AMD Radeon R9 Ubuntu 15.04 - Gallium3D vs. Catalyst

Benchmark comparison of Catalyst vs. RadeonSI Galliunm3D out-of-the-box on Ubuntu 15.04. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.

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Radeon R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D
April 27 2015
 
Radeon R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D
April 27 2015
 
Radeon R9 270X: Catalyst
April 28 2015
 
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Radeon R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D

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 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

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

Radeon R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D

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

Radeon R9 270X: Catalyst

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 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Environment Notes: 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/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Radeon R9 290: Catalyst

Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz).

AMD Radeon R9 Ubuntu 15.04 - Gallium3D vs. CatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB120GB OCZ VECTOR150XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBGigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MBGigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz)Intel C610/X99SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.043.19.0-15-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.2X Server 1.17.1radeon 7.5.0fglrx 15.20.23.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.44.4.13374GCC 4.9.2ext42560x1600ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMD Radeon R9 Ubuntu 15.04 - Gallium3D Vs. Catalyst BenchmarksSystem Logs- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D, Radeon R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D: GLAMOR- Radeon R9 270X: Catalyst, Radeon R9 290: Catalyst: 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/dri

openarena: 2560 x 1600supertuxkart: 2560 x 1600tesseract: 2560 x 1600unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenwarsow: 2560 x 1600xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Lowxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Highxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1600gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1600Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290 RadeonSI Gallium3D RadeonSI Gallium3D Catalyst Catalyst157.6374.25143.6874.01135.71193.83240.52188.05164.92127.27430162905152242349123.7364.51108.0751.4797.74126.53238.00169.16137.86104.07420801913144233192159.5043.82129.71134.54152.03262.21212.21180.56144.09566032217323239279258.8046.45181.20202.96215.60259.19206.01181.82147.48814103229438595489OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst60120180240300SE +/- 1.63, N = 3SE +/- 4.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3157.63258.80123.73159.50
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst50100150200250Min: 154.6 / Avg: 157.63 / Max: 160.2Min: 252.4 / Avg: 258.8 / Max: 280.7Min: 122.7 / Avg: 123.73 / Max: 124.3Min: 159 / Avg: 159.5 / Max: 159.8

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst918273645Min: 2 / Avg: 6.21 / Max: 17Min: 1 / Avg: 3.92 / Max: 45Min: 3 / Avg: 7.93 / Max: 30Min: 1 / Avg: 6.26 / Max: 45

SuperTuxKart

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSuperTuxKart 0.9Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst1632486480SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.97, N = 6SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 374.2546.4564.5143.82
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSuperTuxKart 0.9Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst1428425670Min: 73.06 / Avg: 74.25 / Max: 76.54Min: 43.25 / Avg: 46.45 / Max: 49.53Min: 63.82 / Avg: 64.51 / Max: 65.01Min: 42.52 / Avg: 43.82 / Max: 45.46

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 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 2.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3143.68181.20108.07129.71
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst306090120150Min: 141.7 / Avg: 143.68 / Max: 144.75Min: 176.6 / Avg: 181.2 / Max: 183.79Min: 107.95 / Avg: 108.07 / Max: 108.22Min: 128.2 / Avg: 129.71 / Max: 130.57

Unigine Heaven

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Heaven demo for the Unigine engine. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeonSI Gallium3D1632486480SE +/- 1.07, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 374.0151.47
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeonSI Gallium3D1428425670Min: 71.39 / Avg: 74.01 / Max: 77Min: 51.42 / Avg: 51.47 / Max: 51.5

Unigine Tropics

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3135.71202.9697.74134.54
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200Min: 135.29 / Avg: 135.71 / Max: 135.95Min: 202.38 / Avg: 202.96 / Max: 203.59Min: 97.57 / Avg: 97.74 / Max: 97.91Min: 134.45 / Avg: 134.54 / Max: 134.6

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 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst50100150200250SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 2.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3193.83215.60126.53152.03
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200Min: 193.3 / Avg: 193.83 / Max: 194.5Min: 212.4 / Avg: 215.6 / Max: 220.6Min: 126.2 / Avg: 126.53 / Max: 126.8Min: 151.6 / Avg: 152.03 / Max: 152.3

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 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: LowRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst60120180240300SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 3.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3240.52259.19238.00262.21
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: LowRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst50100150200250Min: 237.4 / Avg: 240.52 / Max: 243.25Min: 253.3 / Avg: 259.19 / Max: 263.92Min: 236.15 / Avg: 238 / Max: 239.66Min: 259.58 / Avg: 262.21 / Max: 263.63

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst50100150200250SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 1.48, N = 3188.05206.01169.16212.21
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200Min: 187.7 / Avg: 188.05 / Max: 188.54Min: 203.16 / Avg: 206.01 / Max: 210.08Min: 168.62 / Avg: 169.16 / Max: 169.62Min: 210.63 / Avg: 212.21 / Max: 215.17

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 2.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 3164.92181.82137.86180.56
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst306090120150Min: 164.78 / Avg: 164.92 / Max: 165.07Min: 177.66 / Avg: 181.82 / Max: 184.95Min: 137.02 / Avg: 137.86 / Max: 139.03Min: 178.26 / Avg: 180.56 / Max: 183.06

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst306090120150SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3127.27147.48104.07144.09
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst306090120150Min: 126.82 / Avg: 127.27 / Max: 127.53Min: 146.67 / Avg: 147.48 / Max: 148.52Min: 102.97 / Avg: 104.07 / Max: 105.33Min: 143.71 / Avg: 144.09 / Max: 144.31

GpuTest

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 12.47, N = 3SE +/- 28.98, N = 3SE +/- 7.84, N = 3SE +/- 6.00, N = 343016814104208056603
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst14K28K42K56K70KMin: 42993 / Avg: 43015.67 / Max: 43036Min: 81365 / Avg: 81409.67 / Max: 81464Min: 42072 / Avg: 42080.33 / Max: 42096Min: 56597 / Avg: 56603 / Max: 56615

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst7001400210028003500SE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 36.56, N = 3SE +/- 2.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32905322919132217
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst6001200180024003000Min: 2899 / Avg: 2905.33 / Max: 2915Min: 3182 / Avg: 3229 / Max: 3301Min: 1909 / Avg: 1912.67 / Max: 1916Min: 2217 / Avg: 2217 / Max: 2217

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst90K180K270K360K450KSE +/- 817.60, N = 3SE +/- 1657.40, N = 3SE +/- 415.46, N = 3SE +/- 360.73, N = 3152242438595144233323239
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst80K160K240K320K400KMin: 150983 / Avg: 152241.67 / Max: 153775Min: 435878 / Avg: 438595 / Max: 441598Min: 143800 / Avg: 144233.33 / Max: 145064Min: 322762 / Avg: 323238.67 / Max: 323946

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst110220330440550SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3349489192279
Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst90180270360450Min: 348 / Avg: 348.67 / Max: 350Min: 489 / Avg: 489 / Max: 489Min: 191 / Avg: 191.67 / Max: 192Min: 279 / Avg: 279 / Max: 279

Radeon R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D

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 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

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

Testing initiated at 27 April 2015 11:22 by user phoronix.

Radeon R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D

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 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

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

Testing initiated at 27 April 2015 21:58 by user phoronix.

Radeon R9 270X: Catalyst

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 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Environment Notes: 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/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 28 April 2015 08:12 by user phoronix.

Radeon R9 290: Catalyst

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 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Environment Notes: 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/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Testing initiated at 28 April 2015 10:13 by user phoronix.