Radeon DRM-Next Linux 4.7 AMD GPU Comparison Radeon DRM-Next 4.7 kernel benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. HD 6950: Linux 4.6: 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 HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600rc7-generic (x86_64) 20160508, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7: 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 HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-rc7-phx-drm-next-4.7 (x86_64) 20160512, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 HD 7950: Linux 4.6: 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 HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600rc7-generic (x86_64) 20160508, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7: 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 HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-rc7-phx-drm-next-4.7 (x86_64) 20160512, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 R9 290: Linux 4.6: 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 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600rc7-generic (x86_64) 20160508, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7: 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 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-rc7-phx-drm-next-4.7 (x86_64) 20160512, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 R7 370: Linux 4.6: 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: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-040600rc7-generic (x86_64) 20160508, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7: 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: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.6.0-rc7-phx-drm-next-4.7 (x86_64) 20160512, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290: Linux 4.6 . 13.71 |====================== R7 370: Linux 4.6 . 32.74 |==================================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 53.03 |========================== HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 62.01 |=============================== R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 96.34 |================================================ R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 28.88 |============== R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 52.96 |========================== R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 54.46 |=========================== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 4x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290: Linux 4.6 . 13.08 |========= R7 370: Linux 4.6 . 78.26 |==================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6950: Linux 4.6 .... 101.67 |========================= HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 133.08 |================================ HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 168.37 |========================================= HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 171.26 |========================================== R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 193.70 |=============================================== R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 67.82 |================ R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 150.92 |===================================== R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 152.89 |===================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6950: Linux 4.6 .... 50.76 |====================== HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 62.28 |=========================== HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 84.83 |===================================== HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 84.80 |===================================== R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 107.83 |=============================================== R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 28.42 |============ R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 69.70 |============================== R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 70.64 |=============================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6950: Linux 4.6 .... 59.35 |========================= HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 74.61 |=============================== HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 98.97 |========================================= HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 101.77 |========================================== R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 112.63 |=============================================== R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 36.92 |=============== R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 86.85 |==================================== R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 90.48 |====================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6950: Linux 4.6 .... 25.87 |=================== HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 30.20 |====================== HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 41.94 |============================== HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 41.93 |============================== R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 66.38 |================================================ R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 21.68 |================ R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 35.75 |========================== R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 35.88 |========================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6950: Linux 4.6 .... 45.72 |============ HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 57.12 |=============== HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 99.04 |========================== HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 176.40 |=============================================== R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 128.06 |================================== R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 41.66 |=========== R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 79.77 |===================== R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 80.79 |====================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 6950: Linux 4.6 .... 14179 |=============== HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 21644 |======================= HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 29019 |=============================== HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 45045 |================================================ R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 31988 |================================== R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 9176 |========== R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 27765 |============================== R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 36993 |======================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 6950: Linux 4.6 .... 618 |========== HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 687 |=========== HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 962 |================ HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 2946 |================================================= R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 1715 |============================= R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 273 |===== R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 1036 |================= R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 1046 |================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 6950: Linux 4.6 .... 32078 |===== HD 6950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 76341 |============= HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 77195 |============= HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 283663 |=============================================== R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 82310 |============== R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 36596 |====== R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 67454 |=========== R7 370: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 169127 |============================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 150 |============= HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 578 |================================================== R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 237 |===================== R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 237 |===================== R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 107 |========= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better HD 7950: Linux 4.6 .... 419 |============ HD 7950: DRM-Next-4.7 . 1676 |================================================= R9 290: Linux 4.6 ..... 674 |==================== R9 290: DRM-Next-4.7 .. 676 |==================== R7 370: Linux 4.6 ..... 297 |=========