Radeon vs. Nouveau Open-Source GPU 2D Performance

2D Nouveau and Radeon Ubuntu Linux desktop performance benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Radeon vs. Nouveau Open-Source GPU 2D PerformanceOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteAMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD ATI RD890 bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 256MB (459/399MHz)NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB (550/399MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz)AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MBAMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MBAMD Radeon HD 6570 512MBRealtek ALC889DELL P2210HIntel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 13.043.8.0-7-generic (x86_64)Xfce 4.10X Server 1.13.2nouveau 1.0.6radeon 7.1.03.1 Mesa 9.2-devel (git-d8d58bd) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.3 (SVN 176002) + LLVM 3.3svnext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon Vs. Nouveau Open-Source GPU 2D Performance BenchmarksSystem Logs- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - EXA

GeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 6570Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%136%172%208%244%cairo-perf-traceGtkPerfQGears2Render Bench

Radeon vs. Nouveau Open-Source GPU 2D Performancegtkperf: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufsgtkperf: GtkComboBoxEntrygtkperf: GtkDrawingArea - Circlesgtkperf: GtkRadioButtongtkperf: GtkToggleButtongtkperf: GtkComboBoxgtkperf: GtkCheckButtoncairo-perf-trace: GNOME Terminal Vimrender-bench: Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m3cairo-perf-trace: Firefox Canvascairo-perf-trace: Popplerqgears2: XRender Extension - Image Scalingqgears2: XRender Extension - Gearsqgears2: XRender Extension - TextGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65707.5827.1017.776.073.8824.793.0330.6921.47110.5213.80328.74153.88140.596.7628.4617.786.113.8825.993.0329.8121.03106.6313.67327.46156.11140.388.9527.8617.959.315.9829.924.6960.9023.05126.1026.16329.29154.79141.226.7929.1237.995.063.5028.242.4516.6921.79104.337.93478.37189.53160.166.7026.3760.465.043.4927.582.4921.2823.31107.348.39487.97188.42154.776.7129.8349.994.963.5528.472.5619.1322.02103.398.11469.00192.38161.90OpenBenchmarking.org

GtkPerf

This test calculates the average frame-rate from several different GTK operations. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - PixbufsGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65703691215SE +/- 0.15, N = 6SE +/- 0.25, N = 6SE +/- 0.21, N = 6SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 37.586.768.956.796.706.711. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntryGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 6570714212835SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 327.1028.4627.8629.1226.3729.831. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - CirclesGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65701428425670SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 317.7717.7817.9537.9960.4649.991. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkRadioButtonGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65703691215SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 36.076.119.315.065.044.961. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkToggleButtonGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65701.34552.6914.03655.3826.7275SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 33.883.885.983.503.493.551. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 6570714212835SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 324.7925.9929.9228.2427.5828.471. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterGtkPerf 0.40GTK Widget: GtkCheckButtonGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65701.05532.11063.16594.22125.2765SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 33.033.034.692.452.492.561. (CC) gcc options: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lfontconfig -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0

cairo-perf-trace

The cairo-perf-trace test is a benchmark bundled with the upstream Cairo package. This test profile tests Cairo's Xlib back-end using a few of the tests from the cairo-traces repository on FreeDesktop.org Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is Bettercairo-perf-trace 1.10.2Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal VimGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65701428425670SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 330.6929.8160.9016.6921.2819.131. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lpthread -lpixman-1 -lfontconfig -lpng12 -lXrender -lX11 -lz -ldl -lrt -lm

Render Bench

This test runs render_bench, which tests the performance of X.Org and the video driver's RENDER extension. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterRender BenchPhoronix Test Suite v4.4.0m3GeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 6570612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 321.4721.0323.0521.7923.3122.021. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lX11 -lXext -lXrender -lImlib2 -lfreetype -lz -ldl

cairo-perf-trace

The cairo-perf-trace test is a benchmark bundled with the upstream Cairo package. This test profile tests Cairo's Xlib back-end using a few of the tests from the cairo-traces repository on FreeDesktop.org Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is Bettercairo-perf-trace 1.10.2Cairo Trace: Firefox CanvasGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 6570306090120150SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3110.52106.63126.10104.33107.34103.391. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lpthread -lpixman-1 -lfontconfig -lpng12 -lXrender -lX11 -lz -ldl -lrt -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is Bettercairo-perf-trace 1.10.2Cairo Trace: PopplerGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 6570612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 313.8013.6726.167.938.398.111. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lpthread -lpixman-1 -lfontconfig -lpng12 -lXrender -lX11 -lz -ldl -lrt -lm

QGears2

This test runs qgears2, which is a test written by Zack Rusin and is based upon cairogears. This test can see how well different rendering backends perform and uses Qt4. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image ScalingGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 6570110220330440550SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 3.48, N = 3SE +/- 2.36, N = 3SE +/- 9.60, N = 6328.74327.46329.29478.37487.97469.001. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: GearsGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65704080120160200SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 1.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3153.88156.11154.79189.53188.42192.381. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: TextGeForce 8500GTGeForce 9500GTGeForce GT 520Radeon HD 4670Radeon HD 6450Radeon HD 65704080120160200SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 1.61, N = 3SE +/- 2.31, N = 3140.59140.38141.22160.16154.77161.901. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread