Mesa 9.2 Radeon R600 Comparison (RV770)
Benchmarking an ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics card (RV77O) under Ubuntu Linux with several different releases of the Mesa OpenGL Gallium3D library. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2 (git-1bdf31e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 (git-a8ff9a4) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.3 (git-3d80d54) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.2 (git-c3eb301) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-639d0f7) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.3svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 135.83 |==============================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 136.11 |==============================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 174.33 |=======================================
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 176.11 |=======================================
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 187.68 |==========================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 57.40 |======================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 57.08 |======================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 64.49 |===========================================
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 53.85 |====================================
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 56.81 |======================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 214.57 |==========================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 144.83 |============================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 153.30 |==============================
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 155.27 |==============================
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 179.07 |===================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 60.47 |==================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 60.13 |==================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 25.37 |==============
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 25.57 |===============
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 75.40 |===========================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 191.50 |======================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 195.13 |======================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 208.33 |=========================================
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 212.07 |==========================================
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 213.20 |==========================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 51.93 |===================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 51.83 |===================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 63.87 |===========================================
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 59.53 |========================================
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 59.43 |========================================


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 62.40 |======================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 67.60 |=========================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 68.03 |=========================================
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 67.57 |=========================================
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 71.07 |===========================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 204.30 |=========================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 203.18 |========================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 203.70 |========================================
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 205.62 |=========================================
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 211.42 |==========================================


Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e .... 82.95 |======================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 ..... 81.51 |======================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-3d80d54 ..... 89.91 |==========================================
Mesa 9.1.2 git-c3eb301 ..... 89.58 |==========================================
Mesa 9.2-devel git-639d0f7 . 92.69 |===========================================