Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Radeon Software

Windows 10 Pro x64 with Radeon Software Crimson Edition versus Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Tests with both AMD Linux drivers on Ubuntu. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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R9 Fury: Windows 10
August 27 2016
 
RX 480: Windows 10
August 27 2016
 
R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO
August 28 2016
 
RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO
August 28 2016
 
R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1
August 28 2016
 
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August 28 2016
 
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R9 Fury: Windows 10

RX 480: Windows 10

Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 238GB

OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64)

R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO

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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13448, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.7), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO

Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB.

R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1

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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, 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

RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1

Changed Graphics to AMD Device 67df 8192MB.

ProcessorDiskMotherboardChipsetMemoryGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLOpenCLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionR9 FuryRX 480R9 FuryRX 480R9 FuryRX 480 Windows 10 Windows 10 Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores)238GBWindows NT10.0 (x86_64)Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MBSamsung SSD 950 PRO 256GBSapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MBRealtek ALC1150Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.4.0-34-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.34.5.13448OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.7)GCC 5.4.0 20160609ext43840x2160AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MBSapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201608234.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4AMD Device 67df 8192MBOpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO, RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO, R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1, RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO, RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO, R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1, RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1: GLAMOR

openarena: 1920 x 1080csgo: 3840 x 2160dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGLdota2: 1920 x 1080 - Vulkandota2: 3840 x 2160 - OpenGLdota2: 3840 x 2160 - Vulkanmetroll-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m3unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenR9 FuryRX 480R9 FuryRX 480R9 FuryRX 480 Windows 10 Windows 10 Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1260.20139.5493.64109.4379.7392.7955.7087.7895.85256.30128.4391.51108.6468.9780.2238.9670.8277.28315.80125.0985.88102.9080.2786.8050.3585.2893.22320.17103.0585.85104.0764.8068.9040.8268.0073.96315.87137.2090.2780.8372.9780.2684.54303.6098.2190.3362.1054.2465.4666.39OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Windows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.170140210280350SE +/- 3.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 3.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 1.66, N = 3260.20315.80315.87256.30320.17303.60
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Windows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.160120180240300Min: 253.5 / Avg: 260.2 / Max: 263.6Min: 314.9 / Avg: 315.8 / Max: 316.4Min: 314.3 / Avg: 315.87 / Max: 317.4Min: 250.4 / Avg: 256.3 / Max: 261.6Min: 319.7 / Avg: 320.17 / Max: 321.1Min: 300.5 / Avg: 303.6 / Max: 306.2

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1612182430Min: 1 / Avg: 3.75 / Max: 13Min: 1 / Avg: 3.14 / Max: 14Min: 1 / Avg: 3.15 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 3.86 / Max: 19Min: 1 / Avg: 3.1 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 3.32 / Max: 28

GRID Autosport

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterGRID AutosportResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: UltraWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.12040608010099.6844.5145.1857.4243.0834.50

The Talos Principle

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterThe Talos PrincipleResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGLWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1142842567061.764.546.958.554.335.0

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterThe Talos PrincipleResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: VulkanWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO20406080100101.00104.5078.1077.70

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterThe Talos PrincipleResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGLWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.181624324032.3033.0024.6028.0025.0015.80

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterThe Talos PrincipleResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: VulkanWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO102030405042.4043.5030.6030.10

Tomb Raider

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTomb RaiderResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: NormalWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.170140210280350300.40107.70180.30251.50111.20168.00

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTomb RaiderResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: UltraWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.14080120160200179.833.770.2157.333.040.1

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTomb RaiderResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: NormalWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.12040608010095.954.579.775.345.756.3

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 3840 x 2160Windows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1306090120150SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.97, N = 3139.54125.09137.20128.43103.0598.21
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 3840 x 2160Windows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1306090120150Min: 123.48 / Avg: 125.09 / Max: 126.02Min: 137.13 / Avg: 137.2 / Max: 137.24Min: 102.73 / Avg: 103.05 / Max: 103.34Min: 96.27 / Avg: 98.21 / Max: 99.21

Dota 2

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.120406080100SE +/- 1.22, N = 5SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.37, N = 4SE +/- 0.37, N = 393.6485.8890.2791.5185.8590.33
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.120406080100Min: 81.3 / Avg: 85.88 / Max: 88.6Min: 89.4 / Avg: 90.27 / Max: 90.8Min: 81.8 / Avg: 85.85 / Max: 87.6Min: 89.6 / Avg: 90.33 / Max: 90.7

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: VulkanWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO20406080100SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3109.43102.90108.64104.07
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: VulkanWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO20406080100Min: 101.5 / Avg: 102.9 / Max: 104Min: 103.4 / Avg: 104.07 / Max: 104.6

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGLWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.120406080100SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 379.7380.2780.8368.9764.8062.10
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGLWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.11530456075Min: 80.1 / Avg: 80.27 / Max: 80.5Min: 80.6 / Avg: 80.83 / Max: 81Min: 64.4 / Avg: 64.8 / Max: 65.1Min: 61.9 / Avg: 62.1 / Max: 62.4

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: VulkanWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO20406080100SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 392.7986.8080.2268.90
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: VulkanWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO20406080100Min: 85.9 / Avg: 86.8 / Max: 87.3Min: 68.8 / Avg: 68.9 / Max: 69.1

Metro: Last Light Redux

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m3Windows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.11632486480SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 355.7050.3572.9738.9640.8254.24
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m3Windows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.11428425670Min: 50.19 / Avg: 50.35 / Max: 50.61Min: 72.8 / Avg: 72.97 / Max: 73.15Min: 40.78 / Avg: 40.82 / Max: 40.87Min: 54.2 / Avg: 54.24 / Max: 54.29

Unigine Heaven

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Heaven demo for the Unigine engine. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.120406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 387.7885.2880.2670.8268.0065.46
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.120406080100Min: 87.67 / Avg: 87.78 / Max: 87.85Min: 85.02 / Avg: 85.28 / Max: 85.41Min: 80.24 / Avg: 80.26 / Max: 80.27Min: 70.35 / Avg: 70.82 / Max: 71.11Min: 67.38 / Avg: 68 / Max: 68.34Min: 65.38 / Avg: 65.46 / Max: 65.56

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.120406080100SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 395.8593.2284.5477.2873.9666.39
R9 FuryRX 480OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenWindows 10Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PROUbuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.120406080100Min: 95.71 / Avg: 95.85 / Max: 95.94Min: 93.13 / Avg: 93.22 / Max: 93.27Min: 84.48 / Avg: 84.54 / Max: 84.65Min: 77.19 / Avg: 77.28 / Max: 77.34Min: 73.8 / Avg: 73.96 / Max: 74.14Min: 66.29 / Avg: 66.39 / Max: 66.5

R9 Fury: Windows 10

Testing initiated at 27 August 2016 14:48 by user phoronix.

RX 480: Windows 10

Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 238GB

OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64)

Testing initiated at 27 August 2016 22:55 by user phoronix.

R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO

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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13448, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.7), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Testing initiated at 28 August 2016 11:04 by user phoronix.

RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO

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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13448, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.7), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Testing initiated at 28 August 2016 08:07 by user phoronix.

R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1

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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, 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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Testing initiated at 28 August 2016 12:30 by user phoronix.

RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1

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: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Device 67df 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, 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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Testing initiated at 28 August 2016 13:31 by user phoronix.