AMD E-350 Catalyst vs. Radeon - Linux 3.11, DPM, Mesa 9.2, SB AMD E-350 Radeon HD 6310 APU benchmarking of different Radeon Linux and Catalyst driver configurations. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock: Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS E35M1-M PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6310 384MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst: Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS E35M1-M PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6310 384MB (492/533MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.12002, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.11: Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS E35M1-M PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6310 384MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.11 DPM: Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS E35M1-M PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6310 384MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git: Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS E35M1-M PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6310 384MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-9375c16) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB: Processor: AMD E-350 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS E35M1-M PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 14h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6310 384MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-9375c16) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 6.53 |================== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 13.83 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 6.53 |================== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 8.67 |======================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 10.62 |============================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 11.12 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 24.67 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 51.77 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 24.50 |================== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 27.90 |===================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 32.20 |======================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 34.57 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 7.00 |=============== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 18.17 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 6.97 |=============== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 9.00 |=================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 14.70 |================================ Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 15.10 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... MIN: 60 AVG: 88 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ MIN: 11 AVG: 54 MAX: 91 Linux 3.11 ..................... MIN: 60 AVG: 88 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM ................. MIN: 43 AVG: 81 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... MIN: 43 AVG: 68 MAX: 96 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . MIN: 43 AVG: 66 MAX: 95 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 4.70 |=============== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 12.43 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 4.70 |=============== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 6.40 |==================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 9.60 |============================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 9.90 |=============================== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 5.00 |=============== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 13.43 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 5.00 |=============== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 7.57 |====================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 7.60 |====================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 7.53 |====================== Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 2.50 |========= Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 11.27 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 2.33 |======== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 2.50 |========= Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 3.83 |============= Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 4.10 |============== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 18.80 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 28.13 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 18.63 |========================== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 18.30 |========================= Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 19.40 |=========================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 19.23 |=========================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... MIN: 10 AVG: 52 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ MIN: 7 AVG: 36 MAX: 90 Linux 3.11 ..................... MIN: 11 AVG: 53 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM ................. MIN: 12 AVG: 54 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... MIN: 11 AVG: 51 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . MIN: 10 AVG: 51 MAX: 99 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 32.38 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 47.67 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 32.17 |========================== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 35.76 |============================= Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 41.21 |================================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 41.25 |================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 9.95 |================== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 21.91 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 9.89 |================== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 14.10 |========================= Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 14.95 |=========================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 17.69 |=============================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 704 |========== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 2795 |======================================== Linux 3.11 ..................... 704 |========== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 1518 |====================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 1442 |===================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 1455 |===================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 29 |=========== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 108 |========================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 28 |=========== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 61 |======================= Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 55 |===================== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 88 |================================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Stock ........... 2041 |=== Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ 22805 |======================================= Linux 3.11 ..................... 2040 |=== Linux 3.11 DPM ................. 3626 |====== Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... 4270 |======= Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . 4164 |======= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ MIN: 10 AVG: 78 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM ................. MIN: 64 AVG: 90 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... MIN: 64 AVG: 93 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . MIN: 64 AVG: 93 MAX: 99 Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.04 - Catalyst ........ MIN: 55 AVG: 82 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git ...... MIN: 54 AVG: 92 MAX: 99 Linux 3.11 DPM + Mesa Git + SB . MIN: 55 AVG: 89 MAX: 99