Catalyst Windows 8 vs. Ubuntu 13.10 Radeon Gallium3D Radeon HD 4870 benchmarks with Catalyst Legacy driver on Windows 8 Pro versus Ubuntu 13.10 in updated configuration. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 224GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.2 (x86_64) Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-ee421ae) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DH87RL, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection I217-V OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-ee421ae) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 122.92 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 49.29 |=========== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 51.10 |=========== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 103.00 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 48.06 |============= Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 49.11 |============= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 332.20 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 191.28 |================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 188.27 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 150.47 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 89.43 |================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 90.57 |================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 19.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 28.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 10.9 MAX: 28.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 145.33 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 85.67 |================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 86.40 |================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.6 MAX: 22.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.6 MAX: 27.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.6 MAX: 29.0 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 88.43 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 48.17 |=============== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 48.43 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 10.9 MAX: 37.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ MIN: 12.0 AVG: 20.8 MAX: 48.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... MIN: 13.0 AVG: 20.6 MAX: 56.0 Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 93.71 |============== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 151.83 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 179.80 |=========================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 77.35 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 62.47 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 73.99 |=========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 255.98 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 217.18 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 220.29 |======================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 183.53 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 80.25 |============ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 94.31 |============== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 142.51 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 54.81 |========== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 67.05 |============= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 93.67 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 37.42 |=========== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 48.30 |============== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 2776 |============================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 11944 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 4542 |=========== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 4553 |=========== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 899 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 332 |=========== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 540 |================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 157399 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 13670 |== Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 13691 |== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 212 | Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 13480 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 13539 |============================ GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Windows 8 Pro + Catalyst Legacy 13.4 Beta . 638 |= Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 ........ 13417 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 + 3.11 DPM + Mesa 9.2 + SB ... 13544 |============================