AMD Open-Source vs. Catalyst Linux Radeon Tests
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.
Open-Source: HD 7950
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150828, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-c8a61ea) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Open-Source: R9 285
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 285 2048MB.
Open-Source: R9 290
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB.
Open-Source: R7 370
Changed Graphics to MSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MB.
Catalyst: HD 7950
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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
Environment Notes: 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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Catalyst: R9 285
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz).
Catalyst: R9 290
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz).
Catalyst: R7 370
Changed Graphics to MSI AMD Radeon R7 300 4096MB (1030/1400MHz).
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.
Metro 2033 Redux
A Steam-based test of the Metro 2033 Redux game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Metro: Last Light Redux
A Steam-based test of the Metro: Last Light Redux game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OpenArena
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.
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.
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.
Open-Source: HD 7950
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150828, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-c8a61ea) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 29 August 2015 22:09 by user phoronix.
Open-Source: R9 285
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150828, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-c8a61ea) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 30 August 2015 08:02 by user phoronix.
Open-Source: R9 290
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150828, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-c8a61ea) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 29 August 2015 21:01 by user phoronix.
Open-Source: R7 370
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150828, Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-c8a61ea) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 29 August 2015 19:51 by user phoronix.
Catalyst: HD 7950
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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
Environment Notes: 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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Testing initiated at 31 August 2015 10:15 by user phoronix.
Catalyst: R9 285
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz), Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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
Environment Notes: 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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Testing initiated at 31 August 2015 08:12 by user phoronix.
Catalyst: R9 290
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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
Environment Notes: 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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Testing initiated at 31 August 2015 11:08 by user phoronix.
Catalyst: R7 370
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 300 4096MB (1030/1400MHz), Audio: Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, 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
Environment Notes: 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
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Testing initiated at 31 August 2015 09:06 by user phoronix.