Mesa 10.6 + LLVM 3.7 + Linux 3.19 Radeon Tests

Radeon graphics benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.

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March 06 2015
 
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Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.3.2

Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-031900-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 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA

Radeon R9 270X: Mesa 10.3.2

Changed Graphics to Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB.

Graphics Change: GLAMOR

Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN

Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-031900-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 10.6.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA

Radeon R9 270X: Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN

Changed Graphics to Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB.

Graphics Change: GLAMOR

Mesa 10.6 + LLVM 3.7 + Linux 3.19 Radeon TestsOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MBGigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MBIntel C610/X99SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.19.0-031900-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0radeon 7.4.0radeon 7.5.993.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.43.3 Mesa 10.6.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1ext42560x1600ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionMesa 10.6 + LLVM 3.7 + Linux 3.19 Radeon Tests PerformanceSystem Logs- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.3.2: EXA- Radeon R9 270X: Mesa 10.3.2: GLAMOR- Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN: EXA- Radeon R9 270X: Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN: GLAMOR

gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenwarsow: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - UltimateRadeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270X Mesa 10.3.2 Mesa 10.3.2 Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN2064170746788115.7864.2843.7788.57227.52106.3492.3672.08379151429102093121.2785.2736.03113.73232.70148.09119.0292.2024726118377271120.3177.6445.9898.47242.37127.01107.2382.74420642054143107154.36108.7150.28128.90238.21163.66143.58107.39OpenBenchmarking.org

GpuTest

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN9K18K27K36K45KSE +/- 24.03, N = 3SE +/- 27.54, N = 3SE +/- 89.47, N = 3SE +/- 55.72, N = 320641247263791542064
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN7K14K21K28K35KMin: 20593 / Avg: 20641 / Max: 20667Min: 24676 / Avg: 24726 / Max: 24771Min: 37739 / Avg: 37915 / Max: 38031Min: 42000 / Avg: 42064 / Max: 42175

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN400800120016002000SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.65, N = 3SE +/- 3.71, N = 3707118314292054
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN400800120016002000Min: 706 / Avg: 707.33 / Max: 708Min: 1182 / Avg: 1182.67 / Max: 1183Min: 1425 / Avg: 1429 / Max: 1434Min: 2049 / Avg: 2053.67 / Max: 2061

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 48.79, N = 3SE +/- 32.66, N = 3SE +/- 214.26, N = 3SE +/- 601.25, N = 34678877271102093143107
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20K40K60K80K100KMin: 46733 / Avg: 46787.67 / Max: 46885Min: 77231 / Avg: 77271.33 / Max: 77336Min: 101696 / Avg: 102093.33 / Max: 102431Min: 142444 / Avg: 143106.67 / Max: 144307

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 1.65, N = 6SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 2.11, N = 6115.78120.31121.27154.36
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150Min: 113.9 / Avg: 115.78 / Max: 117.85Min: 114.76 / Avg: 120.31 / Max: 127.27Min: 120.84 / Avg: 121.27 / Max: 122.05Min: 149.24 / Avg: 154.36 / Max: 160.91

Unigine Tropics

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 364.2877.6485.27108.71
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100Min: 64.25 / Avg: 64.28 / Max: 64.34Min: 77.6 / Avg: 77.64 / Max: 77.69Min: 85.01 / Avg: 85.27 / Max: 85.42Min: 107.89 / Avg: 108.71 / Max: 109.18

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN1122334455SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 343.7745.9836.0350.28
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN1020304050Min: 43.7 / Avg: 43.77 / Max: 43.84Min: 45.02 / Avg: 45.98 / Max: 46.46Min: 35.94 / Avg: 36.03 / Max: 36.17Min: 49.61 / Avg: 50.28 / Max: 50.83

Warsow

This is a benchmark of Warsow, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the QFusion engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 388.5798.47113.73128.90
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100Min: 88.4 / Avg: 88.57 / Max: 88.9Min: 98.2 / Avg: 98.47 / Max: 99Min: 113.6 / Avg: 113.73 / Max: 113.9Min: 128.7 / Avg: 128.9 / Max: 129

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN50100150200250SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.42, N = 3227.52242.37232.70238.21
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN4080120160200Min: 226.54 / Avg: 227.52 / Max: 228.36Min: 241.47 / Avg: 242.37 / Max: 242.91Min: 231 / Avg: 232.7 / Max: 234.82Min: 235.63 / Avg: 238.21 / Max: 240.54

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN4080120160200SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 1.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.82, N = 3106.34127.01148.09163.66
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150Min: 105.8 / Avg: 106.34 / Max: 106.64Min: 126.2 / Avg: 127.01 / Max: 128.59Min: 145.81 / Avg: 148.09 / Max: 151.03Min: 160.75 / Avg: 163.66 / Max: 167

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 392.36107.23119.02143.58
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150Min: 91.64 / Avg: 92.36 / Max: 92.74Min: 106.54 / Avg: 107.23 / Max: 108.12Min: 118.6 / Avg: 119.02 / Max: 119.52Min: 142.16 / Avg: 143.58 / Max: 144.67

Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 372.0882.7492.20107.39
Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100Min: 71.58 / Avg: 72.08 / Max: 72.43Min: 82.53 / Avg: 82.74 / Max: 82.95Min: 91.61 / Avg: 92.2 / Max: 92.51Min: 106.28 / Avg: 107.39 / Max: 108.44

Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.3.2

Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-031900-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 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 6 March 2015 10:14 by user phoronix.

Radeon R9 270X: Mesa 10.3.2

Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-031900-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 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Testing initiated at 6 March 2015 09:06 by user phoronix.

Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN

Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-031900-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 10.6.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 6 March 2015 11:31 by user phoronix.

Radeon R9 270X: Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN

Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.19.0-031900-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 10.6.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Testing initiated at 6 March 2015 12:52 by user phoronix.