AMD Radeon Linux 3.11 DPM - 9-Way Comparison
Various AMD Radeon graphics cards tested on Mesa 9.3.0-devel and Linux 3.11 kernel with Radeon DPM enabled. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Radeon HD 4670
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Radeon HD 4830
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB (575/900MHz).
Radeon HD 4870
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB.
Radeon HD 6450
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz).
Radeon HD 6570
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570 512MB.
Radeon HD 6770
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB.
Radeon HD 6870
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB.
Radeon HD 6950
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB.
Radeon HD 8670D
Changed Memory to 7168MB.
Changed Graphics to MSI AMD Radeon HD 8670D 768MB.
Nexuiz
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.
World of Padman
Unvanquished
Xonotic
GpuTest
Nexuiz
OpenArena
World of Padman
Unvanquished
Xonotic
GpuTest
System Power Consumption Monitor
Nexuiz
OpenArena
World of Padman
Unvanquished
Xonotic
GpuTest
GPU Temperature Monitor
Radeon HD 4670
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 8 August 2013 14:54 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 4830
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB (575/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 9 August 2013 12:10 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 4870
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 8 August 2013 20:31 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6450
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 9 August 2013 09:11 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6570
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 8 August 2013 21:35 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6770
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 8 August 2013 18:30 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6870
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 8 August 2013 19:28 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6950
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 8 August 2013 17:42 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 8670D
Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 8670D 768MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-43076a5) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 8 August 2013 13:24 by user phoronix.