Mesa 10.3 vs. Git AMD Radeon Benchmarks Graphics benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon TURKS (ChipID = 0x6759) 512MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon TAHITI (ChipID = 0x679a) 3072MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon PITCAIRN (ChipID = 0x6810) 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon TURKS (ChipID = 0x6759) 512MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon TAHITI (ChipID = 0x679a) 3072MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97-HD3, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 150GB Western Digital WD1500HLHX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon PITCAIRN (ChipID = 0x6810) 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 27.87 |============ Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 83.62 |===================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 80.19 |=================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 37.24 |================ Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 28.97 |============= Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 86.74 |====================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 59.05 |========================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 69.92 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 72.00 |=========== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 175.53 |============================ Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 223.10 |=================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 111.85 |================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 74.00 |============ Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 185.50 |============================= Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 233.20 |===================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 220.47 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... MIN: 8.0 AVG: 13.9 MAX: 20.0 Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.7 MAX: 13.0 Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 92.0 Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 8.4 MAX: 57.0 Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 13.5 MAX: 41.0 Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.4 MAX: 38.0 Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 52.0 Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 51.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 54.91 |============= Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 157.87 |===================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 137.49 |================================ Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 91.32 |===================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 52.75 |============ Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 155.88 |===================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 136.15 |================================ Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 149.98 |=================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 76.65 |================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 161.84 |===================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 143.68 |================================= Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 57.98 |============= Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 81.45 |=================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 160.48 |===================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 130.18 |============================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 141.83 |================================ Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 24.76 |========= Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 72.05 |========================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 91.02 |================================= Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 54.26 |==================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 18.84 |======= Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 66.14 |======================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 99.01 |==================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 100.70 |===================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 52.93 |========== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 153.33 |============================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 169.57 |================================= Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 109.35 |===================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 52.97 |========== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 155.77 |============================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 175.77 |================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 190.33 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 135.30 |==================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 238.59 |==================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 231.16 |=================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 140.38 |===================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 148.02 |====================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 247.78 |===================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 238.99 |==================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 244.49 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 62.98 |=========== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 171.58 |=============================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 193.24 |=================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 119.56 |===================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 65.89 |============ Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 178.63 |================================ Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 199.32 |==================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 206.16 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 34.98 |========= Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 111.96 |============================ Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 141.77 |=================================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 88.20 |====================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 36.06 |========= Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 115.68 |============================= Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 148.10 |===================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 149.94 |===================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 651 |======= Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 1799 |==================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 2859 |================================ Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 2194 |========================= Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 734 |======== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 2154 |======================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 2901 |================================= Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 3441 |======================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6570 ....... 51697 |======= Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 6870 ....... 148022 |=================== Mesa 10.3: Radeon HD 7950 ....... 209748 |============================ Mesa 10.3: Radeon R9 270X ....... 161230 |===================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6570 . 60998 |======== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 6870 . 212664 |============================ Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon HD 7950 . 270262 |==================================== Mesa 10.5-devel: Radeon R9 270X . 281454 |=====================================