Radeon Linux 3.16 vs. Catalyst 14.6 Beta Linux Radeon Gallium3D with Mesa 10.3 and Linux 3.16 vs. Catalyst 14.6 Beta OpenGL tests on various AMD graphics cards. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Open-Source: HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: HD 6770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: R7 260X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 260X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-9548ba6 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.13-031413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.13-031413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.13-031413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.13-031413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.13-031413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 200 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.13-031413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Supported device 6810 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.13-031413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: MX279, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.13-031413-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 122.71 |============================ Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 128.81 |============================= Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 71.47 |================ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 102.87 |======================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 137.24 |=============================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 155.75 |==================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 156.56 |==================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 179.77 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 154.48 |=================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 175.43 |======================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 178.37 |========================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 185.08 |============================== Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 183.10 |============================== Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 115.14 |=================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 145.00 |======================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 199.69 |================================ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 231.49 |====================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 231.70 |====================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 252.23 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 227.79 |===================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 249.14 |======================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 252.93 |========================================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 79.76 |============= Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 77.25 |============= Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 44.22 |======= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 62.94 |========== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 100.59 |================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 126.81 |===================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 117.92 |==================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 189.32 |================================ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 117.20 |==================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 170.97 |============================ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 246.25 |========================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 128.05 |========================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 127.04 |========================================= Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 92.62 |============================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 112.62 |==================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 127.17 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 127.31 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 126.97 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 127.39 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 126.73 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 127.52 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 124.94 |======================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7850 ........ 224.09 |=============================== Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 259.88 |==================================== Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 213.65 |============================== Open-Source: HD 7950 ........ 233.87 |================================= Open-Source: R9 270X ........ 241.63 |================================== Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 183.44 |========================== Open-Source: R7 260X ........ 216.01 |============================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 197.69 |============================ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 281.54 |======================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 293.78 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 279.42 |======================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 293.54 |========================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 270.99 |====================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 289.64 |======================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 289.03 |======================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7850 ........ 131.23 |================= Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 166.63 |===================== Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 149.60 |=================== Open-Source: HD 7950 ........ 144.07 |================== Open-Source: R9 270X ........ 147.30 |=================== Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 96.93 |============ Open-Source: R7 260X ........ 145.00 |================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 93.63 |============ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 165.87 |===================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 200.50 |========================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 111.70 |============== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 283.27 |==================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 184.33 |======================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 268.03 |================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 326.03 |========================================= Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Open-Source: HD 7850 ........ MIN: 7.0 AVG: 17.7 MAX: 92.0 Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 8.6 MAX: 65.0 Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ MIN: 4.0 AVG: 10.3 MAX: 67.0 Open-Source: HD 7950 ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 17.6 MAX: 89.0 Open-Source: R9 270X ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 17.3 MAX: 87.0 Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ MIN: 7.0 AVG: 13.8 MAX: 70.0 Open-Source: R7 260X ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 11.0 MAX: 79.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.0 MAX: 48.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 45.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.4 MAX: 33.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 77.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 37.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 38.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.7 MAX: 37.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 38.0 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7850 ........ 56.60 |======== Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 116.53 |================ Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 96.37 |============= Open-Source: HD 7950 ........ 57.00 |======== Open-Source: R9 270X ........ 57.73 |======== Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 72.27 |========== Open-Source: R7 260X ........ 90.80 |============ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 124.67 |================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 197.00 |=========================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 225.33 |=============================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 160.40 |====================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 284.33 |======================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 188.67 |========================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 265.53 |==================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 301.50 |========================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7850 ........ 63.99 |============== Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 77.92 |================= Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 63.30 |============== Open-Source: HD 7950 ........ 81.52 |================== Open-Source: R9 270X ........ 81.79 |================== Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 42.68 |========== Open-Source: R7 260X ........ 60.57 |============= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 53.73 |============ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 86.99 |=================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 106.10 |======================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 95.36 |===================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 142.03 |================================ Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 84.50 |=================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 130.26 |============================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 184.12 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Open-Source: HD 7850 ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.6 MAX: 28.0 Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 17.0 Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 9.6 MAX: 15.0 Open-Source: HD 7950 ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 29.0 Open-Source: R9 270X ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 28.0 Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ MIN: 5.0 AVG: 9.8 MAX: 15.0 Open-Source: R7 260X ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 30.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 8.0 MAX: 20.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 14.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 13.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 24.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.0 MAX: 23.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 23.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 23.0 Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 19.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Open-Source: HD 7850 ........ 177.50 |===================== Open-Source: HD 6870 ........ 186.07 |====================== Open-Source: HD 6950 ........ 103.40 |============ Open-Source: HD 7950 ........ 212.43 |========================= Open-Source: R9 270X ........ 196.80 |======================= Open-Source: HD 6770 ........ 101.97 |============ Open-Source: R7 260X ........ 157.43 |=================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6770 . 118.15 |============== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6870 . 213.10 |========================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 6950 . 244.87 |============================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7850 . 258.63 |=============================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: HD 7950 . 334.17 |======================================= Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R7 260X . 224.62 |=========================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 270X . 287.00 |================================== Catalyst 14.6 Beta: R9 290 .. 346.90 |=========================================