AMD Radeon Linux 3.7 + Mesa 9.1-devel Comparison AMD FX-8350 system with benchmarking a dozen different AMD Radeon graphics cards under Linux using stock Ubuntu 12.10 with Mesa 9.1-devel + Linux 3.7 Git code. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Radeon X1800XL: 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 X1800 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon X1800XT: 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 X1800 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 4550: 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 4550 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 4670: 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 4670 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 4830: 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 4800 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 4870: 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 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5450: 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 5450/6350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5770: 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 5700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5830: 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 5800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6450: 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 6450 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6570: 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, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6950: 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 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 7.63 |====== Radeon X1800XT . 7.90 |====== Radeon HD 4550 . 17.66 |============== Radeon HD 4670 . 38.82 |================================ Radeon HD 4670 . 38.40 |=============================== Radeon HD 4830 . 51.26 |========================================== Radeon HD 4870 . 59.05 |================================================ Radeon HD 5450 . 11.52 |========= Radeon HD 5770 . 60.71 |================================================== Radeon HD 5830 . 65.13 |===================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 18.14 |=============== Radeon HD 6570 . 52.15 |=========================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 67.09 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 74.30 |=========================== Radeon X1800XT . 92.17 |================================== Radeon HD 4550 . 47.13 |================= Radeon HD 4670 . 88.30 |================================ Radeon HD 4670 . 87.43 |================================ Radeon HD 4830 . 103.70 |====================================== Radeon HD 4870 . 119.93 |============================================ Radeon HD 5450 . 25.30 |========= Radeon HD 5770 . 133.73 |================================================= Radeon HD 5830 . 135.33 |================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 40.30 |=============== Radeon HD 6570 . 112.60 |========================================= Radeon HD 6950 . 146.77 |====================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 26.60 |========================================== Radeon X1800XT . 34.93 |======================================================= Radeon HD 4550 . 10.20 |================ Radeon HD 4670 . 16.23 |========================== Radeon HD 4670 . 16.10 |========================= Radeon HD 4830 . 21.37 |================================== Radeon HD 4870 . 23.87 |====================================== Radeon HD 5450 . 6.50 |========== Radeon HD 5770 . 24.47 |======================================= Radeon HD 5830 . 25.53 |======================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 9.60 |=============== Radeon HD 6570 . 19.93 |=============================== Radeon HD 6950 . 24.53 |======================================= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 72.80 |================================ Radeon X1800XT . 82.77 |===================================== Radeon HD 4550 . 53.77 |======================== Radeon HD 4670 . 102.80 |============================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 103.23 |============================================== Radeon HD 4830 . 115.83 |=================================================== Radeon HD 4870 . 121.83 |====================================================== Radeon HD 5450 . 29.17 |============= Radeon HD 5770 . 117.63 |==================================================== Radeon HD 5830 . 114.07 |=================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 47.03 |===================== Radeon HD 6570 . 115.33 |=================================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 115.97 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 75.17 |============================================= Radeon X1800XT . 80.37 |================================================ Radeon HD 4550 . 51.90 |=============================== Radeon HD 4670 . 83.37 |================================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 82.00 |================================================= Radeon HD 4830 . 88.27 |===================================================== Radeon HD 4870 . 88.80 |===================================================== Radeon HD 5450 . 28.03 |================= Radeon HD 5770 . 89.73 |====================================================== Radeon HD 5830 . 87.83 |===================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 45.00 |=========================== Radeon HD 6570 . 87.77 |==================================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 92.00 |======================================================= VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 57.72 |====================== Radeon X1800XT . 70.99 |=========================== Radeon HD 4550 . 32.29 |============ Radeon HD 4670 . 69.67 |=========================== Radeon HD 4670 . 69.04 |=========================== Radeon HD 4830 . 95.08 |===================================== Radeon HD 4870 . 121.20 |=============================================== Radeon HD 5450 . 14.93 |====== Radeon HD 5770 . 132.73 |=================================================== Radeon HD 5830 . 134.40 |==================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 24.64 |========= Radeon HD 6570 . 106.33 |========================================= Radeon HD 6950 . 140.59 |====================================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 11.90 |========== Radeon X1800XT . 12.40 |=========== Radeon HD 4550 . 14.27 |============ Radeon HD 4670 . 26.60 |======================= Radeon HD 4670 . 26.03 |======================= Radeon HD 4830 . 36.47 |================================ Radeon HD 4870 . 48.20 |========================================== Radeon HD 5450 . 12.07 |=========== Radeon HD 5770 . 62.93 |======================================================= Radeon HD 5830 . 61.93 |====================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 15.93 |============== Radeon HD 6570 . 41.10 |==================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 52.72 |============================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 11.93 |=========== Radeon X1800XT . 12.43 |=========== Radeon HD 4550 . 13.83 |============ Radeon HD 4670 . 26.57 |======================= Radeon HD 4670 . 27.05 |======================== Radeon HD 4830 . 37.33 |================================= Radeon HD 4870 . 50.60 |============================================= Radeon HD 5450 . 11.83 |========== Radeon HD 5770 . 60.52 |===================================================== Radeon HD 5830 . 62.22 |======================================================= Radeon HD 6450 . 15.93 |============== Radeon HD 6570 . 41.60 |===================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 50.60 |============================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 112.87 |=========================================== Radeon X1800XT . 120.73 |============================================== Radeon HD 4550 . 76.18 |============================= Radeon HD 4670 . 118.93 |============================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 119.88 |============================================== Radeon HD 4830 . 126.07 |================================================ Radeon HD 4870 . 131.04 |================================================== Radeon HD 5450 . 42.50 |================ Radeon HD 5770 . 130.98 |================================================== Radeon HD 5830 . 130.88 |================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 67.88 |========================== Radeon HD 6570 . 129.17 |================================================= Radeon HD 6950 . 141.09 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon X1800XL . 60.16 |========================= Radeon X1800XT . 71.92 |============================== Radeon HD 4550 . 46.40 |=================== Radeon HD 4670 . 103.33 |=========================================== Radeon HD 4670 . 100.46 |========================================== Radeon HD 4830 . 114.23 |================================================ Radeon HD 4870 . 121.66 |=================================================== Radeon HD 5450 . 24.18 |========== Radeon HD 5770 . 123.74 |==================================================== Radeon HD 5830 . 123.68 |==================================================== Radeon HD 6450 . 39.40 |================= Radeon HD 6570 . 116.80 |================================================= Radeon HD 6950 . 128.71 |======================================================