Radeon Gallium3D R600 MSAA AMD Radeon R600 Gallium3D MSAA benchmarks when using GALLIUM_MSAA environment variable. AMD Radeon HD 4890, HD 6450, and HD 6870 graphics cards used for benchmarking. MSAA Gallium3D tests by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article. HD 4890: No MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 4890: 2x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 4890: 4x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 4890: 6x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 4890: 8x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6450: No MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6450: 2x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6450: 4x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6450: 6x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6450: 8x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6870: No MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6870: 2x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6870: 4x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6870: 6x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6870: 8x MSAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNH12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, 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 1.14.2.901 (1.14.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-2924b5f) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 4890: No MSAA . 347.08 |================================== HD 4890: 2x MSAA . 226.43 |====================== HD 4890: 4x MSAA . 227.73 |====================== HD 4890: 6x MSAA . 201.23 |=================== HD 4890: 8x MSAA . 193.63 |=================== HD 6450: No MSAA . 67.50 |======= HD 6450: 2x MSAA . 52.03 |===== HD 6450: 4x MSAA . 49.13 |===== HD 6450: 6x MSAA . 42.50 |==== HD 6450: 8x MSAA . 42.53 |==== HD 6870: No MSAA . 538.60 |==================================================== HD 6870: 2x MSAA . 449.67 |=========================================== HD 6870: 4x MSAA . 448.93 |=========================================== HD 6870: 6x MSAA . 380.97 |===================================== HD 6870: 8x MSAA . 388.37 |===================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 4890: No MSAA . 89.73 |============================ HD 4890: 2x MSAA . 52.60 |================ HD 4890: 4x MSAA . 49.03 |=============== HD 4890: 6x MSAA . 43.17 |============= HD 4890: 8x MSAA . 43.33 |============= HD 6450: No MSAA . 15.70 |===== HD 6450: 2x MSAA . 11.00 |=== HD 6450: 4x MSAA . 10.20 |=== HD 6450: 6x MSAA . 9.00 |=== HD 6450: 8x MSAA . 9.00 |=== HD 6870: No MSAA . 168.47 |==================================================== HD 6870: 2x MSAA . 121.53 |====================================== HD 6870: 4x MSAA . 113.83 |=================================== HD 6870: 6x MSAA . 100.40 |=============================== HD 6870: 8x MSAA . 100.17 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 4890: No MSAA . MIN: 6 AVG: 11 MAX: 24 HD 4890: 2x MSAA . MIN: 12 AVG: 19 MAX: 27 HD 4890: 4x MSAA . MIN: 13 AVG: 20 MAX: 31 HD 4890: 6x MSAA . MIN: 13 AVG: 23 MAX: 32 HD 4890: 8x MSAA . MIN: 13 AVG: 23 MAX: 32 HD 6450: No MSAA . MIN: 41 AVG: 64 MAX: 96 HD 6450: 2x MSAA . MIN: 43 AVG: 88 MAX: 99 HD 6450: 4x MSAA . MIN: 51 AVG: 91 MAX: 99 HD 6450: 6x MSAA . MIN: 51 AVG: 89 MAX: 99 HD 6450: 8x MSAA . MIN: 62 AVG: 89 MAX: 99 HD 6870: No MSAA . MIN: 1 AVG: 6 MAX: 23 HD 6870: 2x MSAA . MIN: 3 AVG: 8 MAX: 28 HD 6870: 4x MSAA . MIN: 2 AVG: 9 MAX: 27 HD 6870: 6x MSAA . MIN: 4 AVG: 10 MAX: 25 HD 6870: 8x MSAA . MIN: 2 AVG: 10 MAX: 29 World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 4890: No MSAA . 453.47 |=============================================== HD 4890: 2x MSAA . 352.60 |===================================== HD 4890: 4x MSAA . 357.43 |===================================== HD 4890: 6x MSAA . 311.70 |================================ HD 4890: 8x MSAA . 312.07 |================================ HD 6450: No MSAA . 82.80 |========= HD 6450: 2x MSAA . 62.63 |====== HD 6450: 4x MSAA . 59.40 |====== HD 6450: 6x MSAA . 51.90 |===== HD 6450: 8x MSAA . 51.90 |===== HD 6870: No MSAA . 499.10 |==================================================== HD 6870: 2x MSAA . 501.07 |==================================================== HD 6870: 4x MSAA . 493.00 |=================================================== HD 6870: 6x MSAA . 487.47 |=================================================== HD 6870: 8x MSAA . 485.00 |================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 4890: No MSAA . 161.30 |==================================================== HD 4890: 2x MSAA . 155.00 |================================================== HD 4890: 4x MSAA . 155.30 |================================================== HD 4890: 6x MSAA . 155.60 |================================================== HD 4890: 8x MSAA . 153.73 |================================================== HD 6450: No MSAA . 79.38 |========================== HD 6450: 2x MSAA . 59.17 |=================== HD 6450: 4x MSAA . 55.40 |================== HD 6450: 6x MSAA . 47.80 |=============== HD 6450: 8x MSAA . 47.80 |=============== HD 6870: No MSAA . 160.87 |==================================================== HD 6870: 2x MSAA . 159.30 |=================================================== HD 6870: 4x MSAA . 160.80 |==================================================== HD 6870: 6x MSAA . 158.67 |=================================================== HD 6870: 8x MSAA . 158.27 |=================================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 4890: No MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.1 MAX: 15.0 HD 4890: 2x MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.5 MAX: 16.0 HD 4890: 4x MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 15.0 HD 4890: 6x MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 16.0 HD 4890: 8x MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.4 MAX: 16.0 HD 6450: No MSAA . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 12.8 MAX: 25.0 HD 6450: 2x MSAA . MIN: 7.0 AVG: 16.9 MAX: 31.0 HD 6450: 4x MSAA . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 18.0 MAX: 35.0 HD 6450: 6x MSAA . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 20.9 MAX: 43.0 HD 6450: 8x MSAA . MIN: 8.0 AVG: 20.9 MAX: 44.0 HD 6870: No MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 15.0 HD 6870: 2x MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 15.0 HD 6870: 4x MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 15.0 HD 6870: 6x MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 16.0 HD 6870: 8x MSAA . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 15.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 4890: No MSAA . 333.24 |================================================ HD 4890: 2x MSAA . 239.72 |=================================== HD 4890: 4x MSAA . 232.64 |================================== HD 4890: 6x MSAA . 199.00 |============================= HD 4890: 8x MSAA . 197.13 |============================= HD 6450: No MSAA . 82.74 |============ HD 6450: 2x MSAA . 64.77 |========= HD 6450: 4x MSAA . 61.96 |========= HD 6450: 6x MSAA . 56.40 |======== HD 6450: 8x MSAA . 56.41 |======== HD 6870: No MSAA . 358.02 |==================================================== HD 6870: 2x MSAA . 352.17 |=================================================== HD 6870: 4x MSAA . 351.39 |=================================================== HD 6870: 6x MSAA . 349.87 |=================================================== HD 6870: 8x MSAA . 351.15 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 4890: No MSAA . 125.39 |=============================== HD 4890: 2x MSAA . 95.76 |======================== HD 4890: 4x MSAA . 89.71 |====================== HD 4890: 6x MSAA . 83.62 |===================== HD 4890: 8x MSAA . 84.08 |===================== HD 6450: No MSAA . 34.00 |======== HD 6450: 2x MSAA . 22.30 |===== HD 6450: 4x MSAA . 21.41 |===== HD 6450: 6x MSAA . 19.83 |===== HD 6450: 8x MSAA . 19.84 |===== HD 6870: No MSAA . 210.93 |==================================================== HD 6870: 2x MSAA . 193.14 |================================================ HD 6870: 4x MSAA . 185.73 |============================================== HD 6870: 6x MSAA . 177.35 |============================================ HD 6870: 8x MSAA . 178.92 |============================================