May 2014 - AMD Radeon Open vs. Closed Drivers An AMD Radeon graphics comparison on latest open source code versus Catalyst 14.4 RC on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. HD 5770: Open-Source: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 5830: Open-Source: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 6870: Open-Source: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 6950: Open-Source: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 5770: Closed-Source: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 5830: Closed-Source: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 6870: Closed-Source: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 6950: Closed-Source: 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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 42228 |======== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 43592 |======== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 83658 |=============== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 46370 |======== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 64040 |============ HD 5830: Closed-Source . 66926 |============ HD 6870: Closed-Source . 252478 |============================================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 123690 |======================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 565 |===================== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 697 |========================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 989 |==================================== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 691 |========================= HD 5770: Closed-Source . 817 |============================== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 1080 |======================================== HD 6870: Closed-Source . 1303 |================================================ HD 6950: Closed-Source . 1304 |================================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 9545 |=========== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 9672 |=========== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 17906 |===================== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 20297 |======================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 12945 |=============== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 13127 |=============== HD 6870: Closed-Source . 26931 |=============================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 40371 |=============================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 78.47 |================ HD 5830: Open-Source ... 87.63 |================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 119.27 |======================== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 100.47 |==================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 79.33 |================ HD 5830: Closed-Source . 87.15 |================= HD 6870: Closed-Source . 69.87 |============== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 229.67 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 93.50 |================== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 99.73 |=================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 165.70 |================================ HD 6950: Open-Source ... 96.17 |================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 126.63 |======================== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 134.47 |========================== HD 6870: Closed-Source . 209.77 |======================================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 239.57 |============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Closed-Source . 91.73 |================================== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 110.19 |========================================= HD 6870: Closed-Source . 124.42 |============================================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 125.07 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 185.80 |======================= HD 5830: Open-Source ... 187.39 |======================= HD 6870: Open-Source ... 337.35 |========================================== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 250.99 |=============================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 363.97 |============================================= HD 5830: Closed-Source . 352.04 |============================================ HD 6870: Closed-Source . 368.83 |============================================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 366.68 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 99.01 |================== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 109.19 |=================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 172.68 |=============================== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 126.20 |====================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 193.94 |================================== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 215.82 |====================================== HD 6870: Closed-Source . 250.17 |============================================ HD 6950: Closed-Source . 258.83 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 62.22 |============== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 79.65 |================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 112.31 |========================= HD 6950: Open-Source ... 108.08 |======================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 133.74 |============================== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 153.81 |================================== HD 6870: Closed-Source . 179.73 |======================================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 206.89 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 39.52 |============== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 54.87 |=================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 73.25 |========================== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 81.39 |============================ HD 5770: Closed-Source . 91.95 |================================ HD 5830: Closed-Source . 103.91 |==================================== HD 6870: Closed-Source . 117.48 |========================================= HD 6950: Closed-Source . 131.99 |============================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 25.02 |======================== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 35.75 |================================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 49.66 |=============================================== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 42.69 |======================================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 12.41 |============ HD 5830: Closed-Source . 15.96 |=============== HD 6870: Closed-Source . 19.27 |================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 29.03 |=========================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 48.45 |=============== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 62.89 |==================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 86.05 |=========================== HD 6950: Open-Source ... 81.98 |========================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 74.28 |======================== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 93.35 |============================== HD 6870: Closed-Source . 114.45 |==================================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 145.38 |============================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 46.96 |================== HD 5830: Open-Source ... 56.53 |====================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 82.96 |================================ HD 6950: Open-Source ... 66.92 |========================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 62.67 |======================== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 74.84 |============================= HD 6870: Closed-Source . 98.24 |====================================== HD 6950: Closed-Source . 118.41 |============================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... 69.29 |================= HD 5830: Open-Source ... 79.92 |=================== HD 6870: Open-Source ... 117.65 |============================= HD 6950: Open-Source ... 83.11 |==================== HD 5770: Closed-Source . 111.59 |=========================== HD 5830: Closed-Source . 135.97 |================================= HD 6870: Closed-Source . 162.14 |======================================= HD 6950: Closed-Source . 189.35 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 21.0 HD 5830: Open-Source ... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 10.0 MAX: 30.0 HD 6870: Open-Source ... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.0 MAX: 16.0 HD 6950: Open-Source ... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 10.4 MAX: 17.0 HD 5770: Closed-Source . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 20.0 HD 5830: Closed-Source . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 7.4 MAX: 18.0 HD 6870: Closed-Source . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 17.0 HD 6950: Closed-Source . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.2 MAX: 17.0 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 5770: Open-Source ... MIN: 7 AVG: 13 MAX: 45 HD 5830: Open-Source ... MIN: 5 AVG: 11 MAX: 36 HD 6870: Open-Source ... MIN: 3 AVG: 8 MAX: 86 HD 6950: Open-Source ... MIN: 3 AVG: 10 MAX: 27 HD 5770: Closed-Source . MIN: 1 AVG: 11 MAX: 95 HD 5830: Closed-Source . MIN: 2 AVG: 10 MAX: 90 HD 6870: Closed-Source . MIN: 1 AVG: 32 MAX: 99 HD 6950: Closed-Source . MIN: 1 AVG: 4 MAX: 46