Radeon / AMDGPU + RadeonSI Open-Source Linux graphics comparison tests of Linux 4.8 AMDGPU and Radeon DRM drivers and RadeonSI Mesa 12.1-dev Git by Michael Larabel. Radeon HD 6870: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon HD 7950: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R7 260X: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 260X/360 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R9 270X: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon R7 370: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 460: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Device 67ef 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 470: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Device 67df 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon RX 480: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Device 67df 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7950 . 45.87 |===================================== Radeon R7 260X . 2.81 |== Radeon R9 270X . 41.54 |================================= Radeon R9 285 .. 48.21 |======================================= Radeon R7 370 .. 37.02 |============================== Radeon R9 Fury . 68.28 |======================================================= Radeon RX 460 .. 32.47 |========================== Radeon RX 470 .. 58.84 |=============================================== Radeon RX 480 .. 60.87 |================================================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 29.79 |========= Radeon HD 7950 . 127.49 |======================================== Radeon R7 260X . 18.13 |====== Radeon R9 270X . 140.25 |============================================ Radeon R9 285 .. 161.33 |=================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 126.81 |======================================== Radeon R9 Fury . 170.81 |====================================================== Radeon RX 460 .. 108.08 |================================== Radeon RX 470 .. 159.74 |=================================================== Radeon RX 480 .. 170.29 |====================================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 27.78 |=========== Radeon HD 7950 . 62.62 |========================= Radeon R7 260X . 6.78 |=== Radeon R9 270X . 64.86 |========================== Radeon R9 285 .. 79.92 |================================ Radeon R7 370 .. 55.87 |====================== Radeon R9 Fury . 136.97 |====================================================== Radeon RX 460 .. 36.54 |============== Radeon RX 470 .. 87.59 |=================================== Radeon RX 480 .. 114.51 |============================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 29.57 |================= Radeon HD 7950 . 93.20 |======================================================= Radeon R7 260X . 7.20 |==== Radeon R9 270X . 91.53 |====================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 91.90 |====================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 89.60 |===================================================== Radeon R9 Fury . 93.43 |======================================================= Radeon RX 460 .. 79.80 |=============================================== Radeon RX 470 .. 90.53 |===================================================== Radeon RX 480 .. 92.53 |====================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 13.40 |========= Radeon HD 7950 . 41.37 |============================ Radeon R7 260X . 6.00 |==== Radeon R9 270X . 38.73 |========================== Radeon R9 285 .. 46.90 |================================ Radeon R7 370 .. 33.93 |======================= Radeon R9 Fury . 81.33 |======================================================= Radeon RX 460 .. 28.73 |=================== Radeon RX 470 .. 60.27 |========================================= Radeon RX 480 .. 65.37 |============================================ Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 7950 . 34.82 |========================== Radeon R7 260X . 2.76 |== Radeon R9 270X . 30.28 |======================= Radeon R9 285 .. 36.48 |=========================== Radeon R7 370 .. 26.30 |==================== Radeon R9 Fury . 73.08 |======================================================= Radeon RX 460 .. 23.15 |================= Radeon RX 470 .. 50.84 |====================================== Radeon RX 480 .. 54.20 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 25.68 |========= Radeon HD 7950 . 97.78 |================================== Radeon R7 260X . 9.61 |=== Radeon R9 270X . 96.06 |================================= Radeon R9 285 .. 108.92 |====================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 82.28 |============================= Radeon R9 Fury . 154.91 |====================================================== Radeon RX 460 .. 47.83 |================= Radeon RX 470 .. 110.79 |======================================= Radeon RX 480 .. 117.90 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 53.70 |========= Radeon HD 7950 . 262.40 |============================================== Radeon R7 260X . 18.73 |=== Radeon R9 270X . 229.30 |======================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 267.67 |============================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 208.07 |==================================== Radeon R9 Fury . 310.90 |====================================================== Radeon RX 460 .. 159.30 |============================ Radeon RX 470 .. 287.67 |================================================== Radeon RX 480 .. 301.00 |==================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . MIN: 2 AVG: 19 MAX: 37 Radeon HD 7950 . MIN: 1 AVG: 4 MAX: 27 Radeon R7 260X . MIN: 5 AVG: 53 MAX: 99 Radeon R9 270X . MIN: 1 AVG: 4 MAX: 27 Radeon R9 285 .. MIN: 1 AVG: 4 MAX: 28 Radeon R7 370 .. MIN: 1 AVG: 5 MAX: 26 Radeon R9 Fury . MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 29 Radeon RX 460 .. MIN: 1 AVG: 6 MAX: 28 Radeon RX 470 .. MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 27 Radeon RX 480 .. MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 28 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 8.19 |====== Radeon HD 7950 . 38.56 |========================== Radeon R7 260X . 3.30 |== Radeon R9 270X . 35.50 |======================== Radeon R9 285 .. 45.51 |=============================== Radeon R7 370 .. 31.30 |===================== Radeon R9 Fury . 80.35 |======================================================= Radeon RX 460 .. 28.63 |==================== Radeon RX 470 .. 60.99 |========================================== Radeon RX 480 .. 65.26 |============================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 19.18 |============ Radeon R9 270X . 41.50 |=========================== Radeon R9 285 .. 49.09 |================================ Radeon R7 370 .. 35.87 |======================= Radeon R9 Fury . 84.63 |======================================================= Radeon RX 460 .. 28.65 |=================== Radeon RX 470 .. 62.06 |======================================== Radeon RX 480 .. 66.13 |=========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 6870 . 34.17 |=========== Radeon R9 285 .. 67.34 |===================== Radeon R9 Fury . 174.79 |====================================================== Radeon RX 460 .. 63.30 |==================== Radeon RX 470 .. 126.22 |======================================= Radeon RX 480 .. 130.90 |========================================