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&sor&grs .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Catalyst Windows 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 6950 Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores) ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB (800/1000MHz) ATI R6xx HDMI SyncMaster Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 13.10 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.1.2 X Server 1.14.3 radeon 7.2.0 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-415d6dc) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8 ext4 2560x1600 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB (850/1200MHz) Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz) Realtek ALC1150 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz) Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) Intel Haswell DRAM ATI Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz) ATI R6xx HDMI SyncMaster + SyncMaster Realtek RTL8111/8168 Ubuntu 13.04 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.0.0 X Server 1.13.3 fglrx 13.20.6 4.3.12458 GCC 4.7 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB (850/1200MHz) Realtek ALC1150 Sapphire 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) 224GB Windows NT 6.2 (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Kernel Details - Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 5830, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6770, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6870, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6950: radeon.dpm=1 Compiler 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 -v Graphics Details - Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 5830, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6770, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6870, Ubuntu Open-Source: HD 6950: EXA Environment 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/dri Processor Details - Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 5830, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6770, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6870, Ubuntu Catalyst: HD 6950: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra warsow: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 2560 x 1600 reaction: 2560 x 1600 reaction: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 2560 x 1600 openarena: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High gputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080 Ubuntu Open-Source Ubuntu Catalyst Windows 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 6950 8949 69620 840 61.68 93.41 106.07 117.87 214.23 214.03 65.63 118.60 140.24 8749 64927 552 42.16 67.63 89.80 90.10 174.27 174.20 60.47 109.27 114.43 16077 117482 1038 75.68 117.27 158.50 158.80 291.87 292.00 104.53 180.00 188.29 24753 79057 1123 98.89 133.41 141.47 141.57 222.17 222.17 67.20 118.80 162.26 12836 130331 1074 106.36 99.18 139.37 139.50 253.23 253.33 73.10 129.90 132.55 2900 994 12804 143708 733 94.48 82.77 106.63 106.57 212.30 212.30 66.67 116.83 115.44 2450 1029 24529 257779 1306 120.19 121.84 172.80 178.27 365.53 364.73 116.00 205.13 158.44 3402 1109 46961 263019 1323 130.07 142.25 211.40 211.03 403.23 397.23 134.00 228.43 169.23 4099 1702 16007 220735 1927 118.26 115.07 73.70 131.83 156.57 3073 1026 16063 250382 1245 104.75 95.26 68.33 120.75 135.42 2606 1076 29345 404683 2409 131.75 143.16 117.93 199.17 201.20 3489 1146 54669 404982 2508 143.97 170.01 136.83 225.78 221.12 4269 1715 OpenBenchmarking.org
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 16007 29021 54669 Ubuntu Catalyst 12804 24283 46961 Ubuntu Open-Source 8749 14632 24753 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 6770 HD 5830 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 220735 320196 404982 Ubuntu Catalyst 130331 198709 263019 Ubuntu Open-Source 64927 82772 117482 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 6770 HD 5830 110K 220K 330K 440K 550K
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 1245 2022 2508 Ubuntu Catalyst 733 1109 1323 Ubuntu Open-Source 552 888 1123 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 600 1200 1800 2400 3000
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 104.8 124.7 144.0 Ubuntu Catalyst 94.5 112.8 130.1 Ubuntu Open-Source 42.2 69.6 98.9 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 40 80 120 160 200
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 95.3 130.9 170.0 Ubuntu Catalyst 82.8 111.5 142.3 Ubuntu Open-Source 67.6 102.9 133.4 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 50 100 150 200 250
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max Ubuntu Catalyst 106.6 157.6 211.4 Ubuntu Open-Source 89.8 124.0 158.5 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 60 120 180 240 300
Warsow Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Min Avg Max Ubuntu Catalyst 106.6 158.8 211.0 Ubuntu Open-Source 90.1 127.1 158.8 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 60 120 180 240 300
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Min Avg Max Ubuntu Catalyst 212.3 308.6 403.2 Ubuntu Open-Source 174.3 225.6 291.9 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 2560 x 1600 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 110 220 330 440 550
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max Ubuntu Catalyst 212.3 306.9 397.2 Ubuntu Open-Source 174.2 225.6 292.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 110 220 330 440 550
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 68.3 99.2 136.8 Ubuntu Catalyst 66.7 97.4 134.0 Ubuntu Open-Source 60.5 74.5 104.5 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 40 80 120 160 200
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max Ubuntu Catalyst 116.8 170.1 228.4 Windows 8.1 120.8 169.4 225.8 Ubuntu Open-Source 109.3 131.7 180.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 60 120 180 240 300
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 135.4 178.6 221.1 Ubuntu Open-Source 114.4 151.3 188.3 Ubuntu Catalyst 115.4 143.9 169.2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 60 120 180 240 300
GpuTest Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 2606 3359 4269 Ubuntu Catalyst 2450 3213 4099 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 5830 HD 6770 1100 2200 3300 4400 5500
GpuTest Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Min Avg Max Windows 8.1 1026 1241 1715 Ubuntu Catalyst 994 1209 1702 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 6770 HD 5830 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
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