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 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

Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.3.2

Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB.

Graphics Change: EXA

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

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

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

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

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon 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 SVNIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MBIntel C610/X99SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 14.103.19.0-031900-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.1X Server 1.16.0radeon 7.4.03.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.1ext42560x1600Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MBradeon 7.5.993.3 Mesa 10.6.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MBOpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- Radeon R9 270X: Mesa 10.3.2: GLAMOR- Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.3.2: EXA- Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN: EXA- Radeon R9 270X: Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN: GLAMOR

tesseract: 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 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080Radeon 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 SVN121.2785.2736.03113.73232.70148.09119.0292.20379151429102093115.7864.2843.7788.57227.52106.3492.3672.082064170746788120.3177.6445.9898.47242.37127.01107.2382.7424726118377271154.36108.7150.28128.90238.21163.66143.58107.39420642054143107OpenBenchmarking.org

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 R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 2.11, N = 6SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 1.65, N = 6121.27154.36115.78120.31
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150Min: 120.84 / Avg: 121.27 / Max: 122.05Min: 149.24 / Avg: 154.36 / Max: 160.91Min: 113.9 / Avg: 115.78 / Max: 117.85Min: 114.76 / Avg: 120.31 / Max: 127.27

Unigine Tropics

Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 385.27108.7164.2877.64
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100Min: 85.01 / Avg: 85.27 / Max: 85.42Min: 107.89 / Avg: 108.71 / Max: 109.18Min: 64.25 / Avg: 64.28 / Max: 64.34Min: 77.6 / Avg: 77.64 / Max: 77.69

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 R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN1122334455SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 336.0350.2843.7745.98
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN1020304050Min: 35.94 / Avg: 36.03 / Max: 36.17Min: 49.61 / Avg: 50.28 / Max: 50.83Min: 43.7 / Avg: 43.77 / Max: 43.84Min: 45.02 / Avg: 45.98 / Max: 46.46

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 R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3113.73128.9088.5798.47
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100Min: 113.6 / Avg: 113.73 / Max: 113.9Min: 128.7 / Avg: 128.9 / Max: 129Min: 88.4 / Avg: 88.57 / Max: 88.9Min: 98.2 / Avg: 98.47 / Max: 99

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 R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN50100150200250SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3232.70238.21227.52242.37
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN4080120160200Min: 231 / Avg: 232.7 / Max: 234.82Min: 235.63 / Avg: 238.21 / Max: 240.54Min: 226.54 / Avg: 227.52 / Max: 228.36Min: 241.47 / Avg: 242.37 / Max: 242.91

Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN4080120160200SE +/- 1.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3148.09163.66106.34127.01
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150Min: 145.81 / Avg: 148.09 / Max: 151.03Min: 160.75 / Avg: 163.66 / Max: 167Min: 105.8 / Avg: 106.34 / Max: 106.64Min: 126.2 / Avg: 127.01 / Max: 128.59

Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3119.02143.5892.36107.23
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN306090120150Min: 118.6 / Avg: 119.02 / Max: 119.52Min: 142.16 / Avg: 143.58 / Max: 144.67Min: 91.64 / Avg: 92.36 / Max: 92.74Min: 106.54 / Avg: 107.23 / Max: 108.12

Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 392.20107.3972.0882.74
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateMesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20406080100Min: 91.61 / Avg: 92.2 / Max: 92.51Min: 106.28 / Avg: 107.39 / Max: 108.44Min: 71.58 / Avg: 72.08 / Max: 72.43Min: 82.53 / Avg: 82.74 / Max: 82.95

GpuTest

Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN9K18K27K36K45KSE +/- 89.47, N = 3SE +/- 55.72, N = 3SE +/- 24.03, N = 3SE +/- 27.54, N = 337915420642064124726
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN7K14K21K28K35KMin: 37739 / Avg: 37915 / Max: 38031Min: 42000 / Avg: 42064 / Max: 42175Min: 20593 / Avg: 20641 / Max: 20667Min: 24676 / Avg: 24726 / Max: 24771

Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN400800120016002000SE +/- 2.65, N = 3SE +/- 3.71, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3142920547071183
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN400800120016002000Min: 1425 / Avg: 1429 / Max: 1434Min: 2049 / Avg: 2053.67 / Max: 2061Min: 706 / Avg: 707.33 / Max: 708Min: 1182 / Avg: 1182.67 / Max: 1183

Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 214.26, N = 3SE +/- 601.25, N = 3SE +/- 48.79, N = 3SE +/- 32.66, N = 31020931431074678877271
Radeon R9 270XRadeon HD 6950OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Mesa 10.3.2Mesa 10.6-dev + LLVM 3.7 SVN20K40K60K80K100KMin: 101696 / Avg: 102093.33 / Max: 102431Min: 142444 / Avg: 143106.67 / Max: 144307Min: 46733 / Avg: 46787.67 / Max: 46885Min: 77231 / Avg: 77271.33 / Max: 77336

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 10.3.2

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 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.