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&gru&rdt.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDRI3DRI2DRI3DRI2 R9 290 R9 290 HD 6870 HD 6870 R7 370 R7 370Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBRealtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151018UnityX Server 1.17.2radeon 7.5.994.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.2.1 20151010ext43840x2160Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB3.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.41920x1080MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.43840x2160OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- DRI3: R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- DRI2: R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- DRI2: HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- DRI3: HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- DRI3: R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- DRI2: R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- DRI3: R9 290: GLAMOR- DRI2: R9 290: GLAMOR- DRI2: HD 6870: EXA- DRI3: HD 6870: EXA- DRI3: R7 370: GLAMOR- DRI2: R7 370: GLAMOR

openarena: 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenDRI3DRI2DRI3DRI2 R9 290 R9 290 HD 6870 HD 6870 R7 370 R7 370481.80207.58149.5958.73262.68176.69148.10113.4030597172975869398.92201.97150.2557.43243.41145.43124.2899.3630472172677026475.03160.90119.4522.83277.72187.29134.2995.61188341803218732484.03159.17120.5022.99290.39196.66149.73104.41188841808218764496.47189.30131.4634.12249.61137.19386.97181.20126.6433.77232.65114.70OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 290HD 6870R7 370110220330440550SE +/- 7.04, N = 3SE +/- 3.04, N = 3SE +/- 5.14, N = 3SE +/- 11.75, N = 6SE +/- 5.72, N = 3SE +/- 12.68, N = 6481.80484.03496.47398.92475.03386.97

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 290HD 6870R7 37050100150200250SE +/- 3.05, N = 5SE +/- 3.04, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 5.96, N = 6SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 1.27, N = 3207.58159.17189.30201.97160.90181.20

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 290HD 6870R7 370306090120150SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.85, N = 3149.59120.50131.46150.25119.45126.64

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR9 290HD 6870R7 3701326395265SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 358.7322.9934.1257.4322.8333.77

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowR9 290HD 6870R7 37060120180240300SE +/- 5.12, N = 3SE +/- 2.79, N = 3SE +/- 3.95, N = 6SE +/- 5.84, N = 6SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 3.85, N = 4262.68290.39249.61243.41277.72232.65

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighR9 290HD 6870R7 3704080120160200SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 3.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3176.69196.66137.19145.43187.29114.70

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraR9 290HD 6870306090120150SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.90, N = 3148.10149.73124.28134.29

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateR9 290HD 6870306090120150SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3113.40104.4199.3695.61

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR9 290HD 68707K14K21K28K35KSE +/- 38.00, N = 3SE +/- 6.36, N = 3SE +/- 62.36, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 330597188843047218834

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR9 290HD 6870400800120016002000SE +/- 4.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 4.16, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 31729180817261803

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR9 290HD 687050K100K150K200K250KSE +/- 256.08, N = 3SE +/- 9.33, N = 3SE +/- 161.08, N = 3SE +/- 222.04, N = 37586921876477026218732

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

DRI3DRI2OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeR9 290HD 6870R7 370714212835Min: 1 / Avg: 4.88 / Max: 33Min: 2 / Avg: 6.1 / Max: 21Min: 2 / Avg: 5.23 / Max: 33Min: 1 / Avg: 5.23 / Max: 29Min: 3 / Avg: 6.25 / Max: 14Min: 2 / Avg: 5.42 / Max: 35

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