AMD Radeon R9 290 Hawaii Ubuntu 14.10 Linux Radeon R9 290 RadeonSI Gallium3D and Catalyst fglrx Linux driver benchmarks for the Hawaii graphics cards. Test results by michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev: 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 R9 290 4096MB, 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 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-1a17098 2014-10-26 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev: 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 R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-031700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-1a17098 2014-10-26 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev: 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 R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-1a17098 2014-10-26 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 fglrx-updates 14.20.7: 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 R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz), 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: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.4.12968, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 60.80 |============ Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 151.05 |============================= Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 154.55 |============================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 198.30 |====================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... MIN: 8.0 AVG: 16.1 MAX: 61.0 Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.5 MAX: 20.0 Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.5 MAX: 18.0 fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 67.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 25.02 |============== Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 70.19 |====================================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 71.45 |======================================= fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 55.07 |============================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 55.70 |========= Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 159.59 |========================= Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 159.85 |========================= fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 244.81 |====================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 46.94 |========== Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 128.03 |=========================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 127.15 |=========================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 181.70 |====================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 57.30 |============ Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 167.47 |================================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 168.30 |================================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 187.20 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 192.92 |============================== Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 226.97 |=================================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 227.49 |=================================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 246.48 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 94.53 |=================== Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 173.73 |=================================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 174.42 |=================================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 189.50 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 74.82 |================= Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 154.13 |=================================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 152.44 |================================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 167.92 |====================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 58.78 |================= Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 119.22 |=================================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 117.92 |=================================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 127.94 |====================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 14243 |========= Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 42736 |========================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 42756 |========================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 63347 |======================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 51771 |======= Linux 3.17 + Mesa 10.4-dev ..... 149847 |=================== Linux 3.18-rc1 + Mesa 10.4-dev . 145376 |=================== fglrx-updates 14.20.7 .......... 295078 |======================================