Ubuntu Radeon vs. Windows 2014 End of year 2014 AMD Radeon Gallium3D Linux graphics benchmarks on Ubuntu 14.10 against Catalyst 14.12 Omega versus Microsoft Windows 7 Pro with Catalyst 14.12. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Display Driver HD 6450 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 7850 R9 270X R9 290 HD 6450 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 7850 R9 270X R9 290 HD 6450 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 7850 R9 270X R9 290 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores) ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 15360MB 64GB OCZ AGILITY HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM 1024MB (1250MHz) Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th DELL S2409W Intel Connection Ubuntu 14.10 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.3.1 X Server 1.16.0 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4 GCC 4.9.1 ext4 1920x1080 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB radeon 7.5.99 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB (1250MHz) ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7850 1024MB (1250MHz) Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB radeon 7.5.99 XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB (1250MHz) HIS AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB (625/667MHz) 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64) 4.4.13283 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz) Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz) ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7800 1024MB (860/1200MHz) Supported device 6810 2048MB (1100/1400MHz) Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz) Intel Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores) 60GB Windows NT 6.1 (x86_64) OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - HD 6450: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, HD 6950: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, R9 290: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5, HD 6450: Catalyst 14.12, HD 6870: Catalyst 14.12, HD 6950: Catalyst 14.12, HD 7850: Catalyst 14.12, R9 270X: Catalyst 14.12, R9 290: Catalyst 14.12: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave Graphics Details - HD 6450: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: EXA - HD 6870: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: EXA - HD 6950: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: EXA - HD 7850: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: GLAMOR - R9 270X: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: GLAMOR - R9 290: Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5: GLAMOR Environment Details - HD 6450: Catalyst 14.12, HD 6870: Catalyst 14.12, HD 6950: Catalyst 14.12, HD 7850: Catalyst 14.12, R9 270X: Catalyst 14.12, R9 290: Catalyst 14.12: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri
gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 unigine-sanctuary: 1920 x 1080 unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate HD 6450 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 7850 R9 270X R9 290 HD 6450 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 7850 R9 270X R9 290 HD 6450 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 7850 R9 270X R9 290 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Catalyst 14.12 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 Windows 7 3036 166 18424 16.60 8.19 7.21 37.34 25.37 17.64 18958 2171 212550 186.73 60.09 67.10 268.87 188.23 122.39 31303 2234 147046 118.43 101.95 81.60 247.68 207.76 151.47 45910 2077 240621 200.90 89.17 79.56 262.32 216.28 155.13 53352 3465 281049 222.63 117.34 102.97 276.26 234.15 173.80 51429 5253 285709 275.13 169.26 139.59 291.66 254.46 190.31 4479 194 47088 19.10 8.87 8.72 40.88 28.53 19.76 32583 2379 451469 208.30 73.52 83.09 286.00 200.18 137.21 58007 2482 450889 235.83 87.15 101.03 294.56 230.44 156.38 61360 2140 468136 255.50 114.60 99.88 284.07 236.74 159.38 70411 3681 559186 285.20 163.58 136.78 291.46 254.25 178.54 94953 5746 741092 362.18 254.23 213.88 285.03 257.28 187.28 4426 193 44410 19 10.56 8.72 41.94 29.08 19.99 31167 2367 406081 203.97 97.01 83.14 266.69 214.64 138.05 53783 2480 406300 234.93 124.75 101.21 272.12 233.44 152.61 56401 2141 376541 238.33 118.75 100.94 259.51 225.67 150.28 63538 3658 460005 263.53 171.94 138.15 267.71 235.79 159.96 325.80 273.91 210.70 263.42 235.74 162.10 OpenBenchmarking.org
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R9 290 R9 270X HD 7850 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Catalyst 14.12 Windows 7 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K SE +/- 15.70, N = 3 SE +/- 56.02, N = 3 SE +/- 6.24, N = 3 SE +/- 103.89, N = 3 SE +/- 15.43, N = 3 SE +/- 6.44, N = 3 SE +/- 155.88, N = 3 SE +/- 13.38, N = 3 SE +/- 11.02, N = 3 SE +/- 105.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 6.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 94953 51429 70411 63538 53352 61360 56401 45910 58007 53783 31303 32583 31167 18958 4479 4426 3036
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R9 290 R9 270X HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 7850 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Catalyst 14.12 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Windows 7 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 52.61, N = 3 SE +/- 42.81, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 28.10, N = 3 SE +/- 26.24, N = 3 SE +/- 23.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 5746 5253 3681 3658 3465 2482 2480 2234 2379 2367 2171 2141 2140 2077 194 193 166
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R9 290 R9 270X HD 7850 HD 6870 HD 6950 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Catalyst 14.12 Windows 7 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 160K 320K 480K 640K 800K SE +/- 131.61, N = 3 SE +/- 181.23, N = 3 SE +/- 79.07, N = 3 SE +/- 304.53, N = 3 SE +/- 67.02, N = 3 SE +/- 44.17, N = 3 SE +/- 350.41, N = 3 SE +/- 34.22, N = 3 SE +/- 121.05, N = 3 SE +/- 85.70, N = 3 SE +/- 10.20, N = 3 SE +/- 149.74, N = 3 SE +/- 250.01, N = 3 SE +/- 37.49, N = 3 SE +/- 3.76, N = 3 SE +/- 21.03, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 741092 285709 559186 460005 281049 468136 376541 240621 451469 406081 212550 450889 406300 147046 47088 44410 18424
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R9 290 R9 270X HD 7850 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Catalyst 14.12 Windows 7 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 21.67, N = 6 SE +/- 1.36, N = 3 SE +/- 2.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 1.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 3.57, N = 3 SE +/- 0.30, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 362.18 325.80 275.13 285.20 263.53 222.63 255.50 238.33 200.90 235.83 234.93 118.43 208.30 203.97 186.73 19.10 19.00 16.60
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time R9 290 R9 270X HD 7850 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Windows 7 Catalyst 14.12 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.04 / Max: 21 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.21 / Max: 10 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.59 / Max: 47 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.5 / Max: 11 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.77 / Max: 18 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.48 / Max: 47 Min: 1 / Avg: 3.95 / Max: 12 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.17 / Max: 18 Min: 2 / Avg: 4.98 / Max: 48 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.21 / Max: 10 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.37 / Max: 13 Min: 5 / Avg: 8.45 / Max: 36 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.8 / Max: 16 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.87 / Max: 17 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.35 / Max: 35 Min: 1 / Avg: 51.18 / Max: 99 Min: 1 / Avg: 52.01 / Max: 99 Min: 41 / Avg: 60.15 / Max: 86
Unigine Sanctuary Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R9 290 R9 270X HD 6950 HD 7850 HD 6870 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Windows 7 Catalyst 14.12 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 273.91 254.23 169.26 171.94 163.58 117.34 124.75 101.95 87.15 118.75 114.60 89.17 97.01 73.52 60.09 10.56 8.87 8.19
Unigine Tropics Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R9 290 R9 270X HD 6950 HD 7850 HD 6870 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Catalyst 14.12 Windows 7 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 213.88 210.70 139.59 138.15 136.78 102.97 101.21 101.03 81.60 100.94 99.88 79.56 83.14 83.09 67.10 8.72 8.72 7.21
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High HD 6950 R9 290 R9 270X HD 6870 HD 7850 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Catalyst 14.12 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Windows 7 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.52, N = 3 SE +/- 3.81, N = 5 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 3.95, N = 5 SE +/- 1.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.92, N = 3 SE +/- 3.95, N = 5 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 3.54, N = 6 SE +/- 0.87, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 3.98, N = 5 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 294.56 272.12 247.68 291.66 285.03 263.42 291.46 276.26 267.71 286.00 268.87 266.69 284.07 262.32 259.51 41.94 40.88 37.34
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra R9 290 R9 270X HD 7850 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Catalyst 14.12 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Windows 7 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 1.89, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.34, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 257.28 254.46 235.74 254.25 235.79 234.15 236.74 225.67 216.28 233.44 230.44 207.76 214.64 200.18 188.23 29.08 28.53 25.37
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate R9 290 R9 270X HD 7850 HD 6950 HD 6870 HD 6450 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5 Catalyst 14.12 Windows 7 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.83, N = 3 SE +/- 1.50, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.82, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.95, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 190.31 187.28 162.10 178.54 173.80 159.96 159.38 155.13 150.28 156.38 152.61 151.47 138.05 137.21 122.39 19.99 19.76 17.64
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