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.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1311071-SO-UBUNTU12193
Ubuntu 12.10 vs. 13.10 AMD Radeon Drivers,
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",13.6286763,13.6306836,13.6168907
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",122.3884547,122.5880725,122.6114436
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",52.8026714,53.2213059,52.9475682
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",61.3026212,60.5323299,61.5013175
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",12.7443349,12.7386155,12.7662154
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",100.9046288,100.6417651,100.5703285
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",47.1324179,47.0495869,46.7605903
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",54.8482062,53.6218501,53.9276478
"GpuTest 0.6.0 - Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",21067,21107,21096
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",164369,164376,164442
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",25076,25127,25071
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",25158,25171,25181
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",22.7,22.8,22.8
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",172.2,173.5,173.7
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",65.3,65.7,65.8
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",70.7,70.7,70.9
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",20,20.2,20.1
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",126.6,128,127.2
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",70.8,67.5,67.3
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",67.3,68.8,69.8
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",26.3420676,26.3192286,26.3622419
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",166.5539851,166.3708589,167.1928043
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",76.4499968,76.4062647,76.7118892
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",87.0302315,86.7515844,86.8712682
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",
"Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",91.3437,91.3578,91.3547
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",33.6844,33.681,33.6828
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",49.4475,49.4355,49.435
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",117.3,123.9,124.1
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",277.7,276.3,272.5
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",171.2,168.2,170.6
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",209.1,206.7,207.7
"Doom 3 1.3.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",138.1,138.9,139.6
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",66,66.5,66.6
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",67.3,67.9,68.5
"Unvanquished Alpha 21 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",
"Unigine Tropics 1.3 - Resolution: 1280 x 1024",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",67.7557,69.4736,68.3934
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",35.4819,35.5174,35.5071
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",44.699,44.677,44.6804
"GpuTest 0.6.0 - Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",6285,6297,6285
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",10892,10853,10845
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",6503,6509,6499
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",6558,6569,6566
"GpuTest 0.6.0 - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",534,534,533
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",695,699,696
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",495,495,495
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",831,830,830
"Prey 1.4.119 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",107.8,108.4,107.7
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",78.5,79.6,79.3
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",90.9,90.7,91.1
"Unvanquished Alpha 21 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",7,6.2,7.2,6.6,6.6,6.1
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",28.8,28.9,28.9
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",19.3,17.1,21.1,21.6,19.6,16.7
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",26.6,27.5,27.6
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock",66.0644189,68.6076465,68.0227922
"Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst",98.9976138,95.9245868,94.8505326
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock",51.6575209,51.3298795,52.0089707
"Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10",66.4814799,55.4758112,55.5887337,55.3600445,55.5664813,55.5168881