Linux 3.12 Radeon Catalyst Tests Linux 3.12 kernel benchmarks with AMD Catalyst fglrx driver on Radeon HD 7950 graphics card. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.11: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431 + VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.20.6, OpenGL: 4.3.12458, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431 + VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.20.6, OpenGL: 4.3.12458, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 catalyst 13.11b: Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Western Digital WD5000AACS-0 + 2 x 320GB SAMSUNG HD322HJ, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.20.6, OpenGL: 4.3.12458, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11: Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Western Digital WD5000AACS-0 + 2 x 320GB SAMSUNG HD322HJ, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.20.6, OpenGL: 4.3.12458, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 628.80 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 646.73 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 366.33 |=============== catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 418.60 |================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 632.23 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 645.93 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 367.00 |=============== catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 415.37 |================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 639.20 |=========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 646.40 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 367.37 |=============== catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 417.77 |================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 328.15 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 342.90 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 179.13 |============== catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 174.67 |============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 331.50 |=========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 332.47 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 176.43 |============== catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 174.20 |============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 305.43 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 314.50 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 175.67 |=============== catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 173.73 |=============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 349.83 |=========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 349.97 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 216.05 |================= catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 205.36 |================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 343.92 |=========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 345.86 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 213.37 |================= catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 202.88 |================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 195.45 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 206.94 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 120.62 |================ catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 116.15 |=============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 190.23 |========================= Linux 3.12 ................................ 201.64 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 119.82 |================ catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 115.72 |=============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 179.05 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 186.22 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 110.34 |================ catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 106.61 |=============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 174.39 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 181.58 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 108.32 |================ catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 104.90 |================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 139.68 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 143.24 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 90.72 |================= catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 87.79 |================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.11 ................................ 135.97 |========================== Linux 3.12 ................................ 139.84 |=========================== catalyst 13.11b ........................... 88.80 |================= catalyst 13.11b lubuntu 13.10 kernel 3.11 . 85.18 |================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 6.0 Linux 3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 6.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 30.0 Linux 3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.0 MAX: 6.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 39.0 Linux 3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 38.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 9.0 Linux 3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 9.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 15.0 Linux 3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 9.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.11 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 16.0 Linux 3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 9.0