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. R9 Fury: Windows 10: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 238GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) 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 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 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: 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 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 260.20 |======================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 256.30 |======================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 315.80 |============================= RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 320.17 |============================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 315.87 |============================= RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 303.60 |=========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 13.0 RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 19.0 R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 14.0 RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 15.0 R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 28.0 RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 28.0 GRID Autosport Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 99.68 |============================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 57.42 |================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 44.51 |============= RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 43.08 |============= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 45.18 |============== RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 34.50 |========== The Talos Principle Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 61.7 |============================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 58.5 |============================ R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 64.5 |=============================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 54.3 |========================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 46.9 |======================= RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 35.0 |================= The Talos Principle Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 .......... 101.00 |======================================= RX 480: Windows 10 ........... 78.10 |============================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO . 104.50 |======================================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO .. 77.70 |============================== The Talos Principle Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 32.30 |============================= RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 28.00 |========================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 33.00 |============================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 25.00 |======================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 24.60 |====================== RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 15.80 |============== The Talos Principle Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 .......... 42.40 |======================================== RX 480: Windows 10 ........... 30.60 |============================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO . 43.50 |========================================= RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO .. 30.10 |============================ Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Normal Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 300.40 |============================= RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 251.50 |======================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 107.70 |========== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 111.20 |=========== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 180.30 |================= RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 168.00 |================ Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 179.8 |============================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 157.3 |========================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 33.7 |====== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 33.0 |====== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 70.2 |============ RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 40.1 |======= Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Normal Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 95.9 |=============================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 75.3 |======================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 54.5 |================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 45.7 |=============== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 79.7 |========================== RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 56.3 |================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 139.54 |============================= RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 128.43 |=========================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 125.09 |========================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 103.05 |===================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 137.20 |============================= RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 98.21 |==================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 93.64 |============================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 91.51 |============================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 85.88 |============================ RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 85.85 |============================ R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 90.27 |============================= RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 90.33 |============================= Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 .......... 109.43 |======================================== RX 480: Windows 10 ........... 108.64 |======================================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO . 102.90 |====================================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO .. 104.07 |====================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 79.73 |============================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 68.97 |========================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 80.27 |============================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 64.80 |======================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 80.83 |============================== RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 62.10 |======================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 .......... 92.79 |========================================= RX 480: Windows 10 ........... 80.22 |=================================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO . 86.80 |====================================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO .. 68.90 |============================== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m3 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 55.70 |======================= RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 38.96 |================ R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 50.35 |===================== RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 40.82 |================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 72.97 |============================== RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 54.24 |====================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 87.78 |============================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 70.82 |======================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 85.28 |============================= RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 68.00 |======================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 80.26 |=========================== RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 65.46 |====================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 Fury: Windows 10 ..................... 95.85 |============================== RX 480: Windows 10 ...................... 77.28 |======================== R9 Fury: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............ 93.22 |============================= RX 480: Ubuntu + AMDGPU-PRO ............. 73.96 |======================= R9 Fury: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 . 84.54 |========================== RX 480: Ubuntu + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 .. 66.39 |=====================