mytest AMD Phenom 9850 testing with a ASUS M4A79 Deluxe and AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB on archlinux rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. AMD Radeon HD 6800 - AMD Phenom 9850: Processor: AMD Phenom 9850 @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A79 Deluxe, Chipset: AMD ATI RD790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250410AS + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00Y + 160GB Seagate ST3160827AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (775/1000MHz), Audio: AMD ATI Barts HDMI Audio, Monitor: SMT22A350, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: archlinux rolling, Kernel: 3.6.0-rc6 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-aa3c2e3) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 20120721, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 6800 - AMD Phenom 9850 . 4826.93 |=============================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 6800 - AMD Phenom 9850 . 1686896.50 |============================ Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: All Rendering Tests Units Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 6800 - AMD Phenom 9850 . 1363765.44 |============================ Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Radeon HD 6800 - AMD Phenom 9850 . 1286608.01 |============================