2D Performance AMD Radeon GCN GPU Kaveri
AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7  Graphics on Ubuntu Linux looking at 2D Radeon GLAMOR performance against Catalyst. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel.


Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Kaveri 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-dd687fb saucy-oibaf-ppa+curaga) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (900/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

suse7790: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz CML8GX3M2A1866C9, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJ, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7790/8770 2048MB (1050/1500MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Monitor: H225W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-rc8-3-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.12.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.5 + LLVM 3.5svn, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Pentium G840: 

	Processor: Intel Pentium G840 @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-VS, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ AGILITY3, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: VIA VT1705, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.904, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 64.63  |==============
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 178.37 |========================================
suse7790 ..................... 155.30 |===================================
Pentium G840 ................. 147.81 |=================================


QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 66.72  |==============
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 190.92 |========================================
suse7790 ..................... 140.20 |=============================
Pentium G840 ................. 163.91 |==================================


QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 109.92 |=====
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 834.84 |========================================
suse7790 ..................... 279.11 |=============
Pentium G840 ................. 815.82 |=======================================


x11perf 1.5
Test: 500px PutImage Square
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 101  |==
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 2113 |===================================
suse7790 ..................... 537  |=========
Pentium G840 ................. 2533 |==========================================


x11perf 1.5
Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 929   |===
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 2617  |=========
suse7790 ..................... 12333 |=========================================
Pentium G840 ................. 2920  |==========


x11perf 1.5
Test: Char in 80-char aa line
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 3956667  |==========
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 128667   |
suse7790 ..................... 3420000  |=========
Pentium G840 ................. 15100000 |======================================


x11perf 1.5
Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 9.90   |===
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 0.50   |
suse7790 ..................... 55.83  |===============
Pentium G840 ................. 146.00 |========================================


x11perf 1.5
Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 4390   |=
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 4300   |=
suse7790 ..................... 129333 |=================
Pentium G840 ................. 301000 |========================================


x11perf 1.5
Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 932   |===
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 2607  |=========
suse7790 ..................... 12000 |=========================================
Pentium G840 ................. 4090  |==============


x11perf 1.5
Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 1300  |====
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 2620  |=========
suse7790 ..................... 12300 |=========================================
Pentium G840 ................. 4110  |==============


x11perf 1.5
Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 1560  |==
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 4293  |======
suse7790 ..................... 28633 |=========================================
Pentium G840 ................. 3683  |=====


x11perf 1.5
Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window
Operations / Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 933   |===
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 2617  |=========
suse7790 ..................... 11967 |=========================================
Pentium G840 ................. 4120  |==============


cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: Poppler
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 13.91 |=========================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 2.80  |========
suse7790 ..................... 6.24  |==================
Pentium G840 ................. 0.93  |===


cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 123.91 |========================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 89.56  |=============================
Pentium G840 ................. 18.71  |======


cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2
Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 18.89 |=========================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 7.71  |=================
Pentium G840 ................. 2.06  |====


Render Bench
Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.0m0
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 22.22 |=========================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 20.44 |======================================
Pentium G840 ................. 18.25 |==================================


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkComboBox
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 40.58 |=========================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 31.59 |================================
Pentium G840 ................. 21.69 |======================


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 0.41  |=
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 2.26  |=====
suse7790 ..................... 18.74 |=========================================
Pentium G840 ................. 2.57  |======


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 0.60  |=
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 3.73  |========
suse7790 ..................... 18.57 |=========================================
Pentium G840 ................. 4.37  |==========


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 0.44  |=
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 7.78  |=================
suse7790 ..................... 18.41 |=========================================
Pentium G840 ................. 7.81  |=================


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 25.49 |=========================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 20.49 |=================================
Pentium G840 ................. 13.87 |======================


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 0.30 |==========================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 0.08 |===========
suse7790 ..................... 0.15 |=====================
Pentium G840 ................. 0.09 |=============


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 626.46 |=================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 611.89 |================================
Pentium G840 ................. 765.93 |========================================


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 1662.96 |=======================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 28.54   |=
Pentium G840 ................. 13.22   |


GtkPerf 0.40
GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1-devel . 39.78 |=========================================
Catalyst - fglrx 13.30.1 ..... 11.71 |============
suse7790 ..................... 18.24 |===================
Pentium G840 ................. 0.50  |=