Ubuntu Radeon Gallium3D 2014 Performance End of year 2014 AMD Radeon Gallium3D Linux graphics benchmarks on Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 14.10. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-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 R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-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 HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-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 HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-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 R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-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 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 212.20 |============= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 238.03 |============== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 572.17 |=================================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 517.47 |=============================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 522.83 |================================ HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 476.73 |============================= HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 560.83 |================================== HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 608.37 |===================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 604.67 |===================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 54.40 |========= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 54.73 |========= HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 175.10 |============================= HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 173.03 |============================= R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 196.87 |================================= HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 177.53 |============================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 200.90 |================================= HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 186.73 |=============================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 222.63 |===================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 152.33 |============================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 153.87 |============================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 185.70 |==================================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 180.13 |=================================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 161.40 |=============================== HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 159.63 |=============================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 190.00 |===================================== HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 184.90 |==================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 185.17 |==================================== Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 74.93 |============== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 85.77 |================ HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 110.17 |===================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 153.50 |============================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 145.30 |============================ HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 131.60 |========================= HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 151.47 |============================= HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 156.90 |============================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 192.37 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 107.15 |============== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 117.46 |================ HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 165.23 |====================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 251.33 |================================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 239.48 |================================ HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 221.96 |============================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 262.32 |=================================== HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 268.87 |==================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 276.26 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 124.53 |==================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 142.77 |======================= HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 114.60 |================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 173.23 |=========================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 198.39 |=============================== HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 173.03 |=========================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 216.28 |================================== HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 188.23 |============================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 234.15 |===================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 116.27 |========================= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 127.12 |=========================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 86.77 |================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 115.97 |========================= R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 151.31 |================================ HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 130.82 |============================ HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 155.13 |================================= HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 122.39 |========================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 173.80 |===================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 58.44 |===================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 71.93 |========================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 86.20 |=============================== HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 66.31 |======================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 79.56 |============================= HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 67.10 |======================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 102.97 |===================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 51.51 |================ HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 73.97 |======================= R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 103.50 |================================= HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 80.45 |========================= HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 89.17 |============================ HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 60.09 |=================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 117.34 |===================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 97.30 |==================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 159.55 |================================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 137.00 |============================= HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 109.94 |======================= HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 142.22 |============================== HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 159.69 |================================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 176.03 |===================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 26381 |=================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 28639 |==================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 20268 |============== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 18638 |============= R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 49226 |=================================== HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 42720 |============================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 45910 |================================= HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 18958 |============== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 53352 |====================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 1112 |============= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 1139 |============= HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 1289 |=============== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 1799 |==================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 2663 |============================== HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 2059 |======================= HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 2077 |======================= HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 2171 |======================== R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 3465 |======================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 51248 |======= R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 55542 |======= HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... 137200 |================== HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 147812 |=================== R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 165832 |====================== HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... 147272 |=================== HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 240621 |================================ HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 212550 |============================ R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . 281049 |===================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... MIN: 11.0 AVG: 18.3 MAX: 25.0 R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... MIN: 12.0 AVG: 18.3 MAX: 26.0 HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.7 MAX: 15.0 HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 12.0 R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 21.0 HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.6 MAX: 21.0 HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 48.0 HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 35.0 R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 47.0 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better HD 7850: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.5 MAX: 16.0 R9 270X: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.6 MAX: 18.0 HD 6870: Ubuntu 13.10 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.4 MAX: 14.0 HD 6870: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 13.0 R9 270X: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 17.0 HD 7850: Ubuntu 14.10 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 16.0 HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 15.0 HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 14.0 R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.4 MAX: 16.0