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.
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AMD FirePro With Open-Source Drivers
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.
FirePro V3800: Gallium3D:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 68c9 (650/900MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
FirePro V3800: Catalyst:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI FirePro 3800 (FireGL) 512MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 4.1.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
FirePro V4800: Gallium3D:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI FirePro V4800 (775/900MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
FirePro V4800: Catalyst:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL) 1024MB, Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 4.1.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
FirePro V8700: Gallium3D:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 9456 (750/850MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
FirePro V8700: Catalyst:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI FirePro V8700 (FireGL) 1024MB (750/850MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 3.3.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4770 [RV740] (750/799MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4770 512MB (750/800MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 3.3.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5700 (850/1200MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H
OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: fglrx 8.82.8 Catalyst 11.2, OpenGL: 4.1.10524, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
FirePro V3800: Gallium3D .. 15.89 |===
FirePro V3800: Catalyst ... 50.06 |===========
FirePro V4800: Gallium3D .. 23.16 |=====
FirePro V4800: Catalyst ... 118.89 |=========================
FirePro V8700: Gallium3D .. 31.68 |=======
FirePro V8700: Catalyst ... 204.21 |===========================================
Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D . 27.78 |======
Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst .. 140.70 |==============================
Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D . 30.18 |======
Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst .. 160.04 |==================================
Warsow 0.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
FirePro V3800: Gallium3D .. 28.43 |====
FirePro V3800: Catalyst ... 81.63 |============
FirePro V4800: Gallium3D .. 42.80 |======
FirePro V4800: Catalyst ... 212.70 |===============================
FirePro V8700: Gallium3D .. 57.73 |========
FirePro V8700: Catalyst ... 271.17 |========================================
Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D . 51.38 |========
Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst .. 227.40 |=================================
Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D . 55.70 |========
Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst .. 293.77 |===========================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
FirePro V3800: Gallium3D .. 44.67 |=====
FirePro V3800: Catalyst ... 128.27 |==============
FirePro V4800: Gallium3D .. 79.10 |=========
FirePro V4800: Catalyst ... 290.33 |================================
FirePro V8700: Gallium3D .. 110.40 |============
FirePro V8700: Catalyst ... 383.23 |===========================================
Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D . 88.70 |==========
Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst .. 300.87 |==================================
Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D . 100.80 |===========
Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst .. 384.77 |===========================================
VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
FirePro V3800: Gallium3D .. 20.08 |==================
FirePro V3800: Catalyst ... 14.46 |=============
FirePro V4800: Gallium3D .. 30.69 |===========================
FirePro V4800: Catalyst ... 26.84 |========================
FirePro V8700: Gallium3D .. 37.15 |=================================
FirePro V8700: Catalyst ... 48.51 |===========================================
Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D . 31.71 |============================
Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst .. 40.49 |====================================
Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D . 35.12 |===============================
Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst .. 50.04 |============================================
Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
FirePro V3800: Gallium3D .. 21.31 |==
FirePro V3800: Catalyst ... 207.30 |================
FirePro V4800: Gallium3D .. 27.38 |==
FirePro V4800: Catalyst ... 323.25 |==========================
FirePro V8700: Gallium3D .. 41.96 |===
FirePro V8700: Catalyst ... 486.50 |======================================
Radeon HD 4770: Gallium3D . 35.68 |===
Radeon HD 4770: Catalyst .. 430.00 |==================================
Radeon HD 5770: Gallium3D . 39.76 |===
Radeon HD 5770: Catalyst .. 544.67 |===========================================