AMDGPU+RadeonSI Mesa 17.0 Release Testing Mesa 13 vs. Mesa 17 AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.4 (git-6bfc352) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.4 (git-6bfc352) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.4 (git-6bfc352) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-rc3 (git-07571cd8) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-rc3 (git-07571cd8) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-rc3 (git-07571cd8) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 111.02 |============================================ Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 115.73 |============================================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 115.54 |============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 111.63 |============================================ Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 115.80 |============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 115.68 |============================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 50.35 |================ Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 118.95 |===================================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 145.30 |============================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 48.23 |=============== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 119.85 |===================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 149.24 |============================================== Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Low Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 17.50 |============ Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 23.70 |================ Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 16.60 |=========== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 29.40 |==================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 64.30 |============================================ Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 68.90 |=============================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 23.67 |================= Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 47.60 |================================= Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 66.83 |=============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 23.37 |================ Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 55.60 |======================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 67.10 |=============================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 15.83 |=============== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 22.35 |===================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 29.10 |=========================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 18.73 |================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 32.67 |=============================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 50.02 |=============================================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 91.10 |================== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 139.03 |============================ Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 149.23 |============================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 111.53 |======================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 212.87 |=========================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 226.73 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 776 |=========== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 1665 |======================= Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 3385 |=============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 798 |=========== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 1713 |======================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 3445 |================================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 103679 |================== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 201599 |================================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 216345 |===================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 112173 |=================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 227945 |======================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 270387 |============================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 85.73 |=========================== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 137.71 |============================================ Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 140.37 |============================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 85.36 |=========================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 140.46 |============================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 144.28 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 205.40 |======================== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 342.03 |======================================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 366.63 |=========================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 150.70 |================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 380.33 |============================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 390.50 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 23.0 Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 25.0 Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 23.0 Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 27.0 Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 22.0 Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.5 MAX: 24.0 Portal Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 101.99 |============== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 230.92 |================================ Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 325.66 |============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 103.01 |============== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 236.80 |================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 327.64 |============================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 92.17 |=========================== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 146.41 |=========================================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 158.44 |============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 93.98 |=========================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 154.50 |============================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 158.30 |============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 76.19 |================ Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 159.79 |================================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 216.87 |============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 74.28 |================ Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 143.93 |=============================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 177.97 |====================================== The Talos Principle Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 11.37 |=============== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 21.70 |============================= Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 34.17 |============================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 11.53 |=============== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 28.57 |====================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 35.63 |=============================================== The Talos Principle Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 7.87 |=========== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 17.68 |========================= Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 27.17 |====================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 11.57 |================ Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 27.57 |======================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 33.17 |=============================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 29.24 |================ Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 66.79 |===================================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 82.54 |============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 29.49 |================ Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 67.38 |====================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 84.04 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 102.99 |================== Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 215.78 |====================================== Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 262.56 |============================================== Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 95.94 |================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 225.00 |======================================= Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 259.88 |==============================================