Open-Source RadeonSI Gallium3D vs. Nouveau Fermi/Kepler

Intel Core i7-4770K testing with Radeon HD 7000 series "Southern islands" graphics cards on open-source RadeonSI driver found in Fedora 19 compared to the NVIDIA GeForce 400/500/600 Fermi and Kepler series running on the Fedora 19 Nouveau driver. Benchmarking by Michael larabel of phoronix...

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Radeon HD 7850
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Radeon HD 7950
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June 28 2013
 
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Radeon HD 7850

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Radeon HD 7950

Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB.

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic

GeForce GTX 460

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz).

GeForce GTX 680

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB.

Open-Source RadeonSI Gallium3D vs. Nouveau Fermi/KeplerOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Intel DH87RLIntel Haswell DRAM16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MBAMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MBRealtek ALC892VA2431Intel Connection I217-VFedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat)3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64)KDE 4.10.4X Server 1.14.1radeon 7.1.99nouveau 1.0.72.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.43.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.1 20130603ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOpen-Source RadeonSI Gallium3D Vs. Nouveau Fermi/Kepler BenchmarksSystem Logs- Radeon HD 7850: GLAMOR- Radeon HD 7950: GLAMOR- GeForce GTX 460: EXA- GeForce GTX 550 Ti: EXA- GeForce GTX 680: EXA- SELinux: Enabled.- Radeon HD 7950: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic

Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 680Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%209%318%427%536%OpenArenaXonoticNexuizXonoticOpenArenaReaction Quake 3Xonotic1920 x 10801920 x 1080 - Ultra1920 x 1080 - Yes - Off1920 x 1080 - High1920 x 10801920 x 10801920 x 1080 - Low

Open-Source RadeonSI Gallium3D vs. Nouveau Fermi/Keplernexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Offopenarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080reaction: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - UltraRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 68019.9748.1010.2020.5748.2424.9730.0437.8581.6015.7042.3385.6944.1551.848.11319.1014.8031.9715.0211.6321.1776.2028.1038.1079.8838.3632.3030.36122.8048.7756.43119.8762.7356.24OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 680918273645SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 319.9737.858.1121.1730.36MIN: 12 / MAX: 32MIN: 24 / MAX: 59MIN: 5 / MAX: 12MIN: 13 / MAX: 32MIN: 19 / MAX: 50
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 680816243240Min: 19.97 / Avg: 19.97 / Max: 19.97Min: 37.8 / Avg: 37.85 / Max: 37.89Min: 8.1 / Avg: 8.11 / Max: 8.11Min: 21.16 / Avg: 21.17 / Max: 21.18Min: 30.15 / Avg: 30.36 / Max: 30.59

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 680306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 348.1081.6031.0076.20122.80
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 68020406080100Min: 48 / Avg: 48.1 / Max: 48.2Min: 80.9 / Avg: 81.6 / Max: 82.5Min: 31 / Avg: 31 / Max: 31Min: 76.2 / Avg: 76.2 / Max: 76.2Min: 122.6 / Avg: 122.8 / Max: 123

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 6801122334455SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 310.2015.709.1028.1048.77MIN: 1 / MAX: 264MIN: 2 / MAX: 170MAX: 162MIN: 15 / MAX: 69MIN: 4 / MAX: 49
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 6801020304050Min: 10.2 / Avg: 10.2 / Max: 10.2Min: 15.7 / Avg: 15.7 / Max: 15.7Min: 9.1 / Avg: 9.1 / Max: 9.1Min: 28.1 / Avg: 28.1 / Max: 28.1Min: 48.6 / Avg: 48.77 / Max: 49

Reaction Quake 3

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 6801326395265SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 320.5742.3314.8038.1056.43MIN: 20.5 / MAX: 20.6MIN: 42.1 / MAX: 42.6MIN: 56.4 / MAX: 56.5
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterReaction Quake 3 1.0 BetaResolution: 1920 x 1080Radeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 6801122334455Min: 20.5 / Avg: 20.57 / Max: 20.6Min: 42.1 / Avg: 42.33 / Max: 42.6Min: 14.8 / Avg: 14.8 / Max: 14.8Min: 38.1 / Avg: 38.1 / Max: 38.1Min: 56.4 / Avg: 56.43 / Max: 56.5

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 680306090120150SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 348.2485.6931.9779.88119.87MIN: 22 / MAX: 65MIN: 37 / MAX: 132MIN: 18 / MAX: 42MIN: 48 / MAX: 110MIN: 68 / MAX: 167
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 68020406080100Min: 48.19 / Avg: 48.24 / Max: 48.28Min: 85.62 / Avg: 85.69 / Max: 85.74Min: 31.96 / Avg: 31.97 / Max: 31.98Min: 79.65 / Avg: 79.88 / Max: 80.19Min: 119.38 / Avg: 119.87 / Max: 120.26

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 6801428425670SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 324.9744.1515.0238.3662.73MIN: 11 / MAX: 37MIN: 19 / MAX: 62MIN: 8 / MAX: 19MIN: 22 / MAX: 52MIN: 35 / MAX: 83
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 6801224364860Min: 24.96 / Avg: 24.97 / Max: 24.98Min: 44.11 / Avg: 44.15 / Max: 44.21Min: 15.02 / Avg: 15.02 / Max: 15.02Min: 38.36 / Avg: 38.36 / Max: 38.36Min: 62.64 / Avg: 62.73 / Max: 62.82

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 6801326395265SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 330.0451.8411.6332.3056.24MIN: 12 / MAX: 43MIN: 20 / MAX: 72MIN: 6 / MAX: 16MIN: 17 / MAX: 47MIN: 30 / MAX: 80
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon HD 7850Radeon HD 7950GeForce GTX 460GeForce GTX 550 TiGeForce GTX 6801122334455Min: 29.94 / Avg: 30.04 / Max: 30.15Min: 51.77 / Avg: 51.84 / Max: 51.96Min: 11.62 / Avg: 11.63 / Max: 11.63Min: 32.27 / Avg: 32.3 / Max: 32.32Min: 56.2 / Avg: 56.24 / Max: 56.32

Radeon HD 7850

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 27 June 2013 17:49 by user phoronix.

Radeon HD 7950

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7950 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-redhat-linux --disable-dssi --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-initfini-array --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-maintainer-mode --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada,go,lto --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch_32=i686 --with-cloog=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/cloog-install --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-isl=/builddir/build/BUILD/gcc-4.8.1-20130603/obj-x86_64-redhat-linux/isl-install --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --with-tune=generic
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 27 June 2013 16:51 by user phoronix.

GeForce GTX 460

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (50/135MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 June 2013 11:43 by user phoronix.

GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 June 2013 15:11 by user phoronix.

GeForce GTX 680

Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection I217-V

OS: Fedora 19 (Schrdingers Cat), Kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.7, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: SELinux: Enabled.

Testing initiated at 28 June 2013 14:30 by user phoronix.