Radeon Linux 4.4 vs. Catalyst Benchmarks of a few Radeon tests on the Linux 4.4 kernel then compared to Catalyst 15.9 from AMD.com. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1511299-HA-REDSIDE8361 .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 R9 290 HD 6870 Linux 4.4 Radeon Linux 4.4 Radeon Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores) Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB Realtek ALC1150 SyncMaster Intel Connection Ubuntu 15.10 4.4.0-rc1-phoronix (x86_64) 20151118 Unity X Server 1.17.2 radeon 7.6.99 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.2.1 20151010 ext4 2560x1600 XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB (1030/1400MHz) 4.2.0-18-generic (x86_64) fglrx 15.20.3 4.4.13399 Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz) Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance Graphics Details - HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon: EXA - R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon: GLAMOR - R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon: GLAMOR Environment Details - R7 370: Catalyst, R9 290: Catalyst, HD 6870: 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 1600 tesseract: 2560 x 1600 unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 R9 290 HD 6870 Linux 4.4 Radeon Linux 4.4 Radeon Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst 97.47 87.38 39.30 103.21 66.58 1005 109767 179.53 141.67 86.70 186.57 150.85 2961 159024 135.50 113.39 57.07 151.34 115.46 1778 156.03 115.47 188.86 270.50 201.18 74.19 208.67 171.01 2953 491042 115.87 89.08 30.28 155.39 105.29 1303 249960 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 3.34, N = 6 SE +/- 3.63, N = 3 SE +/- 2.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 97.47 115.87 179.53 270.50 135.50 156.03
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst 9 18 27 36 45 Min: 3 / Avg: 10.34 / Max: 23 Min: 1 / Avg: 8.62 / Max: 42 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.61 / Max: 40 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.66 / Max: 41 Min: 2 / Avg: 7.48 / Max: 33 Min: 1 / Avg: 6.39 / Max: 42
Tesseract Resolution: 2560 x 1600 HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 1.17, N = 3 SE +/- 3.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 87.38 89.08 141.67 201.18 113.39 115.47
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 39.30 30.28 86.70 74.19 57.07
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 3.39, N = 3 SE +/- 1.60, N = 3 SE +/- 1.25, N = 3 SE +/- 15.24, N = 6 103.21 155.39 186.57 208.67 151.34 188.86
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 2.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 66.58 105.29 150.85 171.01 115.46
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 7.69, N = 3 SE +/- 48.23, N = 3 SE +/- 10.73, N = 3 1005 1303 2961 2953 1778
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen HD 6870 R9 290 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Linux 4.4 Radeon Catalyst 110K 220K 330K 440K 550K SE +/- 45.88, N = 3 SE +/- 8.09, N = 3 SE +/- 585.33, N = 3 SE +/- 263.07, N = 3 109767 249960 159024 491042
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