Radeon R9 270X AMD Driver Linux

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix looking at open and closed source drivers for the AMD Radeon R9 270X with Gallium3D and Catalyst in various configurations.

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Radeon R9 270X AMD Driver Linux Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix looking at open and closed source drivers for the AMD Radeon R9 270X with Gallium3D and Catalyst in various configurations. Ubuntu 13.10 Stock: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-b16b3c8 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-b16b3c8 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431 + VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 69.63 |=========== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 76.67 |============ Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 76.83 |============ Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 190.63 |============================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 28449 |============ Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 28283 |============ Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 27439 |============ Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 69485 |============================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 1131 |========= Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 1130 |========= Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 1115 |========= Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 3818 |=============================== GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 55700 |=== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 55245 |=== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 53462 |== Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 639588 |============================= GpuTest 0.5.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 3534 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 3555 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 3363 |============================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 1223 |=========== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 162.43 |============ Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 130.60 |========== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 172.10 |============= Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 384.10 |============================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 50.63 |======= Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 51.80 |======= Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 51.30 |======= Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 207.10 |============================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... MIN: 12.0 AVG: 19.2 MAX: 52.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. MIN: 11.0 AVG: 19.3 MAX: 57.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . MIN: 12.0 AVG: 19.4 MAX: 58.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 52.0 Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 79.50 |================ Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 77.33 |=============== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 77.30 |=============== Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 147.03 |============================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 65.77 |==== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 79.47 |===== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 80.57 |===== Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 469.23 |============================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... MIN: 8.0 AVG: 15.0 MAX: 82.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. MIN: 6.0 AVG: 12.3 MAX: 69.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . MIN: 6.0 AVG: 12.3 MAX: 81.0 Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.1 MAX: 10.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 207.60 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 202.21 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 201.53 |======================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 246.20 |============================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 102.14 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 93.65 |===================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 107.44 |========================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 126.45 |============================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 13.10 Stock ...................... 106.02 |========================== Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 .................. 94.56 |======================= Ubuntu 13.10 + Mesa 10 + Linux 3.12 DPM . 111.10 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 + Catalyst 13.11 b6 ........ 117.14 |=============================