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&sor.

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 TimeCatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D918273645Min: 1 / Avg: 3.92 / Max: 45Min: 2 / Avg: 6.21 / Max: 17Min: 1 / Avg: 6.26 / Max: 45Min: 3 / Avg: 7.93 / Max: 30

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600CatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D90K180K270K360K450KSE +/- 1657.40, N = 3SE +/- 817.60, N = 3SE +/- 360.73, N = 3SE +/- 415.46, N = 3438595152242323239144233

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 1600CatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D110220330440550SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3489349279192

OpenArena

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600CatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D60120180240300SE +/- 4.43, N = 6SE +/- 1.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3258.80157.63159.50123.73

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: FullscreenCatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D4080120160200SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3202.96135.71134.5497.74

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600CatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 28.98, N = 3SE +/- 12.47, N = 3SE +/- 6.00, N = 3SE +/- 7.84, N = 381410430165660342080

Warsow

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterWarsow 1.51Resolution: 2560 x 1600CatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D50100150200250SE +/- 2.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3215.60193.83152.03126.53

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 1600CatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D7001400210028003500SE +/- 36.56, N = 3SE +/- 4.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.03, N = 33229290522171913

Tesseract

Resolution: 2560 x 1600

Radeon R9 290Radeon R9 270XOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600CatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D4080120160200SE +/- 2.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3181.20143.68129.71108.07

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: UltimateCatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D306090120150SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3147.48127.27144.09104.07

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: UltraCatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D4080120160200SE +/- 2.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3181.82164.92180.56137.86

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High

Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: HighCatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D50100150200250SE +/- 1.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3212.21169.16206.01188.05

Xonotic

Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low

Radeon R9 270XRadeon R9 290OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: LowCatalystRadeonSI Gallium3D60120180240300SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.02, N = 3SE +/- 3.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.70, N = 3262.21238.00259.19240.52

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