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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Catalyst 14.6 Beta

Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (720/1066MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1308, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1

Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

A

Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1, Graphics: AMD/ATI [AMD ] Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition] 2048MB, Monitor: PA246, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection

OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.16.0 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-a2e1dc0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + Clang 3.6.0 (SVN 215194) + LLVM 3.6.0svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

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

Catalyst 14.6 BetaLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devAResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%493%887%1280%1673%WarsowUnigine TropicsUnigine SanctuaryOpenArenaXonotic

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

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA60120180240300SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 331.2042.25103.80218.93258.63

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 36.1010.9035.2358.23136.83MIN: 5 / MAX: 914MIN: 4MIN: 3

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA20406080100SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 313.1834.0558.56110.24

Unigine Heaven

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA918273645SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 33.6812.6613.7639.43

Unigine Sanctuary

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 1280 x 1024Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 39.419.4832.1260.69135.04

Unigine Tropics

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1280 x 1024Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA20406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 36.306.6522.3543.34105.40

Warsow

This is a benchmark of Warsow, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the QFusion engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 38.478.7327.2333.7075.77

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devACatalyst 14.6 Beta4080120160200SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 1.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 316.1625.4778.96162.25186.06MIN: 12 / MAX: 35MIN: 4 / MAX: 111MIN: 94 / MAX: 313MIN: 119 / MAX: 319

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 38.6639.0397.79122.15MIN: 19 / MAX: 53MIN: 40 / MAX: 182MIN: 72 / MAX: 234

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA20406080100SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 326.2362.3389.43MIN: 11 / MAX: 43MIN: 15 / MAX: 142MIN: 21 / MAX: 206

GpuTest

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

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA11K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 13.02, N = 3109264711148650273

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA6001200180024003000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 37.22, N = 3461883812658

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

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA30K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 32.52, N = 3SE +/- 27.30, N = 3SE +/- 110.23, N = 320551358967008152126

OpenArena

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeLinux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-devLinux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-devCatalyst 14.6 BetaA20406080100Min: 56 / Avg: 89.09 / Max: 99Min: 5 / Avg: 28.28 / Max: 43Min: 5 / Avg: 17.09 / Max: 42Min: 3 / Avg: 7.25 / Max: 46

Catalyst 14.6 Beta

Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (720/1066MHz), Audio: AMD Device 1308, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.3.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Testing initiated at 9 August 2014 16:19 by user phoronix.

Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1

Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Testing initiated at 9 August 2014 18:09 by user phoronix.

Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev

Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Testing initiated at 10 August 2014 08:29 by user phoronix.

Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev

Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Testing initiated at 10 August 2014 12:20 by user phoronix.

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Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1, Graphics: AMD/ATI [AMD ] Pitcairn XT [Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition] 2048MB, Monitor: PA246, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection

OS: Slackware 14.1, Kernel: 3.16.0 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-a2e1dc0) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + Clang 3.6.0 (SVN 215194) + LLVM 3.6.0svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Graphics Notes: GLAMOR

Testing initiated at 12 August 2014 10:46 by user soul.