Radeon Gallium3D Latest vs. Catalyst Updated plus tweaked is drm-next, Git master Mesa 8.1-devel, Git DDX. Disabled swap buffers wait, enabled ColorTiling and ColorTiling2D, and enabled PCI Express 2.0 support. Catalyst is using latest binary blob. Ubuntu 12.04 stock is what the experience should be like on clean installs of Precise Pangolin. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6950 Updated + Tweaked Updated + Tweaked Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores) Intel DX79SI Intel Sandy DMI2 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB Realtek ALC892 DELL P2210H Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.3.0-996-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.4.0 X Server 1.11.3 radeon 6.14.99 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-177ccd2) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.6 ext4 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB 3.2.0-18-generic (x86_64) 2.1 Mesa 8.0.1 Gallium 0.4 AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz) fglrx 8.95.3 4.2.11566 ATI Radeon HD 5800 1024MB (800/1000MHz) AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz) OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,go --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v System Details - Radeon HD 6570: Updated + Tweaked, Radeon HD 5830: Updated + Tweaked, Radeon HD 5830: Ubuntu 12.04, Radeon HD 6570: Ubuntu 12.04, Radeon HD 6570: Catalyst, Radeon HD 5830: Catalyst, Radeon HD 6950: Catalyst: Compiz was running on this system.
warsow: 1920 x 1080 warsow: 1024 x 768 padman: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - High xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - Low nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Off nexuiz: 1280 x 1024 - No - Off Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6950 Updated + Tweaked Updated + Tweaked Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst 36.13 60.77 61.13 120.13 59.78 122.47 80.13 171.80 32.86 85.66 54.90 82.73 40.70 238.60 115.83 211.32 137.66 225.18 70.50 143.02 53.67 85.13 55.70 197.90 106.98 193.05 128.22 218.24 64.38 162.28 27.60 40.57 146.05 208.60 84.87 164.12 76.11 138.07 49.43 137.41 20.03 29.80 99.07 129.57 42.08 111.03 48.35 109.34 17.24 65.54 135.90 203.30 271.47 295.07 132.03 230.15 159.51 233.77 120.18 154.22 249.43 255.47 274.80 349.40 172.55 230.19 178.61 233.94 194.19 206.25 268.87 220.50 273.53 361.63 177.30 228.83 181.88 233.31 203.18 208.74 OpenBenchmarking.org
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.84, N = 3 36.13 20.03 135.90 54.90 268.87 53.67 27.60 249.43
Warsow Resolution: 1024 x 768 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 30.84, N = 6 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 60.77 29.80 203.30 82.73 220.50 85.13 40.57 255.47
World of Padman Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 11.36, N = 6 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 21.29, N = 6 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 61.13 99.07 271.47 40.70 273.53 55.70 146.05 274.80
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 1.42, N = 3 120.13 129.57 295.07 238.60 361.63 197.90 208.60 349.40
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 5.85, N = 6 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 1.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.36, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 59.78 42.08 132.03 115.83 177.30 106.98 84.87 172.55
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 1.65, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 122.47 111.03 230.15 211.32 228.83 193.05 164.12 230.19
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 80.13 48.35 159.51 137.66 181.88 128.22 76.11 178.61
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 171.80 109.34 233.77 225.18 233.31 218.24 138.07 233.94
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 32.86 17.24 120.18 70.50 203.18 64.38 49.43 194.19
Nexuiz Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Updated + Tweaked Ubuntu 12.04 Catalyst 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 8.42, N = 6 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 21.74, N = 6 SE +/- 1.23, N = 3 SE +/- 15.09, N = 6 SE +/- 16.52, N = 6 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 85.66 65.54 154.22 143.02 208.74 162.28 137.41 206.25
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