Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 14.10 AMD Graphics

AMD Radeon benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1411042-LI-RADEONLIN72&grs&sor.

ProcessorDiskMotherboardChipsetMemoryGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionWindows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17 Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 285 Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)139GBWindows NT6.2 (x86_64)Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte Z97-HD3Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM8192MB150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MBIntel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4thSE39UY04Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.103.16.0-24-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0fglrx 14.20.74.4.12968GCC 4.9.1ext43840x2160Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MBAMD PITCAIRN (ChipID = 0x6810) 2048MB3.17.0-031700-generic (x86_64)radeon 7.5.993.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-f058c6b 2014-10-31 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4AMD HAWAII (ChipID = 0x67b1) 4096MBOpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- Ubuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updates: Radeon R9 270X, Ubuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updates: Radeon R9 290: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/driProcessor Details- Ubuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updates: Radeon R9 270X, Ubuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updates: Radeon R9 290, Ubuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17: Radeon R9 270X, Ubuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17: Radeon R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- Ubuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17: Radeon R9 270X, Ubuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17: Radeon R9 290: GLAMOR

unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 3840 x 2160unigine-valley: 3840 x 2160xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highunigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimatexonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 3840 x 2160Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17 Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 285 Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 290 Radeon R9 270X Radeon R9 29044.5448.7512.13166.21132.37140.1496.45325.8636.227.8450.7857.2014.05180.18153.45151.74105.17322.0142.459.2474.3484.6821.32221.21200.38188.85125.54333.5264.6814.5741.4951.0310.48161.43123.99137.61100.58347.577.4262.2472.0417.82202.67180.81175.06124.44347.5912.5217.5638.317.67143.1796.79106.9480.01317.5228.856.811.0013.703.8546.3344.8942.3438.82122.6642.9710.56OpenBenchmarking.org

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X20406080100SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 5.23, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 374.3450.7844.5462.2441.4917.561.00

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X20406080100SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 384.6857.2048.7572.0451.0338.3113.70

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X510152025SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 321.3214.0512.1317.8210.487.673.85

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X50100150200250SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3221.21180.18166.21202.67161.43143.1746.33

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X4080120160200SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 2.82, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 27.57, N = 6200.38153.45132.37180.81123.9996.7944.89

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X4080120160200SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3188.85151.74140.14175.06137.61106.9442.34

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X306090120150SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3125.54105.1796.45124.44100.5880.0138.82

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

Ubuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesWindows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 28580160240320400SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3347.59347.57333.52325.86322.01317.52122.66

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X1428425670SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 364.6842.4536.2242.9728.85

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

Windows 8.1 ProUbuntu 14.10 + fglrx-updatesUbuntu 14.10 + Mesa 10.4 + Linux 3.17OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 285Radeon R9 270X48121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 314.579.247.8412.527.4210.566.81

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