2D RadeonSI vs. Catalyst X.Org Performance 2D AMD Radeon graphics benchmarks on Ubuntu 15.04 Linux. benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 270X: Catalyst: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (1100/1400MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 290: Catalyst: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13374, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 220.86 |======================================= R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 229.47 |========================================= R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 224.14 |======================================== R9 290: Catalyst ............ 218.85 |======================================= QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 222.75 |======================================== R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 223.05 |======================================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 230.44 |========================================= R9 290: Catalyst ............ 223.13 |======================================== QGears2 Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 1143.79 |============================== R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 1198.72 |=============================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 1533.52 |======================================== R9 290: Catalyst ............ 1118.22 |============================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 17.13 |=================================== R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 17.80 |==================================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 20.36 |========================================= R9 290: Catalyst ............ 20.66 |========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 1.11 |========================== R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 1.45 |================================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 1.81 |=========================================== R9 290: Catalyst ............ 1.74 |========================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 10.96 |========================================== R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 10.91 |========================================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 3.46 |============= R9 290: Catalyst ............ 3.52 |============= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 14.81 |========================================== R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 13.95 |======================================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 6.81 |=================== R9 290: Catalyst ............ 6.79 |=================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 9.29 |============================ R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 7.93 |======================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 13.43 |======================================== R9 290: Catalyst ............ 14.09 |========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 0.04 |================================== R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 0.05 |=========================================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 0.05 |=========================================== R9 290: Catalyst ............ 0.05 |=========================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 399.02 |========================================= R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 399.78 |========================================= R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 399.81 |========================================= R9 290: Catalyst ............ 402.60 |========================================= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 176.47 |========================================= R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 170.62 |======================================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 44.87 |========== R9 290: Catalyst ............ 47.51 |=========== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better R9 290: RadeonSI Gallium3D .. 11.53 |========================================== R9 270X: RadeonSI Gallium3D . 11.60 |========================================== R9 270X: Catalyst ........... 9.76 |=================================== R9 290: Catalyst ............ 11.60 |==========================================