AMDGPU Vulkan vs. OpenGL GCN 1.0 AMDGPU GCN 1.0 tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 2944MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171026, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 R7 370: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon 3968MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171026, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 8800 1920MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171026, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenGL: HD 7950 . 76.93 |===================================================== OpenGL: R7 370 .. 73.33 |================================================== OpenGL: R9 270X . 78.60 |====================================================== Vulkan: HD 7950 . 70.00 |================================================ Vulkan: R7 370 .. 69.00 |=============================================== Vulkan: R9 270X . 73.60 |=================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenGL: HD 7950 . 35.97 |====================================================== OpenGL: R7 370 .. 30.77 |============================================== OpenGL: R9 270X . 33.60 |================================================== Vulkan: HD 7950 . 33.90 |=================================================== Vulkan: R7 370 .. 29.67 |============================================= Vulkan: R9 270X . 32.30 |================================================ Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenGL: HD 7950 . 45.67 |====================================================== OpenGL: R7 370 .. 38.86 |============================================== OpenGL: R9 270X . 41.37 |================================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Default - Scene: Camp Hollow Point Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenGL: HD 7950 . 116.02 |===================================================== OpenGL: R7 370 .. 105.47 |================================================ OpenGL: R9 270X . 112.24 |=================================================== Vulkan: HD 7950 . 116.29 |===================================================== Vulkan: R7 370 .. 102.99 |=============================================== Vulkan: R9 270X . 107.29 |================================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Default - Scene: Stronghold Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenGL: HD 7950 . 94.73 |==================================================== OpenGL: R7 370 .. 89.63 |================================================== OpenGL: R9 270X . 97.67 |====================================================== Vulkan: HD 7950 . 91.20 |================================================== Vulkan: R7 370 .. 87.92 |================================================= Vulkan: R9 270X . 91.51 |=================================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Default - Scene: Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenGL: HD 7950 . 100.65 |===================================================== OpenGL: R7 370 .. 88.08 |============================================== OpenGL: R9 270X . 97.02 |=================================================== Vulkan: HD 7950 . 90.75 |================================================ Vulkan: R7 370 .. 83.21 |============================================ Vulkan: R9 270X . 89.12 |=============================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Default - Scene: Landmover Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenGL: HD 7950 . 125.29 |===================================================== OpenGL: R7 370 .. 107.62 |============================================== OpenGL: R9 270X . 117.89 |================================================== Vulkan: HD 7950 . 110.69 |=============================================== Vulkan: R7 370 .. 100.16 |========================================== Vulkan: R9 270X . 108.79 |============================================== Serious Sam 3: BFE Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OpenGL: HD 7950 . 57.43 |================================================== OpenGL: R7 370 .. 51.98 |============================================= OpenGL: R9 270X . 55.37 |================================================ Vulkan: HD 7950 . 62.30 |====================================================== Vulkan: R7 370 .. 56.97 |================================================= Vulkan: R9 270X . 60.47 |====================================================