Linux 3.19 Radeon Graphics Linux 3.19 kernel Radeon graphics benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. HD 6870: Linux 3.18: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection 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 (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 6870: Linux 3.19: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-999-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 (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 7850: Linux 3.18: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection 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 (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 HD 7850: Linux 3.19: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-999-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 (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 270X: Linux 3.18: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection 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 (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 270X: Linux 3.19: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-999-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 (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 290: Linux 3.18: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection 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 (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 290: Linux 3.19: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-999-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 (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 163.70 |========================================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 156.87 |======================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 163.93 |========================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 162.62 |========================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 178.97 |============================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 179.37 |============================================== R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 186.53 |================================================ R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 190.10 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 16.0 HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 16.0 HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.1 MAX: 17.0 HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 6.6 MAX: 24.0 R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 23.0 R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.7 MAX: 15.0 R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 17.0 R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 17.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 123.99 |================================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 125.48 |================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 122.64 |================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 118.22 |================================ R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 147.62 |======================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 147.30 |======================================== R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 171.33 |=============================================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 179.20 |================================================= Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 44.31 |=========================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 44.38 |=========================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 42.56 |========================== HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 41.44 |========================= R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 49.65 |============================== R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 53.72 |================================= R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 79.28 |================================================= R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 81.50 |================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 35.84 |========================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 38.33 |=========================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 38.16 |=========================== HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 38.93 |============================ R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 47.33 |================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 49.15 |=================================== R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 68.11 |================================================= R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 69.97 |================================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 93.10 |======================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 93.33 |======================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 96.57 |======================== HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 97.60 |========================= R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 123.63 |=============================== R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 126.53 |================================ R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 191.67 |================================================ R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 194.00 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 242.21 |================================================= HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 244.54 |================================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 225.77 |============================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 221.52 |============================================ R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 234.45 |=============================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 233.68 |=============================================== R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 235.41 |=============================================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 238.88 |================================================ Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 139.24 |===================================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 140.77 |====================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 145.03 |======================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 145.17 |======================================= R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 165.47 |============================================ R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 166.04 |============================================ R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 180.21 |================================================ R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 183.57 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 92.96 |============================ HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 93.48 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 116.76 |=================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 114.84 |================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 138.39 |========================================= R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 138.86 |========================================= R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 162.15 |================================================ R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 164.04 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 63.25 |========================= HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 63.19 |========================= HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 84.60 |================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 82.30 |================================ R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 104.57 |========================================= R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 104.02 |======================================== R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 125.27 |================================================= R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 126.07 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 16815 |==================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 16816 |==================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 37419 |============================================ HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 37446 |============================================ R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 42039 |================================================= R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 42050 |================================================= R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 42878 |================================================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 42930 |================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 1145 |==================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 1146 |==================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 1111 |==================== HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 1110 |==================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 1892 |================================= R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 1888 |================================= R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 2809 |================================================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 2883 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 111062 |=================================== HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 111101 |=================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 128787 |========================================= HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 128561 |========================================= R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 144320 |============================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 143313 |============================================== R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 152137 |================================================= R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 153592 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 30522 |================================================= HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 30966 |================================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 129 | HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 129 | R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 195 | R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 195 | R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 356 |= R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 356 |= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.18 . 22376 |================================================= HD 6870: Linux 3.19 . 22742 |================================================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 . 577 |= HD 7850: Linux 3.19 . 577 |= R9 270X: Linux 3.18 . 881 |== R9 270X: Linux 3.19 . 881 |== R9 290: Linux 3.18 .. 1576 |=== R9 290: Linux 3.19 .. 1576 |===