AMD Radeon Linux 3.5 Kernel Performance

Benchmarks of the AMD Radeon HD 5750, Radeon HD 5830, Radeon HD 6450, Radeon HD 6770, and Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards using the open-source Linux graphics driver. Using Mesa 8.1-devel, xf86-video-ati, libdrm Git as of 6 June 2012. Comparing the performance of the Linux 3.2, Linux 3.4, and Linux 3.5 development (Git as of 6 June) kernels to look at the Evergreen/Northern-Islands performance improvements in the Linux 3.5 Radeon DRM. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Swap buffers wait was disabled but the rest of the Radeon Linux driver options were stock.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1206073-SU-AMDRADEON47
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HD 5750: Linux 3.2
June 06 2012
 
HD 5750: Linux 3.4
June 06 2012
 
HD 5750: Linux 3.5
June 07 2012
 
HD 5830: Linux 3.2
June 06 2012
 
HD 5830: Linux 3.4
June 06 2012
 
HD 5830: Linux 3.5
June 06 2012
 
HD 6450: Linux 3.2
June 06 2012
 
HD 6450: Linux 3.4
June 06 2012
 
HD 6450: Linux 3.5
June 06 2012
 
HD 6770: Linux 3.2
June 06 2012
 
HD 6770: Linux 3.4
June 06 2012
 
HD 6770: Linux 3.5
June 06 2012
 
HD 6870: Linux 3.2
June 06 2012
 
HD 6870: Linux 3.4
June 06 2012
 
HD 6870: Linux 3.5
June 06 2012
 
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