AMD Radeon R9 Ubuntu 15.04 - Gallium3D vs. Catalyst

Benchmark comparison of Catalyst vs. RadeonSI Galliunm3D out-of-the-box on Ubuntu 15.04. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1504280-BE-HAWAIIVIV36&grs.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290 RadeonSI Gallium3D RadeonSI Gallium3D Catalyst CatalystIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E5 v3/Core16384MB120GB OCZ VECTOR150XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBIntel C610/X99SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.043.19.0-15-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.3.2X Server 1.17.1radeon 7.5.03.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.2ext42560x1600Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MBGigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz)fglrx 15.20.24.4.13374XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- Radeon R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D, Radeon R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D: GLAMOREnvironment Details- Radeon R9 270X: Catalyst, Radeon R9 290: Catalyst: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri

gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1600openarena: 2560 x 1600unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1600warsow: 2560 x 1600supertuxkart: 2560 x 1600gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600tesseract: 2560 x 1600unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimatexonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Highxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - LowRadeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290 RadeonSI Gallium3D RadeonSI Gallium3D Catalyst Catalyst152242349157.63135.7143016193.8374.252905143.6874.01127.27164.92188.05240.52144233192123.7397.7442080126.5364.511913108.0751.47104.07137.86169.16238.00323239279159.50134.5456603152.0343.822217129.71144.09180.56212.21262.21438595489258.80202.9681410215.6046.453229181.20147.48181.82206.01259.19OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst918273645Min: 2 / Avg: 6.21 / Max: 17Min: 1 / Avg: 3.92 / Max: 45Min: 3 / Avg: 7.93 / Max: 30Min: 1 / Avg: 6.26 / Max: 45

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst90K180K270K360K450KSE +/- 817.60, N = 3SE +/- 1657.40, N = 3SE +/- 415.46, N = 3SE +/- 360.73, N = 3152242438595144233323239

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst110220330440550SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3349489192279

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst60120180240300SE +/- 1.63, N = 3SE +/- 4.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3157.63258.80123.73159.50

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3135.71202.9697.74134.54

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 12.47, N = 3SE +/- 28.98, N = 3SE +/- 7.84, N = 3SE +/- 6.00, N = 343016814104208056603

Warsow

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst50100150200250SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 2.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3193.83215.60126.53152.03

SuperTuxKart

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterSuperTuxKart 0.9Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst1632486480SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.97, N = 6SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 374.2546.4564.5143.82

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst7001400210028003500SE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 36.56, N = 3SE +/- 2.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32905322919132217

Tesseract

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600RadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 2.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3143.68181.20108.07129.71

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeonSI Gallium3D1632486480SE +/- 1.07, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 374.0151.47

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst306090120150SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3127.27147.48104.07144.09

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst4080120160200SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 2.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 3164.92181.82137.86180.56

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst50100150200250SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 1.48, N = 3188.05206.01169.16212.21

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: LowRadeonSI Gallium3DCatalyst60120180240300SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 3.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3240.52259.19238.00262.21

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