Ubuntu Radeon Gallium3D vs. Catalyst 2014
End of year 2014 AMD Radeon Gallium3D Linux graphics benchmarks on Ubuntu 14.10 against Catalyst 14.12 Omega. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HD 6450: 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: HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM 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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
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
HD 6950: 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 6950 2048MB (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 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5
Changed Graphics to ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (1250MHz).
Graphics Change: GLAMOR
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
R9 290: 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: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB (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 6450: Catalyst 14.12
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: HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
HD 6870: Catalyst 14.12
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz).
HD 6950: Catalyst 14.12
Changed Graphics to Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz).
HD 7850: Catalyst 14.12
Changed Graphics to ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz).
R9 270X: Catalyst 14.12
Changed Graphics to Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz).
R9 290: Catalyst 14.12
Changed Graphics to Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz).
OpenArena
Warsow
This is a benchmark of Warsow, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the QFusion engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Xonotic
GpuTest
Unigine Tropics
Unigine Sanctuary
Tesseract
Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
HD 6450: 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: HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM 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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 10:55 by user phoronix.
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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 07:57 by user phoronix.
HD 6950: 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 6950 2048MB (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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 13:29 by user phoronix.
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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 06:58 by user phoronix.
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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 08:54 by user phoronix.
R9 290: 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: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB (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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 09:53 by user phoronix.
HD 6450: Catalyst 14.12
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: HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 16:19 by user phoronix.
HD 6870: Catalyst 14.12
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 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 18:19 by user phoronix.
HD 6950: Catalyst 14.12
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 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 15:01 by user phoronix.
HD 7850: Catalyst 14.12
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 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 21:41 by user phoronix.
R9 270X: Catalyst 14.12
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: Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 20:45 by user phoronix.
R9 290: Catalyst 14.12
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: Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Environment Notes: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 27 December 2014 19:50 by user phoronix.