AMD Radeon R9 290 Open vs. Closed Linux Drivers Radeon R9 290 Hawaii graphics card benchmarks on the open (RadeonSI Gallium3D) and closed source (Catalyst) Linux graphics drivers on Ubuntu Linux. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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AMD Radeon R9 290 Open vs. Closed Linux Drivers Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores) ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 16384MB 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1 XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB Intel 9 Family HD Audio SyncMaster Intel Connection Ubuntu 14.04 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.2.2 X Server 1.15.1 radeon 7.4.99 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-a4359bc 2014-08-19 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.8.2 ext4 2560x1600 Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz) Realtek ALC1150 3.13.0-34-generic (x86_64) fglrx 14.20.7 4.4.12967 OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - Catalyst 14.6 Beta: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand Graphics Details - Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17: GLAMOR Environment Details - Catalyst 14.6 Beta: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
AMD Radeon R9 290 Open vs. Closed Linux Drivers openarena: 2560 x 1600 tesseract: 2560 x 1600 unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultra xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate gputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1600 gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 2560 x 1600 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 158.53 124.42 16.26 25.35 54.29 47.15 39.08 8491 312 18401 59 496 237.90 189.82 55.58 183.99 279.10 239.88 163.80 63672 2877 296900 482 1498 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 158.53 237.90 MIN: 2 / MAX: 298 MIN: 1
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 9 18 27 36 45 Min: 2 / Avg: 6.19 / Max: 11 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.19 / Max: 42
Tesseract Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.79, N = 3 124.42 189.82
Unigine Heaven Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 16.26 55.58
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 25.35 183.99
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 54.29 279.10 MIN: 29 / MAX: 73 MIN: 103 / MAX: 592
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 1.12, N = 3 47.15 239.88 MIN: 27 / MAX: 65 MIN: 85 / MAX: 541
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.92, N = 3 39.08 163.80 MIN: 14 / MAX: 60 MIN: 31 / MAX: 454
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K SE +/- 17.84, N = 3 SE +/- 11.24, N = 3 8491 63672
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 24.06, N = 3 312 2877
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 60K 120K 180K 240K 300K SE +/- 50.78, N = 3 SE +/- 40.34, N = 3 18401 296900
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 100 200 300 400 500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 59 482
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 Catalyst 14.6 Beta 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 496 1498
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