Radeon 2D - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 14.10 Benchmarks of AMD Radeon graphics cards on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS vs. Ubuntu 14.10 out-of-the-box. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 188.58 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 196.38 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 173.33 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 161.76 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 190.97 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 207.55 |================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 207.28 |================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 202.82 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 203.63 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 200.43 |================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 180.57 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 185.50 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 167.73 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 157.77 |========================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 156.65 |========================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 205.54 |================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 206.56 |================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 204.54 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 203.17 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 208.02 |================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 710.56 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 658.20 |============================ Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 572.84 |======================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 510.16 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 507.89 |===================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 791.80 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 806.05 |================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 685.82 |============================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 687.27 |============================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 677.81 |============================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 23.96 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 22.17 |========================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 29.10 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 30.83 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 30.60 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 20.04 |======================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 17.46 |==================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 20.59 |======================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 20.43 |======================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 21.20 |======================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 4.33 |================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 3.67 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 4.36 |================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 4.56 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 4.47 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 4.16 |================================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 3.58 |============================ Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 4.41 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 3.19 |========================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 4.15 |================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 9.82 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 8.02 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 8.74 |================================ Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 9.06 |================================= Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 8.74 |================================ Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 8.50 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 7.48 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 8.48 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 7.38 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 7.84 |============================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 13.27 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 12.72 |===================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 19.22 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 21.34 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 21.50 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 11.21 |================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 10.49 |================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 14.96 |======================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 14.84 |======================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 14.60 |======================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 16.52 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 14.91 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 16.75 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 16.75 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 16.67 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 12.89 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 11.89 |========================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 11.15 |======================= Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 10.32 |====================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 10.43 |====================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 4870 . 0.07 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 6870 . 0.06 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7850 . 0.06 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon HD 7950 . 0.06 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS: Radeon R9 270X . 0.06 |=============================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 4870 ....... 0.04 |===================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 0.03 |=============== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7850 ....... 0.04 |===================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 0.05 |========================== Ubuntu 14.10: Radeon R9 270X ....... 0.04 |=====================