Mesa 9.2 R600 Gallium3D Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-3960X with an ATI Radeon HD 4650 (R700 generation) graphics card. Benchmarking of Mesa 9.2 Git compared to earlier Mesa release Git branches of Mesa 9.1.4, 9.0.3, 8.0.5, and 7.11.2. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 25.50GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD [AMD/ATI] RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2 (git-1bdf31e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 25.50GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD [AMD/ATI] RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 (git-a8ff9a4) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 25.50GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD [AMD/ATI] RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0.3 (git-ba73bea) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 25.50GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD [AMD/ATI] RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 (git-cda92f5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 25.50GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ VERTEX, Graphics: AMD [AMD/ATI] RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-1415a18) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 118.50 |====================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 118.03 |====================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 130.42 |=======================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 124.47 |======================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 148.97 |=============================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 27.23 |==================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 27.37 |==================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 17.73 |======================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 17.73 |======================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 37.33 |==============================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 128.90 |===============================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 130.37 |===============================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 157.27 |======================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 159.00 |======================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 187.90 |=============================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 86.60  |==================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 85.47  |==================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 107.40 |==========================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 108.20 |==========================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 114.77 |=============================================


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 28.92 |==================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 29.77 |====================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 35.60 |==========================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 35.57 |==========================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 38.57 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 127.94 |==================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 136.62 |====================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 145.42 |======================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 146.84 |=======================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 171.49 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 43.46 |======================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 45.95 |========================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 51.27 |=============================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 51.11 |=============================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 52.55 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 29.92 |============================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 8.77  |=============
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 31.06 |==============================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 31.04 |==============================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 29.62 |============================================


CoreBreach 1.1.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - FSAA: 0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 180 |===============================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 167 |=============================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 194 |=================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 194 |=================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 279 |================================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 7.11.2 git-1bdf31e . 63.47 |==============================================
Mesa 8.0.5 git-a8ff9a4 .. 62.83 |==============================================
Mesa 9.0.3 git-ba73bea .. 60.47 |============================================
Mesa 9.1.4 git-cda92f5 .. 56.87 |=========================================
Mesa 9.2.0 git-1415a18 .. 58.60 |==========================================