Radeon Linux 3.11 AMD A10-6800K
AMD A10-6800K APU testing with Radeon DRM dynamic power management of the Linux 3.11 kernel. Preview benchmarks more AMD Radeon HD GPU tests of Radeon DPM to come. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Linux 3.10: 

	Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 8670D 768MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-7706e52) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.11: 

	Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 8670D 768MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-7706e52) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.11 + DPM: 

	Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 8670D 768MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-7706e52) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 8.03  |====================
Linux 3.11 ....... 8.07  |====================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 21.33 |=====================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 12.05 |===================
Linux 3.11 ....... 12.05 |===================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 33.94 |=====================================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 50.57  |========================
Linux 3.11 ....... 50.60  |========================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 107.93 |====================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1600 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 22.50 |========================
Linux 3.11 ....... 22.53 |========================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 49.57 |=====================================================


Prey 1.4.119
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 7.90  |====================
Linux 3.11 ....... 7.90  |====================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 21.30 |=====================================================


Quake 4 1.4.2
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 10.70 |====================
Linux 3.11 ....... 10.67 |====================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 28.57 |=====================================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 75.23 |==============================================
Linux 3.11 ....... 75.23 |==============================================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 87.63 |=====================================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 46.50 |===============================
Linux 3.11 ....... 46.43 |===============================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 79.37 |=====================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 48.61  |=====================
Linux 3.11 ....... 48.63  |=====================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 118.37 |====================================================


GpuTest 0.5.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 1605 |==================
Linux 3.11 ....... 1607 |==================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 4921 |======================================================


GpuTest 0.5.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 8142  |===================
Linux 3.11 ....... 8138  |===================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 23076 |=====================================================


GpuTest 0.5.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.10 ....... 6959  |==================
Linux 3.11 ....... 6954  |==================
Linux 3.11 + DPM . 20850 |=====================================================