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.
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AMD Radeon Linux 3.5 Kernel Performance,
"Doom 3 1.3.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 5750: Linux 3.2",26.9,27.3,27.4
"HD 5750: Linux 3.4",26.8,27.6,27.6
"HD 5750: Linux 3.5",35.5,36.5,36.5
"HD 5830: Linux 3.2",44,44.5,45
"HD 5830: Linux 3.4",42.6,44.7,44.6
"HD 5830: Linux 3.5",53.5,54.4,54.3
"HD 6450: Linux 3.2",10.2,10.4,10.4
"HD 6450: Linux 3.4",10.2,10.4,10.4
"HD 6450: Linux 3.5",10.4,10.6,10.6
"HD 6770: Linux 3.2",30.2,30.8,30.8
"HD 6770: Linux 3.4",31.3,30.9,30.9
"HD 6770: Linux 3.5",39.5,39.8,39.8
"HD 6870: Linux 3.2",48.6,50.2,50
"HD 6870: Linux 3.4",47.8,50.3,50.6
"HD 6870: Linux 3.5",77.3,67.1,66.9,67.3,68.2,64.6
"Lightsmark 2008 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 5750: Linux 3.2",60.3,60.25,60.12
"HD 5750: Linux 3.4",61.28,61.43,61.35
"HD 5750: Linux 3.5",70.82,77.86,77.3,77.1,77.5,76.66
"HD 5830: Linux 3.2",93.08,92.37,92.77
"HD 5830: Linux 3.4",91.46,92.28,91.02
"HD 5830: Linux 3.5",92.59,94.55,93.65
"HD 6450: Linux 3.2",20.44,20.36,20.55
"HD 6450: Linux 3.4",20.66,20.78,20.69
"HD 6450: Linux 3.5",21.41,21.45,21.38
"HD 6770: Linux 3.2",67.45,67.77,67.49
"HD 6770: Linux 3.4",68.83,69.06,49.63,68.41,68.59,68.86
"HD 6770: Linux 3.5",80.56,82.16,81.14
"HD 6870: Linux 3.2",98.11,98.62,97.62
"HD 6870: Linux 3.4",98.22,98.15,98.79
"HD 6870: Linux 3.5",130.96,131.58,107.65,132.28,133.44,131.25
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 5750: Linux 3.2",45.4064298,45.6533367,45.5089243
"HD 5750: Linux 3.4",46.5223681,46.1771952,46.2909901
"HD 5750: Linux 3.5",53.1194614,53.2626247,53.7112668
"HD 5830: Linux 3.2",60.358028,60.7440939,61.1098286
"HD 5830: Linux 3.4",60.914286,60.4589584,60.7993572
"HD 5830: Linux 3.5",61.895176,61.146959,60.8917729
"HD 6450: Linux 3.2",16.4860859,16.5056649,16.5127197
"HD 6450: Linux 3.4",16.6294962,16.6251321,16.6447076
"HD 6450: Linux 3.5",17.0568586,17.0164,17.021229
"HD 6770: Linux 3.2",49.549699,49.1253238,49.6959953
"HD 6770: Linux 3.4",50.8286628,50.9509801,50.5780344
"HD 6770: Linux 3.5",56.4076069,56.5025308,56.1779317
"HD 6870: Linux 3.2",62.9965377,63.4320847,63.7517492
"HD 6870: Linux 3.4",30.5144473,63.6052004,63.7934539,64.0593526,30.6038884,64.0179419
"HD 6870: Linux 3.5",77.2615777,76.4052913,59.8815685,76.5657991,76.4945864,75.8904763
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 5750: Linux 3.2",74.4,74.6,74.8
"HD 5750: Linux 3.4",74.6,74.6,74.7
"HD 5750: Linux 3.5",96.9,97.2,97.6
"HD 5830: Linux 3.2",110.7,111,111.2
"HD 5830: Linux 3.4",110,109.1,110
"HD 5830: Linux 3.5",111.9,111.6,111
"HD 6450: Linux 3.2",36,36,36
"HD 6450: Linux 3.4",36.1,36.2,36.1
"HD 6450: Linux 3.5",36.2,36.3,36.3
"HD 6770: Linux 3.2",81.9,81.9,81.9
"HD 6770: Linux 3.4",82,82.1,82.7
"HD 6770: Linux 3.5",103.4,102.9,102.7
"HD 6870: Linux 3.2",117.8,118.7,117.8
"HD 6870: Linux 3.4",118.4,118.6,118.3
"HD 6870: Linux 3.5",156.9,158.1,157.8
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 5750: Linux 3.2",28.6,28.7,28.7
"HD 5750: Linux 3.4",28.9,28.9,28.9
"HD 5750: Linux 3.5",38,37.9,38
"HD 5830: Linux 3.2",42.4,42.5,42.5
"HD 5830: Linux 3.4",42.6,42.6,42.6
"HD 5830: Linux 3.5",42.9,42.8,42.9
"HD 6450: Linux 3.2",12.2,12.2,12.2
"HD 6450: Linux 3.4",12.2,12.2,12.2
"HD 6450: Linux 3.5",12.2,12.2,12.2
"HD 6770: Linux 3.2",32.4,32.4,32.4
"HD 6770: Linux 3.4",32.6,32.6,32.6
"HD 6770: Linux 3.5",39.9,39.9,39.9
"HD 6870: Linux 3.2",47.9,47.9,48
"HD 6870: Linux 3.4",48.2,48.2,48.5
"HD 6870: Linux 3.5",60.9,60.8,60.9
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 5750: Linux 3.2",86.3764258,86.7329314,86.4642184
"HD 5750: Linux 3.4",86.0241717,85.6875066,85.0382299
"HD 5750: Linux 3.5",103.5038149,105.520801,105.0330036
"HD 5830: Linux 3.2",116.4328493,114.0617694,115.8466218
"HD 5830: Linux 3.4",113.8938562,109.7693385,108.9691728
"HD 5830: Linux 3.5",129.7441322,130.8866785,127.3467935
"HD 6450: Linux 3.2",42.2647956,42.2186709,42.3244012
"HD 6450: Linux 3.4",42.5544853,42.5837766,42.5628014
"HD 6450: Linux 3.5",42.8289546,42.7672066,42.7791313
"HD 6770: Linux 3.2",93.7943724,93.4027372,93.4924637
"HD 6770: Linux 3.4",94.1063285,93.471142,91.9859857
"HD 6770: Linux 3.5",109.1239852,109.3393557,107.2617927
"HD 6870: Linux 3.2",120.195512,118.3271508,119.4707876
"HD 6870: Linux 3.4",119.2588412,118.5213024,114.0852491
"HD 6870: Linux 3.5",141.3539036,143.2555325,142.1938878
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 5750: Linux 3.2",47.6457017,47.6253946,47.6085841
"HD 5750: Linux 3.4",47.7110092,47.7649073,47.6765965
"HD 5750: Linux 3.5",55.3105501,55.583339,55.5103661
"HD 5830: Linux 3.2",61.6876761,61.7590439,61.8595069
"HD 5830: Linux 3.4",61.9688117,61.8756087,61.7515137
"HD 5830: Linux 3.5",69.5448577,69.6585169,69.6019811
"HD 6450: Linux 3.2",19.6412666,19.6651161,19.6470426
"HD 6450: Linux 3.4",19.7740357,19.7749877,19.7701812
"HD 6450: Linux 3.5",19.8614352,20.0594329,19.837716
"HD 6770: Linux 3.2",51.5769062,51.6180924,51.6299923
"HD 6770: Linux 3.4",51.5965487,51.624713,51.66071
"HD 6770: Linux 3.5",58.113133,58.1610398,58.1330653
"HD 6870: Linux 3.2",65.5269083,65.3757085,65.2397531
"HD 6870: Linux 3.4",65.5810583,65.8408342,65.8226331
"HD 6870: Linux 3.5",78.4815582,78.0386017,78.5585218