AMD Radeon Gallium3D Linux 4.3 Mesa 11 Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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: 1920x1080 HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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: 1920x1080 R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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: 1920x1080 R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MB, Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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: 1920x1080 HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150825, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150825, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150825, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150825, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 180.93 |========================= HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 114.83 |================ R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 256.47 |=================================== R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 216.27 |============================== HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 178.93 |======================== HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 112.53 |=============== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 208.97 |============================= R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 200.53 |=========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 23.0 HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 8.8 MAX: 25.0 R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 38.0 R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 40.0 HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 11.0 HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 8.9 MAX: 18.0 R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 33.0 R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 32.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 144.70 |======================== HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 140.43 |======================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 206.80 |=================================== R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 149.14 |========================= HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 138.47 |======================= HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 113.40 |=================== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 177.19 |============================== R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 152.50 |========================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 67.00 |================ HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 81.47 |=================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 146.94 |=================================== R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 91.73 |====================== HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 67.46 |================ HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 81.65 |=================== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 147.80 |=================================== R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 97.13 |======================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 22.81 |============== HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 29.96 |================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 49.31 |============================= R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 27.64 |================ HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 22.81 |============== HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 30.06 |================== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 60.72 |==================================== R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 35.36 |===================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 161.57 |============================ HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 180.02 |=============================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 203.13 |=================================== R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 183.93 |================================ HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 154.00 |=========================== HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 146.28 |========================= R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 171.80 |============================== R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 167.31 |============================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 110.54 |======================= HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 137.65 |============================= R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 168.98 |=================================== R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 147.32 |=============================== HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 106.17 |====================== HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 114.45 |======================== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 142.49 |============================== R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 135.27 |============================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 18960 |============= HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 31279 |===================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 51702 |================================== R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 54088 |==================================== HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 16616 |=========== HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 26701 |================== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 50733 |================================== R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 53022 |=================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 2171 |=============== HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 2234 |=============== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 5360 |===================================== R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 3023 |===================== HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 2093 |============== HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 2226 |=============== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 5351 |===================================== R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 3314 |======================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 211131 |========================== HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 147090 |================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 289611 |=================================== R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 275813 |================================= HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 107777 |============= HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 92218 |=========== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 288980 |=================================== R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 277222 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 40767 |================ HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 90766 |==================================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 681 | R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 294 | HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 39350 |================ HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 81986 |================================= R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 1146 | R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 510 | GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 29891 |======== HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 . 133542 |=================================== R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 3150 |= R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 .. 1398 | HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 28622 |======== HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 . 93189 |======================== R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 2926 |= R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 .. 1316 |