Catalyst 15.9 Linux AMD Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Catalyst 15.7: R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Catalyst 15.9: R9 290: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB (1000/500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13397, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB (1000/500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 76.17 |============================= Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 119.98 |============================================== Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 77.27 |============================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 115.88 |============================================ Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 52.01 |============================================ Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 52.03 |============================================ Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 55.85 |=============================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 55.23 |============================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 62.60 |=========================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 62.96 |=========================================== Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 68.66 |=============================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 68.92 |=============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 311.47 |============================================ Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 323.87 |============================================== Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 302.03 |=========================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 306.57 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 13.0 Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 13.0 Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 11.0 Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 12.0 Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 110.68 |============================================ Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 114.40 |============================================== Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 113.42 |============================================= Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 115.02 |============================================== Elemental Demo 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 47.24 |========================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 47.44 |========================================== Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 53.20 |=============================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 52.82 |=============================================== Elemental Demo 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. MIN: 13 AVG: 21 MAX: 123 Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. MIN: 13 AVG: 21 MAX: 111 Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . MIN: 12 AVG: 18 MAX: 94 Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . MIN: 12 AVG: 19 MAX: 125 Matinee Fight Scene Demo 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 24.45 |=============================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 24.25 |============================================== Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 24.70 |=============================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 24.56 |=============================================== Matinee Fight Scene Demo 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. MIN: 28 AVG: 43 MAX: 105 Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. MIN: 27 AVG: 42 MAX: 89 Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . MIN: 27 AVG: 41 MAX: 84 Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . MIN: 30 AVG: 41 MAX: 79 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 74.31 |===================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 74.33 |===================================== Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 93.91 |=============================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 94.24 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 164.77 |============================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 162.63 |============================================= Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 164.81 |============================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 164.58 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Catalyst 15.7: R9 290 .. 5707 |=================================== Catalyst 15.9: R9 290 .. 5705 |=================================== Catalyst 15.7: R9 Fury . 7927 |================================================ Catalyst 15.9: R9 Fury . 7921 |================================================