AMD Radeon VDPAU AMD R600 and RadeonSI Gallium3D VDPAU video acceleration state tracker benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com! X-Video: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5450: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 512MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5750: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5750 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5770: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 5830: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6450: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6570: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 512MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6770: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-8873120 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1080p H.264 Video Playback 1.1 Video Decoding: VDPAU Percent X-Video ........ MIN: 0.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 9.5 Radeon HD 5450 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 4.8 Radeon HD 5750 . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 1.8 Radeon HD 5770 . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 2.3 Radeon HD 5830 . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 2.3 Radeon HD 6450 . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 6.3 Radeon HD 6570 . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 2.0 Radeon HD 6770 . MIN: 0.5 AVG: 1.7 MAX: 23.3 Radeon HD 6870 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 5.0 Radeon HD 6950 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 1.8 MAX: 19.8 Radeon HD 7850 . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 1.8 MAX: 24.9 Radeon HD 7950 . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 3.5 Radeon R9 270X . MIN: 0.3 AVG: 1.6 MAX: 2.0 1080p H.264 Video Playback 1.1 GPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5450 . MIN: 62.5 AVG: 65.9 MAX: 68.5 Radeon HD 5750 . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 41.2 MAX: 42.0 Radeon HD 5770 . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 44.3 MAX: 45.0 Radeon HD 5830 . MIN: 39.5 AVG: 47.0 MAX: 50.5 Radeon HD 6450 . MIN: 39.0 AVG: 48.5 MAX: 55.5 Radeon HD 6570 . MIN: 44.0 AVG: 44.9 MAX: 45.5 Radeon HD 6770 . MIN: 33.0 AVG: 33.9 MAX: 34.0 Radeon HD 6870 . MIN: 58.0 AVG: 59.4 MAX: 60.0 Radeon HD 6950 . MIN: 57.5 AVG: 60.5 MAX: 61.5 Radeon HD 7850 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 43.1 MAX: 46.0 Radeon HD 7950 . MIN: 50.0 AVG: 59.2 MAX: 62.0 Radeon R9 270X . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 39.6 MAX: 41.0 1080p H.264 Video Playback 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5450 . MIN: 39 AVG: 43 MAX: 45 Radeon HD 5750 . MIN: 47 AVG: 57 MAX: 59 Radeon HD 5770 . MIN: 50 AVG: 64 MAX: 66 Radeon HD 5830 . MIN: 58 AVG: 91 MAX: 95 Radeon HD 6450 . MIN: 40 AVG: 43 MAX: 52 Radeon HD 6570 . MIN: 58 AVG: 60 MAX: 62 Radeon HD 6770 . MIN: 48 AVG: 59 MAX: 62 Radeon HD 6870 . MIN: 131 AVG: 134 MAX: 135 Radeon HD 6950 . MIN: 144 AVG: 147 MAX: 154 Radeon HD 7850 . MIN: 51 AVG: 84 MAX: 88 Radeon HD 7950 . MIN: 55 AVG: 100 MAX: 105 Radeon R9 270X . MIN: 55 AVG: 97 MAX: 101