AMD RadeonSI Ubuntu Linux Testing Updated Results AMD Radeon HD 7850 and Radeon HD 7950 Linux benchmarks on open-source RadeonSI Gallium3D + Radeon DRM and AMD Catalyst Linux graphics drivers. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.. HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-30-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, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-30-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, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-395b941 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-395b941 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-395b941 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-395b941 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-395b941 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 231.50 |================================= HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 233.93 |================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 13.70 |== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 27.30 |==== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 186.02 |========================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 203.68 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 19.25 |=== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 36.81 |===== HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 95.85 |============= HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 100.16 |============== HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 98.40 |============== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 604.60 |============================ HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 605.47 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 48.67 |== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 78.70 |==== HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 225.67 |========== HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 237.17 |=========== HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 223.28 |========== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 250.50 |====================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 314.07 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 10.20 |= HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 15.80 |= HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 53.03 |===== HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 52.80 |===== HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 55.23 |===== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... MIN: 1 AVG: 4 MAX: 42 HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 9 HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... MIN: 45 AVG: 93 MAX: 99 HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... MIN: 44 AVG: 63 MAX: 86 HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... MIN: 12 AVG: 19 MAX: 27 HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . MIN: 12 AVG: 19 MAX: 27 HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... MIN: 11 AVG: 18 MAX: 36 World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 543.33 |============================ HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 548.60 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 49.40 |=== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 90.20 |===== HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 268.43 |============== HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 270.40 |============== HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 270.73 |============== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 208.63 |============================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 229.70 |================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 12.90 |== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 22.80 |=== Quake 4 1.4.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 203.00 |====================================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 204.97 |====================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 161.15 |========================= HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 249.08 |====================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 115.30 |======================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 183.78 |====================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 124.26 |=========================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 176.02 |====================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 93.68 |========================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 137.70 |====================================== Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 68.73 |=================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 101.27 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 9.63 |=== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 17.93 |===== HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 39.10 |=========== HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 18.87 |===== HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 40.27 |=========== Unvanquished Alpha 17 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... MIN: 9 AVG: 15 MAX: 28 HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... MIN: 6 AVG: 10 MAX: 77 HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... MIN: 56 AVG: 80 MAX: 99 HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... MIN: 25 AVG: 56 MAX: 99 HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... MIN: 11 AVG: 25 MAX: 71 HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . MIN: 28 AVG: 55 MAX: 98 HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... MIN: 12 AVG: 25 MAX: 75 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 193.67 |============================ HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 191.87 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 33.90 |===== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 72.00 |========== HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 133.13 |=================== HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 132.17 |=================== HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 131.03 |=================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 14.0 HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 14.0 HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 29.9 MAX: 67.0 HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 14.2 MAX: 31.0 HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 21.0 HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 19.0 HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 23.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 353.26 |================================= HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 353.02 |================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 34.68 |=== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 48.72 |===== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 255.10 |================================ HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 265.34 |================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 16.49 |== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 25.68 |=== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 218.49 |=============================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ...... 231.63 |================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 20.10 |=== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel . 31.07 |==== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 3729 |===================================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 4009 |======================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 54408 |=========================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 57473 |============================= HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 3339 |== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 5999 |=== HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 18554 |========= HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 17976 |========= HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 17144 |========= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 2042 |====================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 2849 |============================== HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 158 |== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 251 |=== HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 670 |======= HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 667 |======= HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 1104 |============ GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 4262 |===================================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 4557 |======================================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 504397 |=========================== HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 526458 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 4997 | HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 10992 |= HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 34910 |== HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 32851 |== HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 30054 |== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 248 |======================= HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 . 443 |========================================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 711 |======= HD 7950: Catalyst fglrx 9.1.11 ........... 1301 |============= HD 7850: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 383 |==== HD 7950: Linux 3.8 + Mesa 9.3-devel ...... 1899 |=================== HD 7850: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 2000 |==================== HD 7850: Linux 3.12 DPM + Mesa 9.3-devel . 1983 |==================== HD 7950: Linux 3.11 + Mesa 9.3-devel ..... 2967 |==============================