Intel Fresh Vulkan Ubuntu 16.10 Fun
Dota 2 Vulkan vs. OpenGL results with Intel Mesa i965/ANV drivers. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Ubuntu 16.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Mesa 12.1-dev: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.9: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel HD 530, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161017, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Dota 2
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 36.97 |====================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev ............. 37.07 |====================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.9 . 38.30 |=====================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 33.02 |==================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev ............. 31.98 |==================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.9 . 34.90 |===================


Dota 2
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 22.67 |====================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev ............. 22.97 |====================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.9 . 24.00 |=====================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 18.97 |=================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev ............. 18.33 |================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.9 . 18.30 |================


Dota 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 16.40 |====================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev ............. 16.60 |====================
OpenGL: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.9 . 17.07 |=====================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 ............................. 13.13 |================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev ............. 12.67 |================
Vulkan: Ubuntu 16.10 - Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.9 . 12.80 |================