HD 6870 118.1 131.4 157.6 HD 5750 74.6 82.2 97.2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 40 80 120 160 200
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max HD 5830 42.5 42.6 42.9 HD 6450 12.2 12.2 12.2 HD 6770 32.4 35.0 39.9 HD 6870 47.9 52.4 60.9 HD 5750 28.7 31.8 38.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 20 40 60 80 100
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Min Avg Max HD 5830 110.9 118.6 129.3 HD 6450 42.3 42.5 42.8 HD 6770 93.2 98.4 108.6 HD 6870 117.3 126.3 142.3 HD 5750 85.6 92.3 104.7 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 40 80 120 160 200
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Min Avg Max HD 5830 61.8 64.4 69.6 HD 6450 19.7 19.8 19.9 HD 6770 51.6 53.8 58.1 HD 6870 65.4 69.8 78.4 HD 5750 47.6 50.3 55.5 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Linux 3.5 Linux 3.4 Linux 3.2 20 40 60 80 100
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