Windows 10 NVIDIA vs. Ubuntu Linux OpenGL Tests AMDRadeon Radeon Software on Windows 10 compared to Ubuntu 16.04 out-of-the-box and then with the new PRO driver stack. Test results for a future article by Michael Larabel. Windows 10: R9 285: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) Windows 10: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 112GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160407, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160407, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13830, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2036.3), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160407, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13830, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2036.3), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160407, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: R9 285 ............... 243.07 |=========================== Windows 10: R9 Fury .............. 244.28 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 264.85 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 325.77 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 270.93 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 317.60 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: R9 285 ............... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.2 MAX: 25.0 Windows 10: R9 Fury .............. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 19.0 Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 28.0 Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 27.0 Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.6 MAX: 10.0 Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 9.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: R9 285 ............... 45.13 |=================== Windows 10: R9 Fury .............. 86.05 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 29.58 |============= Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 44.88 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 44.92 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 84.86 |==================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: R9 285 ............... 51.36 |==================== Windows 10: R9 Fury .............. 94.68 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 47.52 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 79.80 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 51.40 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 93.51 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: R9 285 ............... 275.56 |============================ Windows 10: R9 Fury .............. 275.40 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 347.50 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 357.91 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 302.93 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 306.06 |=============================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: R9 285 ............... 230.62 |================================== Windows 10: R9 Fury .............. 231.18 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 173.94 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 244.92 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 204.44 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 240.67 |=================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: R9 285 ............... 201.38 |=================================== Windows 10: R9 Fury .............. 201.93 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 126.08 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 201.63 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 170.51 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 205.71 |==================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: R9 285 ............... 162.22 |=================================== Windows 10: R9 Fury .............. 162.86 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 94.27 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 154.56 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 126.97 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 168.19 |==================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 3450 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 4450 |====================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 28032 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 39064 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 30898 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 51239 |===================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 1401 |================ Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 3078 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 1443 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 3265 |====================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 6144 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 9144 |====================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 55156 |================== Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 103894 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 56592 |================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 110989 |==================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 199 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 440 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 208 |================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 459 |======================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 285 ....... 520 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 Stock: R9 Fury ...... 1155 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .. 501 |================ Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 1115 |=====================================