AMD Kaveri Linux Tests December 2014 AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Linux OpenGL benchmarks using latest open source and Catalyst graphics drivers. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 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: 1920x1080 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-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 10.5.0-devel (git-0d7f4c8 2014-12-14 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 fglrx 14.20.7: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-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: 1920x1080 fglrx 14.50.2: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB (720/800MHz), Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 32.60 |============================== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 38.00 |=================================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 46.80 |=========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 45.93 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... MIN: 17.0 AVG: 30.6 MAX: 54.0 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . MIN: 7.0 AVG: 26.2 MAX: 87.0 fglrx 14.20.7 .............. MIN: 4.0 AVG: 21.3 MAX: 49.0 fglrx 14.50.2 .............. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 21.7 MAX: 70.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 35.11 |================================ Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 40.37 |==================================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 47.65 |=========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 45.87 |========================================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 22.64 |========================== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 26.92 |=============================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 37.84 |=========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 36.64 |========================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 15.74 |========================= Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 18.85 |============================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 26.93 |=========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 26.54 |========================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 61.35 |=========================== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 71.33 |=============================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 98.40 |=========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 98.80 |=========================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.6 MAX: 43.0 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.0 MAX: 62.0 fglrx 14.20.7 .............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 10.2 MAX: 24.0 fglrx 14.50.2 .............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 10.1 MAX: 24.0 Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 41.37 |======================================= Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 45.83 |=========================================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 44.07 |========================================= fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 44.97 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 119.74 |============================ Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 148.49 |=================================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 177.94 |========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 178.65 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 38.04 |================== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 75.46 |=================================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 91.72 |========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 92.95 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 19.71 |========== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 64.52 |================================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 81.34 |========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 82.37 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 9231 |========================= Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 8980 |======================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 15920 |=========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 15962 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 303 |=========================== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 411 |==================================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 509 |============================================= fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 509 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 24352 |========= Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 35125 |============== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 107732 |========================================== fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 105512 |=========================================