AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000 Series - Gallium3D vs. Catalyst

AMD Radeon HD 6000 and HD 5000 series benchmarks of the Radeon R600 Gallium3D and Catalyst drivers from Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1310307-SO-R600GALLI21.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu Open-SourceUbuntu CatalystWindows 8.1 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB (800/1000MHz)ATI R6xx HDMISyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 13.103.12.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2X Server 1.14.3radeon 7.2.03.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-415d6dc) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8ext42560x1600Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB (850/1200MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz)Realtek ALC1150Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz)Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Intel Haswell DRAMATI Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz)ATI R6xx HDMISyncMaster + SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168Ubuntu 13.043.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.0.0X Server 1.13.3fglrx 13.20.64.3.12458GCC 4.7Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB (850/1200MHz)Realtek ALC1150Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz)Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)224GBWindows NT6.2 (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgKernel Details- Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 5830, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6770, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6870, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6950: radeon.dpm=1Compiler Details- Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 5830: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6770: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6870: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6950: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 5830: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6770: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6870: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v- Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6950: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -vGraphics Details- Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 5830, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6770, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6870, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6950: EXAEnvironment Details- Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 5830, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6770, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6870, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6950: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/driProcessor Details- Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 5830, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6770, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6870, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6950: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

openarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 2560 x 1600reaction: 1920 x 1080reaction: 2560 x 1600warsow: 1920 x 1080warsow: 2560 x 1600xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Highxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080Ubuntu Open-SourceUbuntu CatalystWindows 8.1 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 5830 HD 6770 HD 6870 HD 6950118.6065.63214.03214.23106.07117.87140.2493.4161.68894984069620109.2760.47174.20174.2789.8090.10114.4367.6342.16874955264927180.00104.53292.00291.87158.50158.80188.29117.2775.68160771038117482118.8067.20222.17222.17141.47141.57162.26133.4198.8924753112379057129.9073.10253.33253.23139.37139.50132.5599.18106.362900128361074994130331116.8366.67212.30212.30106.63106.57115.4482.7794.482450128047331029143708205.13116.00364.73365.53172.80178.27158.44121.84120.1934022452913061109257779228.43134.00397.23403.23211.40211.03169.23142.25130.0740994696113231702263019131.8373.70156.57115.07118.2630731600719271026220735120.7568.33135.4295.26104.7526061606312451076250382199.17117.93201.20143.16131.7534892934524091146404683225.78136.83221.12170.01143.9742695466925081715404982OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source109.3131.7180.0Ubuntu Catalyst116.8170.1228.4Windows 8.1120.8169.4225.8OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 695060120180240300

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source60.574.5104.5Ubuntu Catalyst66.797.4134.0Windows 8.168.399.2136.8OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 69504080120160200

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source174.2225.6292.0Ubuntu Catalyst212.3306.9397.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 1920 x 1080HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 6950110220330440550

Reaction Quake 3

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source174.3225.6291.9Ubuntu Catalyst212.3308.6403.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 2560 x 1600HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 6950110220330440550

Warsow

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source89.8124.0158.5Ubuntu Catalyst106.6157.6211.4OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 695060120180240300

Warsow

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source90.1127.1158.8Ubuntu Catalyst106.6158.8211.0OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.0Resolution: 2560 x 1600HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 695060120180240300

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source114.4151.3188.3Ubuntu Catalyst115.4143.9169.2Windows 8.1135.4178.6221.1OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighHD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 695060120180240300

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source67.6102.9133.4Ubuntu Catalyst82.8111.5142.3Windows 8.195.3130.9170.0OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraHD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 695050100150200250

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source42.269.698.9Ubuntu Catalyst94.5112.8130.1Windows 8.1104.8124.7144.0OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateHD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 69504080120160200

GpuTest

Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Catalyst245032134099Windows 8.1260633594269OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.5.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 695011002200330044005500

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source87491463224753Ubuntu Catalyst128042428346961Windows 8.1160072902154669OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.5.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 695014K28K42K56K70K

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source5528881123Ubuntu Catalyst73311091323Windows 8.1124520222508OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.5.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 69506001200180024003000

GpuTest

Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Catalyst99412091702Windows 8.1102612411715OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.5.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 69505001000150020002500

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMaxUbuntu Open-Source6492782772117482Ubuntu Catalyst130331198709263019Windows 8.1220735320196404982OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.5.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080HD 5830HD 6770HD 6870HD 6950110K220K330K440K550K

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