Ubuntu 18.04 vs. 18.10 Cosmic Radeon Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core testing with a ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (0804 BIOS) and MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB on Ubuntu 18.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (0804 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB, Audio: AMD Ellesmere, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Realtek Device b822

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (0804 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB, Audio: AMD Device aaf8, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (0804 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB, Audio: AMD Ellesmere, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VII HERO (WI-FI) (0804 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB, Audio: AMD Device aaf8, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8822BE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 34.05 |======================================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 40.24 |=============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 34.81 |=======================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 40.66 |=============================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 3414 |=======================================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 4034 |==============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 3490 |=======================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 4076 |==============================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 93.95  |=================================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 123.35 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 102.51 |====================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 126.61 |============================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 1503 |==================================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 1974 |=============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 1640 |=====================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 2026 |==============================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 93.78  |===========================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 150.01 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 98.48  |=============================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 151.64 |============================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 977  |============================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 1563 |==============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 1026 |==============================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 1580 |==============================================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Text Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 21712 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 20387 |========================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 22678 |=============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 22222 |============================================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Image Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 10104926 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 10415786 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 10297272 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 10424319 |==========================================


Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0
Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering
Units Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 4164787 |=======================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 7851577 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 7810969 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 4197299 |=======================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 57797 |================================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 79252 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 80922 |=============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 58090 |================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ..... 245042 |=========================
Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 . 419333 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX Vega 64 . 433829 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.10: RX 580 ..... 245084 |=========================