Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Radeon Vega / Polaris - Feb 2018

Tests for a future article on Phoronix comparing latest AMD Radeon GPU performance between Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1802229-FO-REDWINDOW14
Jump To Table - Results

View

Do Not Show Noisy Results
Do Not Show Results With Incomplete Data
Do Not Show Results With Little Change/Spread
List Notable Results

Limit displaying results to tests within:

Desktop Graphics 4 Tests
OpenGL Demos Test Suite 2 Tests
Unigine Test Suite 2 Tests

Statistics

Show Overall Harmonic Mean(s)
Show Overall Geometric Mean
Show Geometric Means Per-Suite/Category
Show Wins / Losses Counts (Pie Chart)
Normalize Results
Remove Outliers Before Calculating Averages

Graph Settings

Force Line Graphs Where Applicable
Convert To Scalar Where Applicable
Disable Color Branding
Prefer Vertical Bar Graphs
No Box Plots
On Line Graphs With Missing Data, Connect The Line Gaps

Multi-Way Comparison

Condense Comparison
Transpose Comparison

Table

Show Detailed System Result Table

Run Management

Highlight
Result
Hide
Result
Result
Identifier
View Logs
Performance Per
Dollar
Date
Run
  Test
  Duration
Windows 10: RX 580
February 21 2018
 
Windows 10: RX Vega 64
February 21 2018
 
Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX 580
February 22 2018
 
Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX Vega 64
February 22 2018
 
Invert Hiding All Results Option
 

Only show results where is faster than
Only show results matching title/arguments (delimit multiple options with a comma):
Do not show results matching title/arguments (delimit multiple options with a comma):

Windows 10: RX 580

Windows 10: RX Vega 64

Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10 Intel (12 Cores), Disk: 238GB

OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64)

Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX 580

Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection

Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX Vega 64

Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.4-041504-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

ProcessorDiskMotherboardChipsetMemoryGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionWindows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates RX 580 RX Vega 64 RX 580 RX Vega 64Intel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10 Intel (12 Cores)238GBWindows NT10.0 (x86_64)Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads)ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS)Intel Device 3ec216384MBSamsung SSD 950 PRO 256GBMSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MBRealtek ALC1220DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180220Unity 7.4.54.5 Mesa 18.1.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0)GCC 5.4.0 20160609ext43840x2160AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB4.15.4-041504-generic (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX 580, Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX Vega 64: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX 580, Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX Vega 64: GLAMORSecurity Details- Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX 580, Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX Vega 64: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection

openarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimatexonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimateunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-heaven: 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 3840 x 2160 - FullscreenWindows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates RX 580 RX Vega 64 RX 580 RX Vega 64293.20261.21262.38204.82206.3775.3817.0182.4023.49309.07252.04252.51197.91195.79120.0629.35107.7134.00408.37272.17272.47200.87201.6680.7718.1185.9121.28453.70342.22342.04267.91270.65126.4529.37132.5632.56OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080RX 580RX Vega 64100200300400500SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 6.10, N = 3SE +/- 6.31, N = 3293.20309.07408.37453.70
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080RX 580RX Vega 6480160240320400Min: 292.7 / Avg: 293.2 / Max: 293.8Min: 307.5 / Avg: 309.07 / Max: 310.3Min: 397 / Avg: 408.37 / Max: 417.9Min: 443.6 / Avg: 453.7 / Max: 465.3

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeRX 580RX Vega 64612182430Min: 1 / Avg: 3.38 / Max: 23Min: 1 / Avg: 3.2 / Max: 24Min: 1 / Avg: 2.51 / Max: 27Min: 1 / Avg: 2.17 / Max: 26

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 6470140210280350SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3261.21252.04272.17342.22
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 6460120180240300Min: 260.61 / Avg: 261.21 / Max: 261.81Min: 251.81 / Avg: 252.04 / Max: 252.29Min: 271.29 / Avg: 272.17 / Max: 272.64Min: 340.24 / Avg: 342.22 / Max: 344.17

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 6470140210280350SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 3262.38252.51272.47342.04
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 6460120180240300Min: 262.15 / Avg: 262.38 / Max: 262.51Min: 251.73 / Avg: 252.51 / Max: 253.17Min: 271.59 / Avg: 272.47 / Max: 273.01Min: 339.37 / Avg: 342.04 / Max: 343.41

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateRX 580RX Vega 6460120180240300SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3204.82197.91200.87267.91
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateRX 580RX Vega 6450100150200250Min: 203.9 / Avg: 204.82 / Max: 205.59Min: 196.83 / Avg: 197.91 / Max: 199.27Min: 199.99 / Avg: 200.87 / Max: 201.56Min: 266.46 / Avg: 267.91 / Max: 270.4

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateRX 580RX Vega 6460120180240300SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3206.37195.79201.66270.65
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateRX 580RX Vega 6450100150200250Min: 204.53 / Avg: 206.37 / Max: 209.15Min: 195.22 / Avg: 195.79 / Max: 196.58Min: 199.89 / Avg: 201.66 / Max: 202.73Min: 270.46 / Avg: 270.65 / Max: 270.75

Unigine Heaven

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Heaven demo for the Unigine engine. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRX 580RX Vega 64306090120150SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 375.38120.0680.77126.45
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRX 580RX Vega 6420406080100Min: 75.24 / Avg: 75.38 / Max: 75.44Min: 119.99 / Avg: 120.06 / Max: 120.19Min: 80.65 / Avg: 80.77 / Max: 80.97Min: 126.26 / Avg: 126.45 / Max: 126.58

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenRX 580RX Vega 64714212835SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 317.0129.3518.1129.37
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenRX 580RX Vega 64714212835Min: 17.01 / Avg: 17.01 / Max: 17.01Min: 29.28 / Avg: 29.35 / Max: 29.45Min: 18.11 / Avg: 18.11 / Max: 18.11Min: 29.36 / Avg: 29.37 / Max: 29.37

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRX 580RX Vega 64306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 382.40107.7185.91132.56
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRX 580RX Vega 6420406080100Min: 82.36 / Avg: 82.4 / Max: 82.43Min: 107.66 / Avg: 107.71 / Max: 107.79Min: 85.83 / Avg: 85.91 / Max: 86.04Min: 132.41 / Avg: 132.56 / Max: 132.73

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenRX 580RX Vega 64816243240SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 323.4934.0021.2832.56
Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: FullscreenRX 580RX Vega 64714212835Min: 23.49 / Avg: 23.49 / Max: 23.5Min: 33.94 / Avg: 34 / Max: 34.08Min: 21.28 / Avg: 21.28 / Max: 21.29Min: 32.54 / Avg: 32.56 / Max: 32.6

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDeus Ex: Mankind DividedResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 642040608010050.3077.3038.9858.13

GRID Autosport

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterGRID AutosportResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 642040608010064.34100.4852.3881.89

Shadow of Mordor

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterShadow of MordorResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 64408012016020092.10163.42MIN: 58.53 / MAX: 148.25MIN: 109.51 / MAX: 234.91

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterShadow of MordorResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: HighRX 580RX Vega 64163248648044.1972.07MIN: 35.19 / MAX: 55.26MIN: 53.68 / MAX: 104.22

Tomb Raider

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTomb RaiderResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 6460120180240300174.0256.5124.1184.2

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTomb RaiderResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: HighRX 580RX Vega 6430609012015080.1118.752.381.0

Total War: WARHAMMER

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTotal War: WARHAMMERResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 642040608010062.5103.561.283.9

Windows 10Ubuntu 16.04 + UpdatesOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTotal War: WARHAMMERResolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: UltraRX 580RX Vega 64102030405036.444.324.737.5

Windows 10: RX 580

Testing initiated at 21 February 2018 11:53 by user phoronix.

Windows 10: RX Vega 64

Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10 Intel (12 Cores), Disk: 238GB

OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64)

Testing initiated at 21 February 2018 00:11 by user phoronix.

Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX 580

Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection

Testing initiated at 22 February 2018 05:41 by user phoronix.

Ubuntu 16.04 + Updates: RX Vega 64

Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0607 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.4-041504-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Security Notes: KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection

Testing initiated at 22 February 2018 08:39 by user phoronix.