Ubuntu 12.10 vs. 13.10 AMD Radeon Drivers AMD Radeon tests on Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10 with open-source Gallium3D Mesa and Catalyst driver options for AMD Radeon HD 4870 graphics card. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1311071-SO-UBUNTU12193&export=pdf&grt&sro&rro .
Ubuntu 12.10 vs. 13.10 AMD Radeon Drivers Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores) TYAN S2927/S2927-E NVIDIA MCP55 4096MB 64GB AGILITY-EX AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB ATI R6xx HDMI Acer P243W Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64) Xfce 4.10 X Server 1.13.0 radeon 6.99.99 2.1 Mesa 9.0.3 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.7 ext4 1920x1200 ATI Radeon HD 4800 512MB (750/900MHz) Acer P243W + Acer P243W X Server 1.12.4 fglrx 8.97.2 3.3.11672 64GB AGILITY-EX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB Acer P243W Ubuntu 13.10 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64) X Server 1.14.3 radeon 7.2.0 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8 AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz) 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64) radeon 7.2.99 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-1100093 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Graphics Details - Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock, Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock, Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10: EXA Environment Details - Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri Kernel Details - Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10: radeon.dpm=1
Ubuntu 12.10 vs. 13.10 AMD Radeon Drivers doom3: 1920 x 1200 - High gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1200 gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1200 gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1200 nexuiz: 1920 x 1200 - Yes - Off openarena: 1920 x 1200 openarena: 1920 x 1200 prey: 1920 x 1200 unigine-sanctuary: 1280 x 1024 unigine-tropics: 1280 x 1024 unvanquished: 1920 x 1200 warsow: 1920 x 1200 xonotic: 1920 x 1200 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1200 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1200 - Ultra Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 6289 534 21090 67.56 121.77 20.10 6.62 22.77 26.34 13.63 12.75 138.87 10863 697 164396 96.59 275.50 127.27 107.97 91.35 68.54 28.87 173.13 166.71 122.53 100.71 66.37 6504 495 25091 51.67 170.00 68.53 79.13 33.68 35.50 19.23 65.60 76.52 52.99 46.98 67.90 6564 830 25170 57.33 207.83 68.63 90.90 49.44 44.69 27.23 70.77 86.88 61.11 54.13 OpenBenchmarking.org
Doom 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Quality: High Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 66.37 67.90 138.87
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 SE +/- 3.28, N = 3 SE +/- 4.00, N = 3 SE +/- 14.52, N = 3 6504 6564 6289 10863
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 495 830 534 697
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 40K 80K 120K 160K 200K SE +/- 17.89, N = 3 SE +/- 6.66, N = 3 SE +/- 11.93, N = 3 SE +/- 23.25, N = 3 25091 25170 21090 164396
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.83, N = 6 SE +/- 0.77, N = 3 SE +/- 1.24, N = 3 51.67 57.33 67.56 96.59 MIN: 31 / MAX: 101 MIN: 33 / MAX: 115 MIN: 21 / MAX: 158 MIN: 50 / MAX: 284
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.92, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 2.23, N = 3 SE +/- 1.55, N = 3 170.00 207.83 121.77 275.50
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.73, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.41, N = 3 68.53 68.63 20.10 127.27 MIN: 8 MIN: 8 MIN: 2
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 8 / Avg: 14.81 / Max: 41 Min: 8 / Avg: 14.29 / Max: 40 Min: 7 / Avg: 40.65 / Max: 99 Min: 2 / Avg: 7.83 / Max: 63
Prey Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 79.13 90.90 107.97
Unigine Sanctuary Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 33.68 49.44 91.35
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 1280 x 1024 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.50, N = 3 35.50 44.69 68.54
Unvanquished Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.82, N = 6 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 6 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 19.23 27.23 6.62 28.87
Unvanquished Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 8 / Avg: 33.19 / Max: 99 Min: 12 / Avg: 26.98 / Max: 98 Min: 12 / Avg: 34.22 / Max: 98
Warsow Resolution: 1920 x 1200 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 65.60 70.77 22.77 173.13
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 76.52 86.88 26.34 166.71 MIN: 60 / MAX: 274 MIN: 63 / MAX: 220 MIN: 110 / MAX: 378
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 52.99 61.11 13.63 122.53 MIN: 14 / MAX: 98 MIN: 23 / MAX: 125 MIN: 61 / MAX: 284
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Ultra Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 46.98 54.13 12.75 100.71 MIN: 8 / MAX: 92 MIN: 25 / MAX: 111 MIN: 50 / MAX: 225
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