Large open-source AMD Radeon Source Engine Linux comparison with Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Source. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 512MB (600/800MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz).
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB (750/1000MHz).
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4770 512MB (750/800MHz).
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB (575/900MHz).
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB (625/993MHz).
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz).
Changed Graphics to ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz).
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB (800/1000MHz).
Changed Graphics to HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz).
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB (850/1200MHz).
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz).
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz).
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4550 512MB (600/800MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 11:20 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4650 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 09:29 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB (750/1000MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 12:38 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4770 512MB (750/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 12:15 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB (575/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 09:58 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB (625/993MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 10:22 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB (750/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 09:08 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 10:49 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB (800/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 11 November 2013 20:40 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 06:40 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6770 1024MB (850/1200MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 11 November 2013 17:52 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 11 November 2013 15:58 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
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-ab2da98 saucy-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 November 2013 07:34 by user phoronix.