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.


Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-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-a4359bc 2014-08-19 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Catalyst 14.6 Beta: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.4.12967, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 158.53 |===========================
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 237.90 |========================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . MIN: 2.0  AVG: 6.2   MAX: 11.0 
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... MIN: 1.0  AVG: 4.2   MAX: 42.0 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 124.42 |==========================
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 189.82 |========================================


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 16.26 |============
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 55.58 |=========================================


Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 25.35  |======
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 183.99 |========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 54.29  |========
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 279.10 |========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 47.15  |========
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 239.88 |========================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 39.08  |==========
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 163.80 |========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 8491  |=====
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 63672 |=========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 312  |=====
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 2877 |==========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 18401  |==
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 296900 |========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 59  |=====
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 482 |===========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 10.3-devel + Linux 3.17 . 496  |==============
Catalyst 14.6 Beta ........... 1498 |==========================================