AMD Open-Source vs. Catalyst Linux Radeon Tests

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.

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Open-Source: HD 7950
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Open-Source: R9 285
August 30 2015
 
Open-Source: R9 290
August 29 2015
 
Open-Source: R7 370
August 29 2015
 
Catalyst: HD 7950
August 31 2015
 
Catalyst: R9 285
August 31 2015
 
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August 31 2015
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOpen-SourceCatalyst R7 370 R9 290 HD 7950 R9 285 R9 285 R7 370 HD 7950 R9 290Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores)MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB256GB TS256GSSD370SMSI AMD Radeon R9 270 4096MBRealtek ALC1150SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.044.2.0-996-generic (x86_64) 20150828Xfce 4.12X Server 1.17.1radeon 7.5.994.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (git-c8a61ea) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0ext42560x1600XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBXFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MBXFX AMD Radeon R9 285 2048MBXFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB (918/1375MHz)Intel Sunrise Point-H HD Audio3.19.0-26-generic (x86_64)fglrx 15.20.24.4.13374GCC 4.9.2MSI AMD Radeon R7 300 4096MB (1030/1400MHz)XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (947/1250MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemandGraphics Details- Open-Source: R7 370, Open-Source: R9 290, Open-Source: HD 7950, Open-Source: R9 285: GLAMOREnvironment Details- Catalyst: R9 285, Catalyst: R7 370, Catalyst: HD 7950, Catalyst: R9 290: 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

metro2033-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1metroll-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1openarena: 2560 x 1600tesseract: 2560 x 1600unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - FullscreenOpen-SourceCatalyst R7 370 R9 290 HD 7950 R9 285 R9 285 R7 370 HD 7950 R9 29039.4039.68145.13127.3159.65156.00121.8441926179014686547.6153.17195.10158.7991.72179.14152.0941668292015479742.7946.29169.23135.9562.14164.48132.763671716211376928.867.1026.7019.4415.7336.4631.3849422421022846.4846.07201.67103.3850.25152.61122.362383220883763943.6940.96164.5396.1637.23151.20114.362860616145622850.3851.66209.37108.7347.46162.93128.182790415815324261.1468.63307.70158.7773.28174.14139.4943279263693290OpenBenchmarking.org

Metro 2033 Redux

A Steam-based test of the Metro 2033 Redux game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro 2033 ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1R7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 2851428425670SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 6SE +/- 0.79, N = 6SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 339.4047.6142.798.8646.4843.6950.3861.14
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro 2033 ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1R7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 2851224364860Min: 39.14 / Avg: 39.4 / Max: 39.55Min: 47.24 / Avg: 47.61 / Max: 48.14Min: 42.37 / Avg: 42.79 / Max: 43.15Min: 8.84 / Avg: 8.86 / Max: 8.88Min: 45.62 / Avg: 46.48 / Max: 50.15Min: 41.85 / Avg: 43.69 / Max: 45.78Min: 49.98 / Avg: 50.38 / Max: 50.59Min: 60.85 / Avg: 61.14 / Max: 61.49

Metro: Last Light Redux

A Steam-based test of the Metro: Last Light Redux game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1R9 290R7 370HD 7950R9 2851530456075SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 353.0139.5839.6853.1746.297.1046.0740.9651.6668.63
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1R9 290R7 370HD 7950R9 2851326395265Min: 52.81 / Avg: 53.01 / Max: 53.16Min: 39.31 / Avg: 39.58 / Max: 39.8Min: 39.58 / Avg: 39.68 / Max: 39.82Min: 52.96 / Avg: 53.17 / Max: 53.29Min: 46.15 / Avg: 46.29 / Max: 46.53Min: 7.06 / Avg: 7.1 / Max: 7.14Min: 45.89 / Avg: 46.07 / Max: 46.16Min: 40.75 / Avg: 40.96 / Max: 41.26Min: 51.33 / Avg: 51.66 / Max: 51.98Min: 68.49 / Avg: 68.63 / Max: 68.8

OpenArena

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600R7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 28570140210280350SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3145.13195.10169.2326.70201.67164.53209.37307.70
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600R7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 28560120180240300Min: 144.8 / Avg: 145.13 / Max: 145.6Min: 194.4 / Avg: 195.1 / Max: 195.6Min: 167.7 / Avg: 169.23 / Max: 170.6Min: 26.7 / Avg: 26.7 / Max: 26.7Min: 201.6 / Avg: 201.67 / Max: 201.7Min: 164.5 / Avg: 164.53 / Max: 164.6Min: 209.2 / Avg: 209.37 / Max: 209.6Min: 307.5 / Avg: 307.7 / Max: 307.9

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.

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600R7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 2854080120160200SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 1.16, N = 3SE +/- 1.42, N = 3SE +/- 2.29, N = 3127.31158.79135.9519.44103.3896.16108.73158.77
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600R7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 285306090120150Min: 127.08 / Avg: 127.31 / Max: 127.47Min: 157.6 / Avg: 158.79 / Max: 159.56Min: 135.59 / Avg: 135.95 / Max: 136.14Min: 19.36 / Avg: 19.44 / Max: 19.52Min: 102.19 / Avg: 103.38 / Max: 104.78Min: 94.73 / Avg: 96.16 / Max: 98.45Min: 105.96 / Avg: 108.73 / Max: 110.68Min: 155.53 / Avg: 158.77 / Max: 163.19

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.

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 28520406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 359.6591.7262.1415.7350.2537.2347.4673.28
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 28520406080100Min: 59.63 / Avg: 59.65 / Max: 59.68Min: 91.55 / Avg: 91.72 / Max: 91.92Min: 62.01 / Avg: 62.14 / Max: 62.27Min: 15.7 / Avg: 15.73 / Max: 15.76Min: 50.21 / Avg: 50.25 / Max: 50.27Min: 37.15 / Avg: 37.23 / Max: 37.27Min: 47.41 / Avg: 47.46 / Max: 47.49Min: 73.04 / Avg: 73.28 / Max: 73.45

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-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 2854080120160200SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3156.00179.14164.4836.46152.61151.20162.93174.14
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 285306090120150Min: 155.51 / Avg: 156 / Max: 156.39Min: 178.88 / Avg: 179.14 / Max: 179.4Min: 164.39 / Avg: 164.48 / Max: 164.57Min: 36.45 / Avg: 36.46 / Max: 36.46Min: 152.04 / Avg: 152.61 / Max: 153.11Min: 150.59 / Avg: 151.2 / Max: 151.9Min: 161.37 / Avg: 162.93 / Max: 164.1Min: 173.81 / Avg: 174.14 / Max: 174.6

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 285306090120150SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3121.84152.09132.7631.38122.36114.36128.18139.49
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 285306090120150Min: 121.66 / Avg: 121.84 / Max: 122.04Min: 151.52 / Avg: 152.09 / Max: 152.64Min: 132.36 / Avg: 132.76 / Max: 133.06Min: 31.37 / Avg: 31.38 / Max: 31.39Min: 121.64 / Avg: 122.36 / Max: 122.8Min: 113.93 / Avg: 114.36 / Max: 115.17Min: 127.35 / Avg: 128.18 / Max: 128.79Min: 137.29 / Avg: 139.49 / Max: 141.26

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.

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 2859K18K27K36K45KSE +/- 19.60, N = 3SE +/- 8.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 19.74, N = 3SE +/- 6.56, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 3.46, N = 3SE +/- 21.39, N = 3419264166836717494223832286062790443279
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 2858K16K24K32K40KMin: 41896 / Avg: 41926.33 / Max: 41963Min: 41652 / Avg: 41668 / Max: 41682Min: 36717 / Avg: 36717.33 / Max: 36718Min: 4903 / Avg: 4942.33 / Max: 4965Min: 23819 / Avg: 23832 / Max: 23840Min: 28602 / Avg: 28605.67 / Max: 28608Min: 27898 / Avg: 27904 / Max: 27910Min: 43251 / Avg: 43279 / Max: 43321

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 2856001200180024003000SE +/- 17.98, N = 3SE +/- 8.72, N = 3SE +/- 31.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 26.46, N = 4SE +/- 41.88, N = 61790292016212422088161415812636
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 2855001000150020002500Min: 1761 / Avg: 1790.33 / Max: 1823Min: 2906 / Avg: 2920 / Max: 2936Min: 1585 / Avg: 1621.33 / Max: 1683Min: 241 / Avg: 241.67 / Max: 242Min: 2087 / Avg: 2087.67 / Max: 2089Min: 1613 / Avg: 1614 / Max: 1616Min: 1550 / Avg: 1581 / Max: 1660Min: 2554 / Avg: 2635.83 / Max: 2801

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 28530K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 153.73, N = 3SE +/- 167.59, N = 3SE +/- 5868.95, N = 6SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 5.46, N = 3SE +/- 4.37, N = 3SE +/- 9.02, N = 3SE +/- 39.84, N = 31468651547971376921022837639562285324293290
Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 28530K60K90K120K150KMin: 146693 / Avg: 146865.33 / Max: 147172Min: 154463 / Avg: 154797.33 / Max: 154985Min: 117891 / Avg: 137691.67 / Max: 147453Min: 10227 / Avg: 10227.67 / Max: 10229Min: 37628 / Avg: 37638.67 / Max: 37646Min: 56223 / Avg: 56228.33 / Max: 56237Min: 53225 / Avg: 53241.67 / Max: 53256Min: 93217 / Avg: 93290.33 / Max: 93354

OpenArena

Open-SourceCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeR7 370R9 290HD 7950R9 28520406080100Min: 3 / Avg: 6.88 / Max: 28Min: 2 / Avg: 5.11 / Max: 32Min: 3 / Avg: 5.84 / Max: 30Min: 2 / Avg: 37.37 / Max: 97Min: 1 / Avg: 4.95 / Max: 26Min: 1 / Avg: 6.06 / Max: 29Min: 1 / Avg: 4.77 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 3.23 / Max: 24