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Intel Core i7-4960X with AMD Radeon HD 4870 benchmarks on Ubuntu 13.10. Benchmarking Linux 3.7 through Linux 3.12 Git kernels looking at Radeon DRM performance. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Linux 3.12 Git:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
Linux 3.11:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-031100-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
Linux 3.10:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-031000-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
Linux 3.9:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.9.0-030900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
Linux 3.8:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.8.0-030800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
Linux 3.7:
Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v2/Core, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: AL2223W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-030700-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.1, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.3.0-devel (git-e166a58) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + LLVM 3.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
radeon hd 6850:
Processor: AMD Phenom 9850 @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A79 Deluxe, Chipset: AMD RD790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250410AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160827AS + 160GB Western Digital WD1600BEVS-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6850 1024MB (775/1000MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SMT22A350, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168
OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.12.0-rc5 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-453ea2d) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130725 + Clang 3.4 (SVN 192600) + LLVM 3.4svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 110.07 |====================================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 101.37 |================================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 108.13 |===================================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 96.12 |=============================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 108.09 |===================================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 78.55 |=====================================
radeon hd 6850 . 114.12 |======================================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 362.83 |======================================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 193.67 |=============================
Linux 3.10 ..... 202.90 |==============================
Linux 3.9 ...... 201.80 |==============================
Linux 3.8 ...... 219.20 |=================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 193.30 |=============================
radeon hd 6850 . 159.63 |========================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 102.27 |======================================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 89.40 |===============================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 88.47 |===============================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 88.40 |===============================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 90.00 |================================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 81.77 |===========================================
radeon hd 6850 . 93.13 |=================================================
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 258.17 |======================================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 171.38 |====================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 184.00 |======================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 145.32 |==============================
Linux 3.8 ...... 181.17 |======================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 77.70 |================
radeon hd 6850 . 228.10 |================================================
Unvanquished Alpha 17
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 41.20 |=======================================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 31.56 |==========================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 32.17 |===========================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 31.70 |==========================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 32.17 |===========================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 0.90 |=
radeon hd 6850 . 40.03 |=====================================================
Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 113.83 |=================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 113.43 |=================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 113.30 |================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 112.67 |================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 112.63 |================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 92.43 |===========================
radeon hd 6850 . 188.30 |======================================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 295.63 |======================================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 242.23 |============================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 252.05 |==============================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 248.62 |=============================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 258.18 |===============================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 181.38 |=================================
radeon hd 6850 . 126.89 |=======================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 175.90 |======================================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 123.49 |======================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 125.68 |=======================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 127.55 |=======================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 125.09 |======================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 20.28 |======
radeon hd 6850 . 98.60 |==============================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 128.80 |======================================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 98.68 |=========================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 99.40 |==========================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 101.17 |==========================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 98.99 |==========================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 11.72 |=====
radeon hd 6850 . 86.71 |====================================
GpuTest 0.5.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 9882 |===================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 9881 |===================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 9881 |===================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 9881 |===================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 9882 |===================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 9350 |=================================
radeon hd 6850 . 15747 |=======================================================
GpuTest 0.5.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 1028 |=====================================
Linux 3.11 ..... 1027 |=====================================
Linux 3.10 ..... 1027 |=====================================
Linux 3.9 ...... 1026 |====================================
Linux 3.8 ...... 1027 |=====================================
Linux 3.7 ...... 885 |===============================
radeon hd 6850 . 1575 |========================================================
GpuTest 0.5.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 102967 |===========================
Linux 3.11 ..... 102913 |===========================
Linux 3.10 ..... 102910 |===========================
Linux 3.9 ...... 102890 |===========================
Linux 3.8 ...... 102944 |===========================
Linux 3.7 ...... 76602 |====================
radeon hd 6850 . 206986 |======================================================
GpuTest 0.5.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 92817 |=========================
Linux 3.11 ..... 92795 |=========================
Linux 3.10 ..... 92761 |=========================
Linux 3.9 ...... 92760 |=========================
Linux 3.8 ...... 92843 |=========================
Linux 3.7 ...... 76423 |=====================
radeon hd 6850 . 196980 |======================================================
GpuTest 0.5.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Points > Higher Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . 92814 |=========================
Linux 3.11 ..... 92780 |=========================
Linux 3.10 ..... 92782 |=========================
Linux 3.9 ...... 92763 |=========================
Linux 3.8 ...... 92872 |=========================
Linux 3.7 ...... 76969 |=====================
radeon hd 6850 . 197054 |======================================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 9.8 MAX: 20.0
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 23.0
Linux 3.10 ..... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 27.0
Linux 3.9 ...... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 23.0
Linux 3.8 ...... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.0 MAX: 24.0
Linux 3.7 ...... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 12.2 MAX: 26.0
radeon hd 6850 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 42.0
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 16.0
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.7 MAX: 16.0
Linux 3.10 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 29.0
Linux 3.9 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 18.0
Linux 3.8 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 20.0
Linux 3.7 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 12.6 MAX: 75.0
radeon hd 6850 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 38.0
Unvanquished Alpha 17
Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 3.12 Git . MIN: 14.0 AVG: 24.3 MAX: 56.0
Linux 3.11 ..... MIN: 16.0 AVG: 32.0 MAX: 94.0
Linux 3.10 ..... MIN: 15.0 AVG: 31.0 MAX: 59.0
Linux 3.9 ...... MIN: 16.0 AVG: 31.5 MAX: 76.0
Linux 3.8 ...... MIN: 17.0 AVG: 31.0 MAX: 86.0
radeon hd 6850 . MIN: 10.0 AVG: 24.7 MAX: 54.0