RadeonSI Linux 3.17 Radeon DRM Tests
Early tests of the Linux 3.17 kernel with RadeonSI graphics using a Radeon R9 270X graphics card on Mesa 10.3-devel, compared to Linux 3.16 stable. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Linux 3.16: 

	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: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-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-a4359bc 2014-08-19 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.17 Git 20140819: 

	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: Intel Device 8ca0, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-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-a4359bc 2014-08-19 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 874 |================================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 876 |================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 97 |=================================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 98 |=================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 86722 |=========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 97866 |==============================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 1453 |===============================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 1453 |===============================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 36378 |============================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 37813 |==============================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 194.33 |===========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 202.57 |=============================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 125.74 |==========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 135.74 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 342.27 |==========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 363.11 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 187.02 |==========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 200.47 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 146.18 |==========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 155.79 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 111.78 |============================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 114.02 |=============================================


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 44.87 |===========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 47.56 |==============================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 102.54 |===========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 107.92 |=============================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 120.75 |=========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 131.89 |=============================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. 120.78 |=========================================
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . 131.04 |=============================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.16 .............. MIN: 2.0  AVG: 5.1   MAX: 21.0 
Linux 3.17 Git 20140819 . MIN: 2.0  AVG: 4.9   MAX: 20.0