AMD Radeon R9 290 Open-Source Linux Radeon R9 290 Linux graphics benchmarks with open-source driver using Linux 3.17 and Mesa 10.3-devel. benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Radeon HD 5770: 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: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, 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 Radeon 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: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, 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 Radeon 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: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, 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 Radeon 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: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, 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 Radeon 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: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, 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 Radeon 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: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, 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 Radeon 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: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, 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 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 56.80 |=================== Radeon HD 6870 . 97.03 |================================= Radeon HD 6950 . 57.77 |==================== Radeon HD 7850 . 111.17 |====================================== Radeon HD 7950 . 142.07 |================================================ Radeon R9 270X . 121.80 |========================================= Radeon R9 290 .. 158.53 |====================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . MIN: 10.0 AVG: 17.4 MAX: 26.0 Radeon HD 6870 . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 10.2 MAX: 20.0 Radeon HD 6950 . MIN: 10.0 AVG: 17.0 MAX: 26.0 Radeon HD 7850 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 8.9 MAX: 25.0 Radeon HD 7950 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 7.0 MAX: 24.0 Radeon R9 270X . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 8.1 MAX: 17.0 Radeon R9 290 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 11.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 56.39 |======================== Radeon HD 6870 . 96.53 |========================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 89.49 |======================================= Radeon HD 7850 . 75.41 |================================= Radeon HD 7950 . 92.27 |======================================== Radeon R9 270X . 93.31 |======================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 124.42 |====================================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 25.39 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 . 47.37 |======================================================= Radeon HD 6950 . 44.98 |==================================================== Radeon HD 7850 . 37.40 |=========================================== Radeon HD 7950 . 46.30 |====================================================== Radeon R9 270X . 47.56 |======================================================= Radeon R9 290 .. 16.26 |=================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 43.29 |============================= Radeon HD 6870 . 70.78 |=============================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 64.10 |========================================== Radeon HD 7850 . 63.77 |========================================== Radeon HD 7950 . 81.74 |====================================================== Radeon R9 270X . 83.23 |======================================================= Radeon R9 290 .. 25.35 |================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 111.64 |============================== Radeon HD 6870 . 177.00 |=============================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 136.13 |==================================== Radeon HD 7850 . 172.01 |============================================= Radeon HD 7950 . 204.29 |====================================================== Radeon R9 270X . 200.67 |===================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 54.29 |============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 66.75 |======================= Radeon HD 6870 . 111.59 |====================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 116.05 |======================================== Radeon HD 7850 . 128.98 |============================================ Radeon HD 7950 . 158.38 |====================================================== Radeon R9 270X . 155.88 |===================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 47.15 |================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 40.47 |=================== Radeon HD 6870 . 70.83 |================================= Radeon HD 6950 . 84.64 |======================================== Radeon HD 7850 . 91.72 |=========================================== Radeon HD 7950 . 115.57 |====================================================== Radeon R9 270X . 112.37 |===================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 39.08 |================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 9540 |============== Radeon HD 6870 . 16568 |======================== Radeon HD 6950 . 20648 |============================== Radeon HD 7850 . 33830 |================================================= Radeon HD 7950 . 35661 |==================================================== Radeon R9 270X . 37861 |======================================================= Radeon R9 290 .. 8491 |============ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 566 |==================== Radeon HD 6870 . 887 |================================ Radeon HD 6950 . 710 |========================= Radeon HD 7850 . 1107 |======================================= Radeon HD 7950 . 1574 |======================================================== Radeon R9 270X . 1453 |==================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 312 |=========== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5770 . 42072 |===================== Radeon HD 6870 . 75552 |===================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 47233 |======================= Radeon HD 7850 . 89840 |============================================ Radeon HD 7950 . 110607 |====================================================== Radeon R9 270X . 101501 |================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 18401 |=========