Windows 10 Radeon 17.7.2 vs. Ubuntu And Linux 4.13 Mesa 17.3-dev

Fresh Windows vs. Linux gaming benchmarks on Radeon RX 580 and R9 Fury. Tests by michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

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ProcessorDiskMotherboardChipsetMemoryGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionVulkanWindows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa Git R9 Fury RX 580 RX 580 R9 Fury RX 580 R9 Fury R9 Fury RX 580Intel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4 Intel (20 Cores)224GBWindows NT10.0 (x86_64)Intel Core i7-7900X @ 4.50GHz (20 Cores)MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0Intel Device 202016384MB240GB Force MP500MSI AMD POLARIS10 8192MBRealtek GenericDELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.10.0-28-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0modesetting 1.19.34.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0)GCC 5.4.0 20160609ext43840x2160Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/580 8192MBRealtek ALC12204.12.0-041200-generic (x86_64)4.5 Mesa 17.1.4- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0)1.0.3Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MBSapphire AMD FIJI 4096MB4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201708014.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0)1.0.54MSI AMD POLARIS10 8064MBOpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Ubuntu 16.04: RX 580, Ubuntu 16.04: R9 Fury, Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1: RX 580, Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1: R9 Fury, Linux 4.13 + Mesa Git: R9 Fury, Linux 4.13 + Mesa Git: RX 580: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- Ubuntu 16.04: RX 580, Ubuntu 16.04: R9 Fury, Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1: RX 580, Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1: R9 Fury, Linux 4.13 + Mesa Git: R9 Fury, Linux 4.13 + Mesa Git: RX 580: GLAMOR

openarena: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Windowedunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Windowedxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 3840 x 2160 - FullscreenWindows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa Git R9 Fury RX 580 RX 580 R9 Fury RX 580 R9 Fury R9 Fury RX 580266.1383.9190.65352.77293.85252.63199.08487763286971405101103256.9272.9279.07345.96288.20250.38194.9838454220668323441917229.3574.9676.54337.64289.09245.13185.025686323932406383751022326.5285.4991.12368.01312.55271.37210.236955835212667373641167194.6376.7179.26345.23289.96242.25177.80580682322245644409983325.2788.4593.31371.84320.66280.62215.017122034382681314641140330.1893.8498.90390.21336.81297.89229.866957035912638354641143317.6380.5184.11372.57310.27266.28190.19579302336239513410987OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 FuryRX 58070140210280350SE +/- 10.86, N = 6SE +/- 9.20, N = 6SE +/- 4.80, N = 6SE +/- 22.86, N = 6SE +/- 5.38, N = 6SE +/- 29.17, N = 6SE +/- 8.63, N = 6SE +/- 3.33, N = 3266.13256.92229.35326.52194.63325.27330.18317.63

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeR9 FuryRX 5801224364860Min: 1 / Avg: 3.48 / Max: 24Min: 1 / Avg: 3.69 / Max: 26Min: 1 / Avg: 4.19 / Max: 60Min: 1 / Avg: 3.15 / Max: 50Min: 1 / Avg: 4.75 / Max: 31Min: 1 / Avg: 3.59 / Max: 23Min: 1 / Avg: 2.99 / Max: 52Min: 1 / Avg: 3.14 / Max: 39

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedR9 FuryRX 58020406080100SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 383.9172.9274.9685.4976.7188.4593.8480.51

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedR9 FuryRX 58020406080100SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 390.6579.0776.5491.1279.2693.3198.9084.11

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowR9 FuryRX 58080160240320400SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3352.77345.96337.64368.01345.23371.84390.21372.57

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighR9 FuryRX 58070140210280350SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.18, N = 3293.85288.20289.09312.55289.96320.66336.81310.27

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraR9 FuryRX 58060120180240300SE +/- 1.88, N = 3SE +/- 2.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 2.26, N = 3SE +/- 2.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3252.63250.38245.13271.37242.25280.62297.89266.28

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateR9 FuryRX 58050100150200250SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 1.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3199.08194.98185.02210.23177.80215.01229.86190.19

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 58015K30K45K60K75KSE +/- 7.80, N = 3SE +/- 35.34, N = 3SE +/- 57.85, N = 3SE +/- 37.36, N = 3SE +/- 183.84, N = 3SE +/- 6.89, N = 3SE +/- 37.32, N = 3SE +/- 198.42, N = 34877638454568636955858068712206957057930

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 5808001600240032004000SE +/- 42.34, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 4.70, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 332862206239335212322343835912336

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 58060K120K180K240K300KSE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 22.15, N = 3SE +/- 23.07, N = 3SE +/- 59.65, N = 3SE +/- 11.26, N = 3SE +/- 212.27, N = 3SE +/- 1104.57, N = 3SE +/- 171.40, N = 39714068323240638266737245644268131263835239513

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 580110220330440550SE +/- 2.00, N = 3510441375364409464464410

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 58030060090012001500SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 311039171022116798311401143987

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low

Windows 10 - D3D12Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterDeus Ex: Mankind DividedResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: LowRX 580R9 Fury2040608010083.478.799.399.965.356.964.064.184.860.4

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra

Windows 10 - D3D12Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterDeus Ex: Mankind DividedResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: UltraRX 580R9 Fury132639526550.9059.5052.9050.7024.8034.2038.0039.9045.5042.03

GRID Autosport

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterGRID AutosportResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: HighR9 FuryRX 5802040608010099.1393.5251.4163.7668.4972.6491.5477.94

Shadow of Mordor

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterShadow of MordorResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: LowR9 FuryRX 5802040608010091.9772.2853.3160.3453.5166.3673.3956.26

Shadow of Mordor

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterShadow of MordorResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: UltraR9 FuryRX 580102030405045.3037.1526.2532.0529.8535.4833.4031.67

Total War: WARHAMMER

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low

Windows 10 - D3D12Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTotal War: WARHAMMERResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: LowRX 580R9 Fury132639526548.560.359.548.336.350.441.150.853.844.4

Total War: WARHAMMER

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra

Windows 10 - D3D12Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04Linux 4.12 + Mesa 17.1Linux 4.13 + Mesa GitOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTotal War: WARHAMMERResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: UltraRX 580R9 Fury81624324029.935.932.727.222.225.924.527.930.825.7

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