AMDGPU+RadeonSI Mesa 17.1-dev Git Testing Mesa 13 vs. Mesa 17 vs. Mesa 17.1-dev Git 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 Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: 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 17.1.0-devel (git-30cf9ff) 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 17.1 git-30cf9ff: 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 8064MB, 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 17.1.0-devel (git-30cf9ff) 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 17.1 git-30cf9ff: 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 17.1.0-devel (git-30cf9ff) 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 110.64 |==================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 116.04 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 115.76 |====================================== 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 48.15 |============ Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 114.25 |============================= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 149.29 |====================================== 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 |======================================= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 29.20 |================= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 24.10 |============== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 47.20 |=========================== 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 |======================================= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 23.03 |============= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 46.10 |========================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 67.93 |======================================= 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 113.07 |=================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 212.20 |=================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 227.63 |====================================== 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 84.74 |====================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 143.15 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 144.52 |====================================== 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 153.23 |=============== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 350.63 |================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 387.73 |====================================== 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 Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.5 MAX: 28.0 Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 24.0 Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 101.50 |============ Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 231.05 |=========================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 326.05 |====================================== 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 |======================================= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 11.30 |============ Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 22.17 |======================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 35.57 |======================================= 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 |=============================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 71.95 |============= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 133.49 |======================= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 180.93 |================================ 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 93.19 |====================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 149.48 |==================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 159.53 |====================================== 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 97.14 |============== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 188.29 |=========================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 262.23 |====================================== 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 |======================================= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 29.44 |============== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 66.50 |=============================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 83.95 |======================================= 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 |======================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 792 |========= Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 1686 |==================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: 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 |====================================== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 460 .. 109525 |=============== Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: RX 480 .. 226062 |================================ Mesa 17.1 git-30cf9ff: R9 Fury . 270394 |======================================