Radeon R600g Linux Kernel DRM Radeon Linux kernel DRM comparison of Linux 3.9 through some recent Linux kernel releases using a Radeon HD 4650 graphics card. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-030400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-8891b2f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.6.0-030600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-8891b2f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.7: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.7.0-030700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-8891b2f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.8 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.0.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-8891b2f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 28.17 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 28.03 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 28.00 |======================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 28.27 |======================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 40.20 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 26.94 |====================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 26.64 |===================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 29.81 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 105.37 |================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 104.63 |================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 105.30 |================================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 117.83 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 16.53 |======================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 16.97 |======================================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 16.40 |====================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 16.30 |====================================================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 147.17 |================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 145.60 |================================================ Linux 3.7 ..... 145.97 |================================================ Linux 3.8 Git . 166.40 |======================================================= Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 24.10 |======================================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 7.57 |================== Linux 3.7 ..... 7.50 |================= Linux 3.8 Git . 7.50 |================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 44.10 |======================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 53.20 |================================================ Linux 3.7 ..... 58.53 |==================================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 62.70 |======================================================== Smokin Guns 1.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 63.87 |============================================ Linux 3.6 ..... 48.63 |================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 47.83 |================================= Linux 3.8 Git . 81.73 |======================================================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 76.33 |===================================== Linux 3.6 ..... 76.29 |===================================== Linux 3.7 ..... 76.37 |===================================== Linux 3.8 Git . 113.79 |======================================================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 31.93 |================================================= Linux 3.6 ..... 32.13 |================================================= Linux 3.7 ..... 31.63 |================================================ Linux 3.8 Git . 36.77 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 123.84 |================================================ Linux 3.6 ..... 125.45 |================================================ Linux 3.7 ..... 124.71 |================================================ Linux 3.8 Git . 142.66 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.4 ..... 11.09 |================= Linux 3.6 ..... 11.53 |================== Linux 3.7 ..... 11.70 |================== Linux 3.8 Git . 35.58 |========================================================