What happens if you use open-source AMD drivers with Gallium3D on open-source drivers? This is a relative comparison of several AMD FirePro ASICs to the closed-source Catalyst driver to see how the performance differs between open and closed drivers for workstation FirePro and consumer Radeon hardware.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1103270-IV-OPENWS00394
AMD FirePro With Open-Source Drivers,
"Lightsmark 2008 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"FirePro V3800: Gallium3D",21.33,21.33,21.27
"FirePro V3800: Catalyst",207.28,207.31,207.3
"FirePro V4800: Gallium3D",27.38,27.42,27.35
"FirePro V4800: Catalyst",323.16,323.18,323.41
"FirePro V8700: Gallium3D",41.96,41.97,41.95
"FirePro V8700: Catalyst",486.87,486.69,485.94
"Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D",35.67,35.68,35.69
"Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst",429.97,429.93,430.11
"Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D",39.86,39.53,39.9
"Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst",541.59,545.6,546.82
"VDrift 2010-06-30 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"FirePro V3800: Gallium3D",20.0417,20.097,20.1033
"FirePro V3800: Catalyst",14.4544,14.4587,14.4578
"FirePro V4800: Gallium3D",33.1954,29.0215,30.5446,30.5174,30.3315,30.5582
"FirePro V4800: Catalyst",26.83,26.8381,26.8376
"FirePro V8700: Gallium3D",37.4948,36.9521,37.0059
"FirePro V8700: Catalyst",48.5079,48.5171,48.5082
"Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D",31.9003,31.4889,31.7381
"Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst",40.4792,40.5122,40.4741
"Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D",35.196,35.0633,35.091
"Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst",50.01,50.0514,50.0663
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"FirePro V3800: Gallium3D",44.7,44.7,44.6
"FirePro V3800: Catalyst",128,128.6,128.2
"FirePro V4800: Gallium3D",78.9,79.1,79.3
"FirePro V4800: Catalyst",289.7,288.8,292.5
"FirePro V8700: Gallium3D",110.3,110.3,110.6
"FirePro V8700: Catalyst",382.3,383.7,383.7
"Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D",88.9,88.6,88.6
"Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst",300.5,301.8,300.3
"Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D",100.8,100.9,100.7
"Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst",385.5,384.3,384.5
"Warsow 0.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"FirePro V3800: Gallium3D",28.1,28.8,28.4
"FirePro V3800: Catalyst",80.7,82.1,82.1
"FirePro V4800: Gallium3D",42.9,42.4,43.1
"FirePro V4800: Catalyst",210.1,214.2,213.8
"FirePro V8700: Gallium3D",58.4,57.4,57.4
"FirePro V8700: Catalyst",267.5,271.7,274.3
"Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D",56.2,56.2,48.4,48,47.5,52
"Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst",224.3,228.9,229
"Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D",54.7,56.2,56.2
"Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst",289.3,296.4,295.6
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"FirePro V3800: Gallium3D",15.8265336,15.9234906,15.9167213
"FirePro V3800: Catalyst",50.5809721,49.9593,49.6518553
"FirePro V4800: Gallium3D",23.1678372,23.1542713,23.1639318
"FirePro V4800: Catalyst",119.7795086,119.919786,116.9772574
"FirePro V8700: Gallium3D",31.488652,31.802047,31.7423289
"FirePro V8700: Catalyst",204.1711848,204.5080966,203.9370564
"Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D",27.455875,27.9446126,27.9336096
"Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst",140.9703247,139.7621098,141.3700785
"Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D",29.7876179,30.3547668,30.4060684
"Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst",159.2323463,159.8408665,161.0494541