AMD Athlon 5350 Radeon R3 Graphics Catalyst AMD Kabini AM1 Athlon 5350 Radeon R3 Graphics testing on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with upgraded kernel and Mesa then compared to the AMD Catalyst Linux driver. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.04 Stock: Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.14: Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel: Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5: Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB (600/800MHz), Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: fglrx 13.35.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12798, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 8.42 |========= Linux 3.14 ................... 19.97 |===================== Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 25.70 |============================ Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 38.10 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... MIN: 76 AVG: 91 MAX: 99 Linux 3.14 ................... MIN: 28 AVG: 50 MAX: 82 Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . MIN: 18 AVG: 39 MAX: 81 Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... MIN: 7 AVG: 26 MAX: 64 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 4.83 |============= Linux 3.14 ................... 12.18 |================================= Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 12.58 |================================== Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 15.21 |========================================= Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 2.40 |====== Linux 3.14 ................... 3.90 |========== Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 3.87 |========== Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 15.40 |========================================= Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 2.30 |============ Linux 3.14 ................... 4.83 |======================== Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 5.00 |========================= Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 8.40 |========================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 7.00 |============= Linux 3.14 ................... 13.73 |========================= Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 13.77 |========================== Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 22.10 |========================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 28.79 |================ Linux 3.14 ................... 53.80 |============================= Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 60.66 |================================= Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 75.48 |========================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 12.72 |================ Linux 3.14 ................... 25.20 |=============================== Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 26.98 |================================== Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 32.96 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 942 |============ Linux 3.14 ................... 2477 |=============================== Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 2713 |================================= Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 3409 |========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 73 |================= Linux 3.14 ................... 121 |=========================== Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 147 |================================= Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 190 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 3883 |=== Linux 3.14 ................... 8750 |======= Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 10428 |======== Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 50941 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 6 |========= Linux 3.14 ................... 14 |====================== Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 12 |=================== Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 28 |============================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 Stock ........... 36 |============== Linux 3.14 ................... 105 |========================================== Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . 108 |=========================================== Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... 93 |===================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.14 ................... MIN: 54 AVG: 90 MAX: 99 Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . MIN: 52 AVG: 91 MAX: 99 Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... MIN: 10 AVG: 61 MAX: 98 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.14 ................... MIN: 40 AVG: 70 MAX: 99 Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . MIN: 42 AVG: 67 MAX: 99 Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... MIN: 11 AVG: 70 MAX: 99 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.14 ................... MIN: 30 AVG: 72 MAX: 99 Linux 3.14 + Mesa 10.2-devel . MIN: 45 AVG: 72 MAX: 99 Catalyst fglrx 13.35.5 ....... MIN: 10 AVG: 43 MAX: 99