Testing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS out of the box on an AMD A10-7850K Kaveri system followed by testing it with Radeon DPM power management manually enabled and then enabling color tiling support for maximum performance on RadeonSI Gallium3D. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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AMD Kaveri Open-Source Graphics Testing
Testing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS out of the box on an AMD A10-7850K Kaveri system followed by testing it with Radeon DPM power management manually enabled and then enabling color tiling support for maximum performance on RadeonSI Gallium3D. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock:
Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Kaveri 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon DPM Enabled:
Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Kaveri 1024MB (720MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling:
Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Kaveri 1024MB (720MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling:
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A88TD-M/USB3, Memory: 10240MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0 + 80GB Western Digital WD800JD-60LS, Graphics: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CAPE VERDE, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: BenQ GW2450
OS: Gentoo 2.2, Kernel: 3.13.0-gentoo-r1 (x86_64), Desktop: Enlightenment, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-devel (git-10dc994) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.5 + LLVM 3.5svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GpuTest 0.6.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 1871 |==
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 5709 |======
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 8272 |=========
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 16349 |==================
GpuTest 0.6.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 101 |=
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 271 |===
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 571 |=======
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 1572 |===================
GpuTest 0.6.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 4349 |=
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 15294 |===
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 25401 |=====
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 85730 |==================
GpuTest 0.6.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 18 |===
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 63 |===========
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 63 |===========
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 120 |====================
GpuTest 0.6.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 141 |===
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 506 |==========
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 511 |==========
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 995 |====================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 31.17 |==
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 85.23 |=====
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 129.23 |========
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 277.67 |=================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 6.30 |=
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 20.00 |===
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 36.10 |======
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 102.57 |=================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. MIN: 20.0 AVG: 50.1 MAX: 97.0
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... MIN: 15.0 AVG: 27.6 MAX: 96.0
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 9.7 MAX: 43.0
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 151.57 |==========
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 259.57 |=================
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 262.60 |=================
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 159.77 |==========
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. MIN: 4 AVG: 7 MAX: 79
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. MIN: 1 AVG: 4 MAX: 94
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... MIN: 1 AVG: 4 MAX: 98
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . MIN: 1 AVG: 6 MAX: 70
Unigine Sanctuary 2.3
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 10.46 |===
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 33.29 |========
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 34.51 |=========
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 72.68 |==================
Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 7.22 |==
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 22.13 |=======
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 22.57 |=======
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 58.82 |==================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 31.15 |===
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 101.30 |=========
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 139.58 |=============
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 186.21 |=================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.1-devel + Linux 3.13 Stock .................. 17.12 |==
Radeon DPM Enabled .................................. 52.23 |=======
Radeon DPM Enabled + Color Tiling ................... 69.67 |=========
3.13.0-gentoo-r1 + Radeon 7770 + DPM + Color Tiling . 129.07 |=================