Mesa 8.1-devel R600g Radeon Gallium3D OpenGL Benchmarking of Mesa Gallium3D with R600g driver for Radeon Gallium3D open-source driver spanning the Radeon HD 2000 (R600) through Radeon HD 6000 (Northern Islands / Cayman) graphics processor generations. Comparing performance of Mesa 8.0.4 Git versus Mesa 8.1-devel Git with several ATI/AMD Radeon GPUs on this open-source driver with also Git stack of xf86-video-ati and libdrm Git. Swap buffers wait obviously disabled. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB (750/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 (git-8d0fd58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB (750/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-9ed6530) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 (git-8d0fd58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-9ed6530) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6000 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 (git-8d0fd58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6000 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-9ed6530) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (960/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.4 (git-8d0fd58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (960/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-9ed6530) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 CoreBreach 1.1.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - FSAA: 0 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 123 |============== Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 104 |============ Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 187 |===================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 202 |======================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 170 |=================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 221 |========================= Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 168 |=================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 367 |========================================= Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 21.60 |============ Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 19.33 |=========== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 41.67 |======================= Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 34.60 |=================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 45.87 |========================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 46.17 |========================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 68.87 |======================================= Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 69.23 |======================================= ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 20.05 |======================== Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 30.50 |==================================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 7.00 |======== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 32.97 |======================================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 20.97 |========================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 27.48 |================================= Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 30.52 |==================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 31.63 |===================================== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 33.65 |========= Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 39.40 |=========== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 90.36 |========================= Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 41.29 |============ Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 63.49 |================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 92.56 |========================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 129.49 |==================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 135.46 |====================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 18.00 |========== Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 34.34 |==================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 24.89 |============== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 29.60 |================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 41.22 |======================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 61.39 |=================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 63.51 |==================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 68.54 |======================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 66.90 |================ Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 79.40 |=================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 134.07 |================================= Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 81.62 |==================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 87.50 |===================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 120.77 |============================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 151.97 |===================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 155.43 |====================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 25.83 |================= Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 19.63 |============= Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 49.43 |================================= Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 20.77 |============== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 33.50 |====================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 25.40 |================= Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 58.17 |======================================= Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 30.43 |==================== World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 47.47 |============ Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 89.17 |====================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 57.00 |============== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 93.93 |======================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 50.67 |============ Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 108.45 |========================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 56.10 |============== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 156.33 |====================================== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 19.50 |============ Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 19.87 |============ Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 46.17 |=========================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 32.53 |=================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 36.57 |====================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 39.53 |======================= Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 65.20 |======================================= Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 65.63 |======================================= Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 79.60 |======================== Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 103.77 |================================ Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 124.70 |====================================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 73.60 |====================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 89.23 |=========================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 122.20 |===================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 116.20 |=================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 117.63 |==================================== Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 71.63 |========================= Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 96.50 |================================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 107.40 |====================================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 70.73 |========================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 76.40 |=========================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 108.73 |====================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 101.40 |=================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 105.43 |===================================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 27.33 |=========== Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 24.72 |========== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 98.63 |======================================= Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 57.06 |======================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 21.73 |========= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 19.87 |======== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 55.29 |====================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 24.84 |========== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 78.83 |===================== Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 88.24 |======================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 100.28 |=========================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 87.76 |======================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 92.06 |========================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 125.89 |================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 131.65 |==================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 140.73 |====================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 31.78 |================ Radeon HD 4670: Mesa 8.1-devel . 37.60 |=================== Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 49.61 |========================= Radeon HD 4870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 44.78 |======================= Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 52.38 |========================== Radeon HD 6770: Mesa 8.1-devel . 63.69 |================================ Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.0.4 ..... 74.07 |===================================== Radeon HD 6870: Mesa 8.1-devel . 77.43 |=======================================