AMD Kaveri GPU Driver Comparison

AMD A10-7800 Linux GPU driver benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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AMD Kaveri GPU Driver ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devAAMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores)ASUS A88X-PROAMD Device 14227168MB64GB OCZ AGILITYASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (720/1066MHz)AMD Device 1308SyncMasterRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-24-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.2X Server 1.15.1fglrx 14.20.74.3.12967GCC 4.8.2ext42560x1600AMD Family 15hASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MBAMD Kaveri HDMI/DPradeon 7.3.03.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4radeon 7.4.993.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.43.16.0-031600-generic (x86_64)AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)16384MB128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1AMD/ATI [AMD ] Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition] 2048MBPA246Intel 82574L Gigabit ConnectionSlackware 14.13.16.0 (x86_64)Xfce 4.10X Server 1.15.2radeon 7.4.03.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-a2e1dc0) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.3 + Clang 3.6.0 (SVN 215194) + LLVM 3.6.0svn1920x1200OpenBenchmarking.orgGraphics Details- A: GLAMOR

AMD Kaveri GPU Driver Comparisonopenarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1280 x 1024unigine-sanctuary: 1280 x 1024unigine-tropics: 1280 x 1024warsow: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080gputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080Catalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devA218.9358.2358.5613.7660.6943.3433.70186.0697.7962.3312111148638118876700831.206.109.416.308.7316.168.66109246205542.2510.9013.183.689.486.658.4725.47103.8035.2334.0512.6632.1222.3527.2378.9639.0326.23647118813589258.63136.83110.2439.43135.04105.4075.77162.25122.1589.43502732658152126OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.160120180240300SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3258.63218.93103.8042.2531.20

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1306090120150SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3136.8358.2335.2310.906.10MIN: 3MIN: 4MIN: 5 / MAX: 914

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev20406080100SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3110.2458.5634.0513.18

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev918273645SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 339.4313.7612.663.68

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 1280 x 1024ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1306090120150SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3135.0460.6932.129.489.41

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1280 x 1024ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.120406080100SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3105.4043.3422.356.656.30

Warsow

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 1920 x 1080ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 375.7733.7027.238.738.47

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowCatalyst 14.6 BetaALinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.14080120160200SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3186.06162.2578.9625.4716.16MIN: 119 / MAX: 319MIN: 94 / MAX: 313MIN: 4 / MAX: 111MIN: 12 / MAX: 35

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1306090120150SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3122.1597.7939.038.66MIN: 72 / MAX: 234MIN: 40 / MAX: 182MIN: 19 / MAX: 53

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev20406080100SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 389.4362.3326.23MIN: 21 / MAX: 206MIN: 15 / MAX: 142MIN: 11 / MAX: 43

GpuTest

Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Catalyst 14.6 Beta30060090012001500SE +/- 0.00, N = 31211

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.111K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 13.02, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3502731148664711092

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.16001200180024003000SE +/- 37.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3265838118846

GpuTest

Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Catalyst 14.6 Beta400800120016002000SE +/- 0.58, N = 31887

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080ACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.130K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 110.23, N = 3SE +/- 27.30, N = 3SE +/- 32.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 315212667008135892055

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeACatalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev20406080100Min: 3 / Avg: 7.25 / Max: 46Min: 5 / Avg: 17.09 / Max: 42Min: 5 / Avg: 28.28 / Max: 43Min: 56 / Avg: 89.09 / Max: 99

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