modesetting vs radeon

A Display Driver comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1412197-BY-1412165LI39.

modesetting vs radeonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolutionmodesettingradeonradeon-dri2R7-250_radeon-module-onlyIntel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores)ASRock H61M-ITXIntel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd8192MB160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJMSI AMD Radeon HD 7790/8770 / R9 260 OEM 2048MBIntel 6 /C200H225WRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411openSUSE 201412083.18.0-3-desktop (x86_64)KDE 4.14.3X Server 1.16.99.901 (1.17.0 RC 1)modesetting 1.16.993.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.3 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0svnext41920x1080radeon 7.5.99AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3AMD nee ATI RD89016384MB2 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1LLVMpipeAMD nee ATI SBx00 AzaliaRealtek RTL8111/8168BDebian 7.73.16-0.bpo.3-amd64 (x86_64)Xfce 4.8X Server 1.12.4radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- modesetting, radeon, radeon-dri2: MESA_GL _OVERRIDE=3.3COMPATCompiler Details- modesetting: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind - radeon: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind - radeon-dri2: --build=x86_64-suse-linux --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-plugin --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --enable-linux-futex --enable-ssp --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=x86_64-suse-linux --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-arch-32=i586 --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-tune=generic --without-system-libunwind - R7-250_radeon-module-only: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- modesetting, radeon, radeon-dri2: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- radeon, radeon-dri2: GLAMOR

modesetting vs radeonqgears2: OpenGL - Textqgears2: OpenGL - Gearsqgears2: OpenGL - Image Scalingqgears2: XRender Extension - Textqgears2: XRender Extension - Gearsqgears2: XRender Extension - Image Scalinggputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080modesettingradeonradeon-dri2R7-250_radeon-module-only391.92434.246300.29198.22179.38447.63435501679238.37253.033360.63196.11178.01439.99306811680376.23419.104561.55197.02177.91440.78381931681122.04135.67577.72340.44205.24903.12OpenBenchmarking.org

QGears2

Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Text

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Textmodesettingradeonradeon-dri2R7-250_radeon-module-only90180270360450SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3391.92238.37376.23122.04-m641. (CXX) g++ options: -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

QGears2

Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gearsmodesettingradeonradeon-dri2R7-250_radeon-module-only90180270360450SE +/- 2.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 3.82, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3434.24253.03419.10135.67-m641. (CXX) g++ options: -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

QGears2

Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Image Scaling

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Image Scalingmodesettingradeonradeon-dri2R7-250_radeon-module-only14002800420056007000SE +/- 33.09, N = 3SE +/- 59.20, N = 3SE +/- 26.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.58, N = 36300.293360.634561.55577.721. (CXX) g++ options: -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

QGears2

Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Textmodesettingradeonradeon-dri2R7-250_radeon-module-only70140210280350SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 10.63, N = 6198.22196.11197.02340.44-m641. (CXX) g++ options: -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

QGears2

Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gearsmodesettingradeonradeon-dri2R7-250_radeon-module-only50100150200250SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 4.60, N = 6179.38178.01177.91205.24-m641. (CXX) g++ options: -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

QGears2

Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterQGears2Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scalingmodesettingradeonradeon-dri2R7-250_radeon-module-only2004006008001000SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.81, N = 3SE +/- 1.77, N = 3SE +/- 28.97, N = 6447.63439.99440.78903.12-m641. (CXX) g++ options: -lQtOpenGL -lQtGui -lQtCore -lGL -lpthread

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080modesettingradeonradeon-dri29K18K27K36K45KSE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 5.04, N = 3SE +/- 14.11, N = 3435503068138193

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080modesettingradeonradeon-dri2400800120016002000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3167916801681

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4