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.
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
Changed Graphics to ATI FirePro V4800 (775/900MHz).
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Changed Graphics to ATI Device 68c9 (650/900MHz).
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 5700 (850/1200MHz).
Changed Graphics to ATI Radeon HD 4770 [RV740] (750/799MHz).
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
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
Changed Graphics to ATI FirePro 3800 (FireGL) 512MB.
Changed Graphics to ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL) 1024MB.
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
This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of Warsow, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the QFusion engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
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
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 00:00 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 13:20 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 13:52 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 14:35 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 14:58 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 15:30 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 15:54 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 16:17 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 16:40 by user phoronix.
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
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. Intel SpeedStep was enabled.
Testing initiated at 27 March 2011 17:44 by user phoronix.