AMD Radeon HD 7000 (Southern Islands / RadeonSI) On Fedora 19

Intel Core i7-4770K testing of Radeon HD 7000 Southern Islands (RadeonSI) graphics cards. Benchmarking by michael larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Also with proprietary NVIDIA and AMD Catalyst drivers added in.

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Open-Source: Radeon HD 6950
June 27 2013
 
Open-Source: Radeon HD 7850
June 27 2013
 
Open-Source: Radeon HD 7950
June 27 2013
 
Closed-Source: Radeon HD 6950
June 30 2013
 
Closed-Source: Radeon HD 7850
June 30 2013
 
Closed-Source: Radeon HD 7950
June 30 2013
 
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Open-Source: Radeon HD 6950

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Open-Source: Radeon HD 7850

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Open-Source: Radeon HD 7950

Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB.

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic

Closed-Source: Radeon HD 6950

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.6-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: fglrx 13.10.10, OpenGL: 4.2.12337, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Closed-Source: Radeon HD 7850

Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz).

Closed-Source: Radeon HD 7950

Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz).

AMD Radeon HD 7000 (Southern Islands / RadeonSI) On Fedora 19OpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Intel DH87RLIntel Haswell DRAM16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MBAMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MBAMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MBAMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz)AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz)AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)Realtek ALC892VA2431Intel Connection I217-VFedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat)3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64)3.9.6-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64)KDE 4.10.4X Server 1.14.1radeon 7.1.99fglrx 13.10.103.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.42.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.44.2.12337GCC 4.8.1 20130603ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelsDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMD Radeon HD 7000 (Southern Islands / RadeonSI) On Fedora 19 BenchmarksSystem Logs- Open-Source: Radeon HD 6950: EXA- Open-Source: Radeon HD 7850: GLAMOR- Open-Source: Radeon HD 7950: GLAMOR- SELinux: Enabled.- Open-Source: Radeon HD 7950: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic

nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Offopenarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080reaction: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - UltraOpen-SourceClosed-Source Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 7950 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 795098.33360.53102.00137.37259.78168.08138.5719.9748.1010.2020.5748.2424.9730.0437.8581.6015.7042.3385.6944.1551.84156.84484.20215.70599.17263.17187.59161.05148.45427.10215.63480.33252.08177.62152.10148.15445.70233.07540.13256.53181.99155.58OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

MinAvgMaxOpen-Source20.052.198.3Closed-Source148.2151.1156.8OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 79504080120160200
Open-SourceClosed-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950306090120150Min: 96.47 / Avg: 98.33 / Max: 101.49Min: 19.97 / Avg: 19.97 / Max: 19.97Min: 37.8 / Avg: 37.85 / Max: 37.89Min: 154.06 / Avg: 156.84 / Max: 159.98Min: 145.18 / Avg: 148.45 / Max: 153.77Min: 146.54 / Avg: 148.15 / Max: 149.88

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

MinAvgMaxOpen-Source48.1163.4360.5Closed-Source427.1452.3484.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950120240360480600
Open-SourceClosed-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 795090180270360450Min: 357.1 / Avg: 360.53 / Max: 363.4Min: 48 / Avg: 48.1 / Max: 48.2Min: 80.9 / Avg: 81.6 / Max: 82.5Min: 472.1 / Avg: 484.2 / Max: 493.8Min: 423.6 / Avg: 427.1 / Max: 429Min: 437 / Avg: 445.7 / Max: 453.7

MinAvgMaxOpen-Source10.242.6102.0Closed-Source215.6221.5233.1OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 795060120180240300
Open-SourceClosed-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 79504080120160200Min: 101.7 / Avg: 102 / Max: 102.2Min: 10.2 / Avg: 10.2 / Max: 10.2Min: 15.7 / Avg: 15.7 / Max: 15.7Min: 214.8 / Avg: 215.7 / Max: 217Min: 215 / Avg: 215.63 / Max: 216.4Min: 226.1 / Avg: 233.07 / Max: 238.7

Reaction Quake 3

MinAvgMaxOpen-Source20.666.8137.4Closed-Source480.3539.9599.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950160320480640800
Open-SourceClosed-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950110220330440550Min: 135.5 / Avg: 137.37 / Max: 139.4Min: 20.5 / Avg: 20.57 / Max: 20.6Min: 42.1 / Avg: 42.33 / Max: 42.6Min: 595.8 / Avg: 599.17 / Max: 604.3Min: 477.8 / Avg: 480.33 / Max: 482Min: 535.8 / Avg: 540.13 / Max: 544.2

Xonotic

MinAvgMaxOpen-Source48.2131.2259.8Closed-Source252.1257.3263.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 795070140210280350
Open-SourceClosed-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 795050100150200250Min: 257.87 / Avg: 259.78 / Max: 261.05Min: 48.19 / Avg: 48.24 / Max: 48.28Min: 85.62 / Avg: 85.69 / Max: 85.74Min: 263.1 / Avg: 263.17 / Max: 263.25Min: 248.44 / Avg: 252.08 / Max: 254.49Min: 254.77 / Avg: 256.53 / Max: 258.25

MinAvgMaxOpen-Source25.079.1168.1Closed-Source177.6182.4187.6OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 795050100150200250
Open-SourceClosed-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950306090120150Min: 167.9 / Avg: 168.08 / Max: 168.19Min: 24.96 / Avg: 24.97 / Max: 24.98Min: 44.11 / Avg: 44.15 / Max: 44.21Min: 185.86 / Avg: 187.59 / Max: 188.99Min: 176.91 / Avg: 177.62 / Max: 178.57Min: 181.25 / Avg: 181.99 / Max: 182.48

MinAvgMaxOpen-Source30.073.5138.6Closed-Source152.1156.2161.1OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 795050100150200250
Open-SourceClosed-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon HD 6950Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950306090120150Min: 138.12 / Avg: 138.57 / Max: 138.83Min: 29.94 / Avg: 30.04 / Max: 30.15Min: 51.77 / Avg: 51.84 / Max: 51.96Min: 160.57 / Avg: 161.05 / Max: 161.47Min: 151.6 / Avg: 152.1 / Max: 152.39Min: 153.72 / Avg: 155.58 / Max: 156.63

Open-Source: Radeon HD 6950

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 27 June 2013 21:17 by user phoronix.

Open-Source: Radeon HD 7850

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 27 June 2013 17:49 by user phoronix.

Open-Source: Radeon HD 7950

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 27 June 2013 16:51 by user phoronix.

Closed-Source: Radeon HD 6950

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.6-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: fglrx 13.10.10, OpenGL: 4.2.12337, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 30 June 2013 13:51 by user phoronix.

Closed-Source: Radeon HD 7850

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.6-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: fglrx 13.10.10, OpenGL: 4.2.12337, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 30 June 2013 15:39 by user phoronix.

Closed-Source: Radeon HD 7950

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.6-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: fglrx 13.10.10, OpenGL: 4.2.12337, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 30 June 2013 17:20 by user phoronix.