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 Comparison AMD A10-7800 Linux GPU driver benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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: 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 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 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 Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 33.70 |=================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 8.73 |===== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 8.47 |===== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 27.23 |=============== A .......................... 75.77 |=========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 58.56 |====================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 13.18 |===== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 34.05 |============= A .......................... 110.24 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 218.93 |==================================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 31.20 |===== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 42.25 |======= Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 103.80 |================= A .......................... 258.63 |========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 67008 |=================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 2055 |= Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 13589 |==== A .......................... 152126 |========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 381 |====== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 46 |= Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 188 |=== A .......................... 2658 |============================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 11486 |========== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 1092 |= Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 6471 |====== A .......................... 50273 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... MIN: 5 AVG: 17 MAX: 42 Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . MIN: 56 AVG: 89 MAX: 99 Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . MIN: 5 AVG: 28 MAX: 43 A .......................... MIN: 3 AVG: 7 MAX: 46 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 62.33 |============================== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 26.23 |============= A .......................... 89.43 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 58.23 |================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 6.10 |== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 10.90 |=== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 35.23 |=========== A .......................... 136.83 |========================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 43.34 |================= Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 6.30 |=== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 6.65 |=== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 22.35 |========= A .......................... 105.40 |========================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 60.69 |=================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 9.41 |=== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 9.48 |=== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 32.12 |========== A .......................... 135.04 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 97.79 |================================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 8.66 |=== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 39.03 |============= A .......................... 122.15 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 186.06 |========================================== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.1 ..... 16.16 |==== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 25.47 |====== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 78.96 |================== A .......................... 162.25 |===================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta ......... 13.76 |=============== Linux 3.13 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 3.68 |==== Linux 3.16 + Mesa 10.3-dev . 12.66 |============== A .......................... 39.43 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta . 1887 |==================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Catalyst 14.6 Beta . 1211 |====================================================