AMD Radeon Linux 3.7 + Mesa 9.1-devel Comparison AMD FX-8350 system with benchmarking a dozen different AMD Radeon graphics cards under Linux using stock Ubuntu 12.10 with Mesa 9.1-devel + Linux 3.7 Git code. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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AMD Radeon Linux 3.7 + Mesa 9.1-devel Comparison Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Radeon X1800XL Radeon X1800XT Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) ASUS Crosshair V Formula AMD ATI RD890 bridge 8192MB 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 AMD Radeon X1800 256MB Realtek ALC889 DELL P2210H Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.10 3.7.0-rc6-phoronix+ (x86_64) Unity 6.10.0 X Server 1.13.0 radeon 7.0.99 2.1 Mesa 9.1-devel (git-cff4c94) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 ext4 1920x1080 AMD Radeon HD 4550 512MB AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB AMD Radeon HD 4800 512MB AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB AMD Radeon HD 5450/6350 512MB AMD Radeon HD 5700 1024MB AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Radeon X1800XL, Radeon X1800XT, Radeon HD 4550, Radeon HD 4830, Radeon HD 5770, Radeon HD 5830, Radeon HD 6450, Radeon HD 6570, Radeon HD 6950: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --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 Graphics Details - Radeon X1800XL, Radeon X1800XT, Radeon HD 4550, Radeon HD 4830, Radeon HD 5770, Radeon HD 5830, Radeon HD 6450, Radeon HD 6570, Radeon HD 6950: EXA System Details - Radeon X1800XL, Radeon X1800XT, Radeon HD 4550, Radeon HD 4830, Radeon HD 5770, Radeon HD 5830, Radeon HD 6450, Radeon HD 6570, Radeon HD 6950: Compiz was running on this system.
AMD Radeon Linux 3.7 + Mesa 9.1-devel Comparison vdrift: 1920 x 1080 nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - On openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low warsow: 1280 x 1024 warsow: 1920 x 1080 padman: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - Low urbanterror: 1920 x 1080 Radeon X1800XL Radeon X1800XT Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 6950 57.72 7.63 74.30 26.60 60.16 11.90 11.93 72.80 112.87 75.17 70.99 7.90 92.17 34.93 71.92 12.40 12.43 82.77 120.73 80.37 32.29 17.66 47.13 10.20 46.40 14.27 13.83 53.77 76.18 51.90 69.04 38.40 87.43 16.10 100.46 26.03 27.05 103.23 119.88 82.00 95.08 51.26 103.70 21.37 114.23 36.47 37.33 115.83 126.07 88.27 121.20 59.05 119.93 23.87 121.66 48.20 50.60 121.83 131.04 88.80 14.93 11.52 25.30 6.50 24.18 12.07 11.83 29.17 42.50 28.03 132.73 60.71 133.73 24.47 123.74 62.93 60.52 117.63 130.98 89.73 134.40 65.13 135.33 25.53 123.68 61.93 62.22 114.07 130.88 87.83 24.64 18.14 40.30 9.60 39.40 15.93 15.93 47.03 67.88 45 106.33 52.15 112.60 19.93 116.80 41.10 41.60 115.33 129.17 87.77 140.59 67.09 146.77 24.53 128.71 52.72 50.60 115.97 141.09 92.00 OpenBenchmarking.org
VDrift Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon X1800XT Radeon HD 4670 Radeon X1800XL Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 5450 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 1.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 140.59 134.40 132.73 121.20 106.33 95.08 70.99 69.67 57.72 32.29 24.64 14.93 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pthread -lSDL -lGLU -lGLEW -lpthread -lSDL_image -lSDL_gfx -lvorbisfile -lvdriftbullet
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 5450 Radeon X1800XT Radeon X1800XL 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 3.90, N = 6 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 6 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 67.09 65.13 60.71 59.05 52.15 51.26 38.82 18.14 17.66 11.52 7.90 7.63
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon X1800XT Radeon HD 4670 Radeon X1800XL Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 5450 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 146.77 135.33 133.73 119.93 112.60 103.70 92.17 88.30 74.30 47.13 40.30 25.30
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon X1800XT Radeon X1800XL Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 5450 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 34.93 26.60 25.53 24.53 24.47 23.87 21.37 19.93 16.23 10.20 9.60 6.50
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon X1800XT Radeon X1800XL Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 5450 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.75, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 128.71 123.74 123.68 121.66 116.80 114.23 103.33 71.92 60.16 46.40 39.40 24.18
Warsow Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 Radeon X1800XT Radeon HD 5450 Radeon X1800XL 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.39, N = 6 SE +/- 0.81, N = 6 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 5 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 62.93 61.93 52.72 48.20 41.10 36.47 26.60 15.93 14.27 12.40 12.07 11.90
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 4550 Radeon X1800XT Radeon X1800XL Radeon HD 5450 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 2.79, N = 6 SE +/- 1.37, N = 6 SE +/- 2.94, N = 6 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.68, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 4 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 62.22 60.52 50.60 50.60 41.60 37.33 27.05 15.93 13.83 12.43 11.93 11.83
World of Padman Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon X1800XT Radeon X1800XL Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 5450 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.35, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 1.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 121.83 117.63 115.97 115.83 115.33 114.07 103.23 82.77 72.80 53.77 47.03 29.17
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon X1800XT Radeon HD 4670 Radeon X1800XL Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 5450 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.49, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 141.09 131.04 130.98 130.88 129.17 126.07 120.73 119.88 112.87 76.18 67.88 42.50
Urban Terror Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Radeon HD 6950 Radeon HD 5770 Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 4830 Radeon HD 5830 Radeon HD 6570 Radeon HD 4670 Radeon X1800XT Radeon X1800XL Radeon HD 4550 Radeon HD 6450 Radeon HD 5450 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.59, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.71, N = 3 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 92.00 89.73 88.80 88.27 87.83 87.77 83.37 80.37 75.17 51.90 45.00 28.03
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