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Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

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HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2
August 25 2015
 
HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2
August 25 2015
 
R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2
August 25 2015
 
R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2
August 25 2015
 
HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1
August 26 2015
 
HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1
August 26 2015
 
R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1
August 26 2015
 
R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1
August 26 2015
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionR9 290HD 6870HD 6950R7 370HD 6950R9 290HD 6870 Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores)MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB256GB TS256GSSD370SXFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBIntel Sunrise Point-H HD AudioDELL P2210HIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.043.19.0-26-generic (x86_64)Xfce 4.12X Server 1.17.1radeon 7.5.03.3 Mesa 10.5.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.2ext41920x1080Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MBMSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MBRealtek ALC11504.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150825radeon 7.5.994.1 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB3.3 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB4.1 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB3.3 Mesa 11.0.0-rc1 (git-ab94875) Gallium 0.4OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandGraphics Details- R9 290: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2: GLAMOR- HD 6870: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2: EXA- HD 6950: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2: EXA- R7 370: Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2: GLAMOR- R7 370: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1: GLAMOR- HD 6950: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1: EXA- R9 290: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1: GLAMOR- HD 6870: DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1: EXA

openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenR9 290HD 6870HD 6950R7 370HD 6950R9 290HD 6870 Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2 DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1 DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1256.47206.80146.9449.31203.13168.985170253602896116813150180.93144.7067.0022.81161.57110.541896021712111314076729891114.83140.4381.4729.96180.02137.6531279223414709090766133542216.27149.1491.7327.64183.93147.325408830232758132941398200.53152.5097.1335.36167.31135.275302233142772225101316112.53113.4081.6530.06146.28114.45267012226922188198693189208.97177.19147.8060.72171.80142.4950733535128898011462926178.93138.4767.4622.81154.00106.171661620931077773935028622OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.260120180240300SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.97, N = 3SE +/- 4.19, N = 3178.93180.93208.97256.47112.53114.83200.53216.27

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2816243240Min: 3 / Avg: 5.54 / Max: 11Min: 2 / Avg: 5.52 / Max: 23Min: 1 / Avg: 4.75 / Max: 33Min: 1 / Avg: 3.89 / Max: 38Min: 4 / Avg: 8.87 / Max: 18Min: 4 / Avg: 8.76 / Max: 25Min: 2 / Avg: 4.95 / Max: 32Min: 1 / Avg: 4.68 / Max: 40

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 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080DRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.250100150200250SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3138.47144.70177.19206.80113.40140.43152.50149.14

Unigine Tropics

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.2306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 367.4667.00147.80146.9481.6581.4797.1391.73

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.21428425670SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 322.8122.8160.7249.3130.0629.9635.3627.64

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.24080120160200SE +/- 1.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 1.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3154.00161.57171.80203.13146.28180.02167.31183.93

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.24080120160200SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3106.17110.54142.49168.98114.45137.65135.27147.32

GpuTest

GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.212K24K36K48K60KSE +/- 2.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 6.43, N = 3SE +/- 19.86, N = 3SE +/- 47.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 11.62, N = 3SE +/- 2.31, N = 31661618960507335170226701312795302254088

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.211002200330044005500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 8.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 32.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 320932171535153602226223433143023

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.260K120K180K240K300KSE +/- 67.45, N = 3SE +/- 41.86, N = 3SE +/- 29.14, N = 3SE +/- 332.03, N = 3SE +/- 58.17, N = 3SE +/- 12.20, N = 3SE +/- 97.68, N = 3SE +/- 262.69, N = 310777721113128898028961192218147090277222275813

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.220K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 109.04, N = 3SE +/- 40.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 176.89, N = 3SE +/- 122.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3393504076711466818198690766510294

HD 6870R9 290HD 6950R7 370OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenDRM-Next + Mesa 11.0-rc1Linux 3.19 + Mesa 10.5.230K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 19.34, N = 3SE +/- 10.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 97.08, N = 3SE +/- 368.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32862229891292631509318913354213161398