AMD Catalyst Ubuntu Linux Performance - fglrx 9.1.11 AMD Radeon HD 5770, Radeon HD 6570, and Radeon HD 7950 graphics card benchmarks of fglrx 9.0.2 and fglrx 9.1.11 Linux graphics drivers. Looking at the AMD Catalyst 12.11 Beta 6 OpenGL performance optimizations under Linux that were made for Valve/Source on Linux with Left 4 Dead 2 but seeing what other workloads have improved too as a result or other changes. Benchmarks for a future article on a Phoronix.com. Unigine testing on the new AMD Catalyst Linux Beta driver failed due to invalid memory reference errors on all of the tested AMD Radeon GPUs. HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.11991, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.11991, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.11991, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 192.30 |=============================================== HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 174.80 |=========================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 138.57 |================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 125.50 |=============================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 190.73 |=============================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 155.98 |====================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 86.37 |================================================ HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 86.81 |================================================ HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 68.34 |====================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 69.24 |====================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 84.69 |=============================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 65.47 |==================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 321.80 |======================================= HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 317.87 |======================================= HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 235.87 |============================= HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 236.17 |============================= HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 304.22 |===================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 386.40 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 100.50 |==================================== HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 100.47 |==================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 76.80 |============================ HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 76.53 |============================ HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 129.67 |=============================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 85.77 |=============================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 332.17 |=============================================== HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 328.10 |============================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 310.57 |============================================ HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 316.93 |============================================= HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 296.80 |========================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 287.63 |========================================= Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 . 126.00 |========================================= HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 . 77.13 |========================= HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 . 147.77 |================================================ Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 378.07 |=================================== HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 366.17 |================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 211.63 |=================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 135.97 |============= HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 510.30 |=============================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 485.73 |============================================= Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 . 39.72 |================= HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 . 5.49 |== HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 . 113.49 |================================================ Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 . 26.21 |=============== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 . 3.31 |== HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 . 83.31 |================================================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 . 64.49 |================ HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 . 29.32 |======= HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 . 190.55 |================================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 . 54.86 |===================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 . 23.58 |========= HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 . 124.14 |================================================ Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 163.20 |=============================================== HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 159.83 |============================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 157.10 |============================================= HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 163.50 |=============================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 153.47 |============================================ HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 151.93 |============================================ Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 160.27 |==================== HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 385.60 |=============================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 82.43 |========== HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 82.60 |========== HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 385.43 |=============================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 283.37 |=================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 262.41 |=============================================== HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 265.00 |=============================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 254.32 |============================================= HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 255.89 |============================================= HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 250.51 |============================================ HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 251.16 |============================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 146.25 |=============================================== HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 146.36 |=============================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 114.79 |===================================== HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 115.30 |===================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 146.83 |=============================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 114.25 |===================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 102.39 |============================================ HD 5770: fglrx 9.1.11 . 101.94 |============================================ HD 6570: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 74.14 |================================ HD 6570: fglrx 9.1.11 . 74.40 |================================ HD 7950: fglrx 9.0.2 .. 108.35 |=============================================== HD 7950: fglrx 9.1.11 . 85.35 |=====================================