Testing of Mesa 8.0-devel with the Gallium3D R600 and R300 Radeon drivers across several generations of hardware. Using the Linux 3.2 kernel and xf86-video-ati DDX. Testing with swap buffers wait disabled but otherwise usual Phoronix testing for a future article by Michael Larabel.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1201120-BY-MESA80GAL31
Mesa 8.0 Radeon Gallium3D R300/R600
Testing of Mesa 8.0-devel with the Gallium3D R600 and R300 Radeon drivers across several generations of hardware. Using the Linux 3.2 kernel and xf86-video-ati DDX. Testing with swap buffers wait disabled but otherwise usual Phoronix testing for a future article by Michael Larabel.
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5750 1024MB (700/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB (750/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3850 256MB (730/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon X1800 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 (git-de8f22a) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5750 1024MB (700/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB (750/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 3850 256MB (730/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon X1800 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-57665cb) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.94.5, OpenGL: 4.2.11461, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB (700/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.94.5, OpenGL: 4.2.11461, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB (750/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.94.5, OpenGL: 3.3.11461, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 68.50 |=============
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 80.77 |===============
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 71.23 |=============
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 81.37 |===============
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 74.70 |==============
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 84.60 |================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 80.50 |===============
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 71.50 |=============
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 81.50 |===============
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 74.90 |==============
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 206.87 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 158.20 |=============================
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 173.30 |================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 98.66 |==================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 152.48 |===========================
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 102.43 |==================
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 107.10 |===================
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 82.24 |===============
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 209.16 |=====================================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 155.14 |============================
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 103.34 |===================
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 107.40 |===================
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 83.16 |===============
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 212.18 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 209.41 |======================================
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 182.16 |=================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 59.33 |======
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 102.00 |===========
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 122.00 |=============
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 138.57 |==============
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 90.37 |=========
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 154.43 |================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 103.13 |===========
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 95.17 |==========
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 152.90 |================
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 90.33 |=========
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 364.60 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 344.90 |====================================
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 321.07 |=================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 220.83 |=======================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 315.70 |=================================
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 274.63 |============================
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 305.40 |================================
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 259.43 |===========================
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 349.47 |====================================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 311.87 |================================
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 273.03 |============================
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 300.13 |===============================
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 258.20 |===========================
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 362.77 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 367.00 |======================================
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 289.90 |==============================
World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 73.20 |==========
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 111.10 |===============
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 68.50 |=========
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 140.77 |===================
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 85.33 |===========
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 150.23 |====================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 112.67 |===============
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 96.80 |=============
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 74.60 |==========
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 85.13 |===========
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 285.90 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 286.93 |======================================
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 278.87 |=====================================
Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 57.27 |======
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 50.34 |=====
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 39.40 |====
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 51.37 |======
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 20.51 |==
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 68.40 |=======
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 34.71 |====
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 53.27 |======
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 35.36 |====
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 349.59 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 139.43 |===============
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 64.25 |=======
VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 60.03 |=========================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 36.10 |===============
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 15.56 |======
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 44.84 |===================
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 20.19 |========
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 93.61 |=======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 54.04 |=======================
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 30.55 |=============
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 19.14 |========
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 20.67 |=========
Warsow 0.61
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 24.03 |===
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 22.37 |===
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 19.70 |===
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 24.63 |===
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 12.20 |==
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 24.63 |===
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 22.40 |===
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 20.00 |===
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 25.93 |====
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 12.00 |==
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 268.57 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 209.77 |==============================
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 48.30 |=======
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 82.48 |===============
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 44.54 |========
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 31.21 |======
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 23.70 |====
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 8.96 |==
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 84.27 |================
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 40.38 |=======
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 29.17 |=====
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 24.00 |====
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 8.74 |==
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 205.14 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 161.87 |==============================
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 12.22 |==
Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 7.11 ...... 43.67 |========
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 7.11 ...... 26.17 |=====
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 7.11 ...... 21.50 |====
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 7.11 ...... 38.77 |=======
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 7.11 ...... 23.00 |====
Radeon HD 6950: Mesa 8.0-devel . 43.93 |========
Radeon HD 5750: Mesa 8.0-devel . 26.17 |=====
Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0-devel . 21.27 |====
Radeon HD 3850: Mesa 8.0-devel . 38.83 |=======
Radeon X1800XL: Mesa 8.0-devel . 24.87 |=====
Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst ....... 205.27 |======================================
Radeon HD 5750: Catalyst ....... 161.17 |==============================
Radeon HD 3850: Catalyst ....... 85.70 |================