Radeon 2015 Open vs. Closed Various Radeon graphics card tests on open and closed-source drivers in December. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. Catalyst: HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Catalyst: HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Catalyst: HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst: R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Catalyst: R7 370: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: R7 370: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 22.35 |=============== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 34.97 |======================= Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 48.42 |================================ Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 74.12 |================================================= Catalyst: R7 370 ..... 38.62 |========================== Open-Source: HD 6950 . 29.09 |=================== Open-Source: HD 6870 . 22.94 |=============== Open-Source: HD 7950 . 38.78 |========================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 59.23 |======================================= Open-Source: R7 370 .. 33.33 |====================== BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 62.21 |========================================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 64.28 |=========================================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 65.89 |============================================ Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 72.90 |================================================= Catalyst: R7 370 ..... 66.95 |============================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 . 28.34 |=================== Open-Source: HD 7950 . 27.19 |================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 26.95 |================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 27.16 |================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 54.04 |=============== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 112.09 |============================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 157.90 |=========================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 178.10 |================================================ Catalyst: R7 370 ..... 128.04 |=================================== Open-Source: HD 6950 . 97.36 |========================== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 53.66 |======================================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 56.61 |========================================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 64.28 |================================================ Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 63.66 |=============================================== Catalyst: R7 370 ..... 66.09 |================================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 . 60.51 |============================================= Open-Source: R9 290 .. 56.51 |========================================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 54.12 |======================================== Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 44.20 |=========================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 49.02 |============================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 75.14 |============================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 79.64 |================================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 . 34.97 |====================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 32.24 |==================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 31.59 |=================== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 45.72 |======================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 54.03 |============================= Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 83.38 |============================================ Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 92.01 |================================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 . 38.67 |===================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 41.16 |====================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 37.72 |==================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 173.73 |========================= Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 195.20 |============================= Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 293.90 |=========================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 327.37 |================================================ Open-Source: HD 6950 . 112.33 |================ Open-Source: HD 6870 . 167.30 |========================= Open-Source: R9 290 .. 214.63 |=============================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 191.27 |============================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 125.89 |=========================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 139.35 |============================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 206.17 |============================================= Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 221.96 |================================================ Open-Source: HD 6950 . 134.00 |============================= Open-Source: HD 6870 . 113.24 |======================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 176.22 |====================================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 146.17 |================================ Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 123.24 |============================================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 125.77 |=============================================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 128.49 |================================================ Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 124.72 |=============================================== Open-Source: HD 6950 . 93.06 |=================================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 69.78 |========================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 74.06 |============================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 150.18 |=========================================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 166.86 |================================================ Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 157.19 |============================================= Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 159.41 |============================================== Open-Source: HD 6950 . 131.63 |====================================== Open-Source: HD 6870 . 98.92 |============================ Open-Source: R9 290 .. 152.06 |============================================ Open-Source: R7 370 .. 143.86 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 18.0 Catalyst: HD 6950 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 16.0 Catalyst: HD 7950 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 11.0 Catalyst: R9 290 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 13.0 Open-Source: HD 6950 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 8.9 MAX: 19.0 Open-Source: HD 6870 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 6.0 MAX: 13.0 Open-Source: R9 290 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.7 MAX: 30.0 Open-Source: R7 370 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 29.0