Radeon 2014 vs. 2015 Open-Source
Graphics card tests on open source drivers looking for performance evolution over 2015. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.


End Of 2014: HD 6870: 

	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, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-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: 1920x1080

End Of 2014: HD 6950: 

	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, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-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: 1920x1080

End Of 2014: R7 370: 

	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, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-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: 1920x1080

End Of 2015: 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

End Of 2015: 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

End Of 2015: 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
End Of 2014: HD 6870 . 22.66 |=================================
End Of 2014: HD 6950 . 27.46 |========================================
End Of 2014: R7 370 .. 24.86 |=====================================
End Of 2015: HD 6870 . 22.94 |==================================
End Of 2015: HD 6950 . 29.09 |===========================================
End Of 2015: R7 370 .. 33.33 |=================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014: HD 6870 . 153.27 |======================================
End Of 2014: HD 6950 . 100.13 |=========================
End Of 2014: R7 370 .. 161.27 |========================================
End Of 2015: HD 6870 . 167.30 |==========================================
End Of 2015: HD 6950 . 112.33 |============================
End Of 2015: R7 370 .. 191.27 |================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
End Of 2014: HD 6870 . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 6.3   MAX: 16.0 
End Of 2014: HD 6950 . MIN: 5.0  AVG: 9.9   MAX: 17.0 
End Of 2014: R7 370 .. MIN: 3.0  AVG: 6.1   MAX: 28.0 
End Of 2015: HD 6870 . MIN: 2.0  AVG: 6.0   MAX: 13.0 
End Of 2015: HD 6950 . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 8.9   MAX: 19.0 
End Of 2015: R7 370 .. MIN: 2.0  AVG: 5.2   MAX: 29.0 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014: HD 6870 . 117.53 |=======================================
End Of 2014: HD 6950 . 115.58 |======================================
End Of 2014: R7 370 .. 111.17 |=====================================
End Of 2015: HD 6870 . 113.24 |=====================================
End Of 2015: HD 6950 . 134.00 |============================================
End Of 2015: R7 370 .. 146.17 |================================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014: HD 6870 . 82.75 |============================================
End Of 2014: HD 6950 . 84.88 |=============================================
End Of 2014: R7 370 .. 57.53 |==============================
End Of 2015: HD 6950 . 93.06 |=================================================
End Of 2015: R7 370 .. 74.06 |=======================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
End Of 2014: HD 6870 . 89.94  |==============================
End Of 2014: HD 6950 . 99.60  |=================================
End Of 2014: R7 370 .. 106.28 |===================================
End Of 2015: HD 6870 . 98.92  |=================================
End Of 2015: HD 6950 . 131.63 |============================================
End Of 2015: R7 370 .. 143.86 |================================================