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.
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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.
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock:
Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst:
Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4800 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W + Acer P243W
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.97.2, OpenGL: 3.3.11672, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock:
Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10:
Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX + 128GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: Acer P243W
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.0-devel (git-1100093 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 67.56 |=====================
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 96.59 |==============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 51.67 |================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 57.33 |==================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 121.77 |=============
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 275.50 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 170.00 |==================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 207.83 |======================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 20.10 |=====
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 127.27 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 68.53 |================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 68.63 |================
Unvanquished Alpha 21
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 6.62 |=======
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 28.87 |==============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 19.23 |====================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 27.23 |============================
Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 22.77 |====
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 173.13 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 65.60 |===========
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 70.77 |============
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 26.34 |=====
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 166.71 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 76.52 |=============
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 86.88 |===============
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 13.63 |===
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 122.53 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 52.99 |=============
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 61.11 |==============
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 12.75 |====
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 100.71 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 46.98 |==============
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 54.13 |================
Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 138.87 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 66.37 |==============
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 67.90 |==============
Prey 1.4.119
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 107.97 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 79.13 |=====================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 90.90 |========================
Unigine Sanctuary 2.3
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 91.35 |==============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 33.68 |===========
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 49.44 |================
Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 68.54 |==============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 35.50 |================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 44.69 |====================
GpuTest 0.6.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Points > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 6289 |=================
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 10863 |==============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 6504 |==================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 6564 |==================
GpuTest 0.6.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Points > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 534 |=====================
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 697 |===========================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 495 |===================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 830 |================================
GpuTest 0.6.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Points > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... 21090 |====
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. 164396 |=============================
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... 25091 |====
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . 25170 |====
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Stock .................... MIN: 7 AVG: 41 MAX: 99
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. MIN: 2 AVG: 8 MAX: 63
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... MIN: 8 AVG: 15 MAX: 41
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . MIN: 8 AVG: 14 MAX: 40
Unvanquished Alpha 21
Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 12.10 - Catalyst ................. MIN: 12 AVG: 34 MAX: 98
Ubuntu 13.10 - Stock .................... MIN: 8 AVG: 33 MAX: 99
Ubuntu 13.10 - Linux 3.12 DPM - Mesa 10 . MIN: 12 AVG: 27 MAX: 98