Linux 3.15 Mesa 10.3 Linux Graphics Comparison
A Graphics comparison on latest open source code for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.
HD 5770: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Graphics Notes: EXA
HD 5830: Open-Source
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB.
HD 6870: Open-Source
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB.
HD 6950: Open-Source
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB.
9800GTX: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX / 9800 GTX+ 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
GT 520: Open-Source
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz).
GTX 760: Open-Source
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz).
Intel HD 4600: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Graphics Notes: SNA
Tesseract
GpuTest
Xonotic
Unvanquished
Unigine Tropics
Unigine Sanctuary
Unigine Heaven
OpenArena
Nexuiz
HD 5770: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 10 May 2014 23:16 by user phoronix.
HD 5830: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 10 May 2014 12:09 by user phoronix.
HD 6870: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 10 May 2014 10:53 by user phoronix.
HD 6950: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 10 May 2014 15:07 by user phoronix.
9800GTX: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX / 9800 GTX+ 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 May 2014 22:13 by user phoronix.
GT 520: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (270/405MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 May 2014 12:36 by user phoronix.
GTX 760: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (405/648MHz), Audio: Intel 8 /C220, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 12 May 2014 10:24 by user phoronix.
Intel HD 4600: Open-Source
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: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.15.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-155f98d trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Graphics Notes: SNA
Testing initiated at 13 May 2014 19:50 by user phoronix.