AMD Open-Source vs. Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI 4K Linux Comparison
Fresh RadeonSI vs. AMDGPU-PRO BETA 2 driver results OpenGL. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix!


Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: 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: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), 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

Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 290: 

	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: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), 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

Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: 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: 4.6.0-040600-generic (x86_64), 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

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: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13439, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2079.3), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

AMDGPU-PRO: R9 290: 

	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 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13439, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2079.3), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

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: 4.4.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13439, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2079.3), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Medium
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 285 .. 2.03  |==
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 290 .. 3.20  |===
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 Fury . 4.02  |====
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .......... 22.98 |=====================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury ......... 44.96 |==========================================


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 285 .. 78.13  |========================
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 290 .. 96.69  |==============================
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 Fury . 133.43 |=========================================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .......... 70.41  |======================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 290 .......... 99.22  |==============================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury ......... 123.89 |======================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 285 .. 110.44 |======================================
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 290 .. 113.79 |=======================================
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 Fury . 114.39 |=======================================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .......... 102.51 |===================================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 290 .......... 119.49 |=========================================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury ......... 120.47 |=========================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 285 .. 12.45 |==================
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 290 .. 16.51 |========================
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 Fury . 22.29 |=================================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .......... 14.19 |=====================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 290 .......... 19.45 |============================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury ......... 28.67 |==========================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 285 .. 103.06 |==========================
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 290 .. 129.88 |================================
Mesa 11.3 RadeonSI: R9 Fury . 156.28 |=======================================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 285 .......... 123.79 |===============================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 290 .......... 145.27 |====================================
AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury ......... 164.26 |=========================================