Ubuntu 15.10 Radeon DRI3 vs. DRI2 DRI2 DRI3 rendering on Radeon open-source Linux graphics driver of Linux 4.3 and Mesa 11.1-devel atop Ubuntu 15.10. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1511013-HA-UBUNTU15126&grs&sor .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution DRI2 DRI3 DRI2 DRI3 DRI2 DRI3 R9 290 R9 290 HD 6870 HD 6870 R7 370 R7 370 Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores) Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon 16384MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB Realtek ALC1150 DELL P2415Q Intel Connection Ubuntu 15.10 4.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151018 Unity X Server 1.17.2 radeon 7.5.99 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.2.1 20151010 ext4 3840x2160 Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB 3.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 1920x1080 MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB 4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 3840x2160 OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - DRI2: R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - DRI3: R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - DRI2: HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - DRI3: HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance - DRI2: R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - DRI3: R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance Graphics Details - DRI2: R9 290: GLAMOR - DRI3: R9 290: GLAMOR - DRI2: HD 6870: EXA - DRI3: HD 6870: EXA - DRI2: R7 370: GLAMOR - DRI3: R7 370: GLAMOR
gputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen openarena: 1920 x 1080 openarena: 1920 x 1080 tesseract: 1920 x 1080 xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate gputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen DRI2 DRI3 DRI2 DRI3 DRI2 DRI3 R9 290 R9 290 HD 6870 HD 6870 R7 370 R7 370 77026 57.43 145.43 30472 201.97 398.92 150.25 243.41 124.28 99.36 1726 75869 58.73 176.69 30597 207.58 481.80 149.59 262.68 148.10 113.40 1729 218732 22.83 187.29 18834 160.90 475.03 119.45 277.72 134.29 95.61 1803 218764 22.99 196.66 18884 159.17 484.03 120.50 290.39 149.73 104.41 1808 33.77 114.70 181.20 386.97 126.64 232.65 34.12 137.19 189.30 496.47 131.46 249.61 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time R9 290 R7 370 HD 6870 7 14 21 28 35 Min: 1 / Avg: 4.88 / Max: 33 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.23 / Max: 33 Min: 2 / Avg: 6.1 / Max: 21 Min: 1 / Avg: 5.23 / Max: 29 Min: 2 / Avg: 5.42 / Max: 35 Min: 3 / Avg: 6.25 / Max: 14
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen HD 6870 R9 290 50K 100K 150K 200K 250K SE +/- 9.33, N = 3 SE +/- 256.08, N = 3 SE +/- 222.04, N = 3 SE +/- 161.08, N = 3 218764 75869 218732 77026
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 290 R7 370 HD 6870 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 58.73 34.12 22.99 57.43 33.77 22.83
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 3.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.78, N = 3 SE +/- 0.75, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 196.66 176.69 137.19 187.29 145.43 114.70
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 290 HD 6870 7K 14K 21K 28K 35K SE +/- 38.00, N = 3 SE +/- 6.36, N = 3 SE +/- 62.36, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 30597 18884 30472 18834
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R9 290 R7 370 HD 6870 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 3.05, N = 5 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 3.04, N = 3 SE +/- 5.96, N = 6 SE +/- 1.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.99, N = 3 207.58 189.30 159.17 201.97 181.20 160.90
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R7 370 HD 6870 R9 290 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 5.14, N = 3 SE +/- 3.04, N = 3 SE +/- 7.04, N = 3 SE +/- 5.72, N = 3 SE +/- 11.75, N = 6 SE +/- 12.68, N = 6 496.47 484.03 481.80 475.03 398.92 386.97
Tesseract Resolution: 1920 x 1080 DRI2 DRI3 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 R9 290 R7 370 HD 6870 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.85, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 150.25 126.64 119.45 149.59 131.46 120.50
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low HD 6870 R9 290 R7 370 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 2.79, N = 3 SE +/- 5.12, N = 3 SE +/- 3.95, N = 6 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 5.84, N = 6 SE +/- 3.85, N = 4 290.39 262.68 249.61 277.72 243.41 232.65
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra HD 6870 R9 290 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.46, N = 3 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.90, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 149.73 148.10 134.29 124.28
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate R9 290 HD 6870 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.66, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 113.40 104.41 99.36 95.61
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen DRI3 DRI2 OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen HD 6870 R9 290 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 4.10, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 4.16, N = 3 1808 1729 1803 1726
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