Linux 3.12 Mesa 9.3 Radeon AMD Comparison
Testing 11 different ATI/AMD Radeon graphics cards under Linux with the Linux 3.12 Git kernel and R600 and RadeonSI Gallium3D graphics drivers on Ubuntu 13.10 Linux. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Radeon HD 4550
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 512MB (600/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Radeon HD 4830
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB (575/900MHz).
Radeon HD 4850
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB (625/993MHz).
Radeon HD 4890
Changed Graphics to ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz).
Radeon HD 5450
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350 512MB (650/400MHz).
Radeon HD 5830
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB (800/1000MHz).
Radeon HD 6450
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz).
Radeon HD 6570
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz).
Radeon HD 6770
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB (850/1200MHz).
Radeon HD 6950
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz).
Radeon HD 7850
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
GpuTest
Xonotic
Urban Terror
Unvanquished
Unigine Tropics
Unigine Sanctuary
Quake 4
This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Quake 4 game from id Software. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Prey
This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Prey retail game from 3D Realms. This test requires a valid game key and game files found on the retail CD/DVD. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
World of Padman
OpenArena
Nexuiz
Doom 3
Radeon HD 4550
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 512MB (600/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 18 September 2013 10:09 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 4830
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB (575/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 17 September 2013 17:49 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 4850
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB (625/993MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 18 September 2013 07:42 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 4890
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 17 September 2013 22:12 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 5450
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350 512MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 18 September 2013 17:22 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 5830
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB (800/1000MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 17 September 2013 19:18 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6450
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 17 September 2013 14:59 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6570
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB (650/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 17 September 2013 11:01 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6770
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 17 September 2013 20:40 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 6950
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 17 September 2013 13:26 by user phoronix.
Radeon HD 7850
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc1-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-a1b6e69 raring-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 18 September 2013 14:25 by user phoronix.