Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4

Benchmarks of a few Nouveau vs. Radeon tests on the Linux 4.4 kernel. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Radeon HD 6570
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Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4OpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB (1084/5000MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (1202/6008MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (1202/7000MHz)Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570/8550 512MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MBXFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBRealtek ALC1150SyncMasterIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.4.0-rc1-phoronix (x86_64) 20151118UnityX Server 1.17.2nouveau 1.0.11radeon 7.6.994.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.43.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.2.1 20151010ext42560x1600ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionRadeon Vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4 BenchmarksSystem Logs- GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 780 Ti: nouveau.pstate=1 - GeForce GTX 650: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 680: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GeForce GTX 760: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Radeon HD 6570: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon HD 6950: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Radeon R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- GeForce GTX 650: EXA- GeForce GTX 680: EXA- GeForce GTX 760: EXA- GeForce GTX 780 Ti: EXA- Radeon HD 6570: EXA- Radeon HD 6870: EXA- Radeon HD 6950: EXA- Radeon R9 290: GLAMOR- Radeon R7 370: GLAMOR

GeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%274%449%623%798%Unigine ValleyTesseractOpenArena1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen2560 x 16002560 x 1600

Radeon vs. Nouveau Linux 4.4openarena: 2560 x 1600tesseract: 2560 x 1600unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimategputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - FullscreenGeForce GTX 650GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 780 TiRadeon HD 6570Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6950Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 37057.2752.9521.2662.7243.6848852521156.55148.1769.36131.1299.01188814036865.0058.1421.4568.9149.055925944187.8782.2530.5191.8471.4911086462537.2230.6310.8797.4787.3839.30103.2166.58100510976764.6787.3546.42120.4990.31112475208179.53141.6786.70186.57150.852961159024135.50113.3957.07151.34115.461778OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6570GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 6504080120160200SE +/- 3.34, N = 6SE +/- 2.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 2.64, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3179.53135.5064.6797.4737.2287.8765.00156.5557.27MIN: 1 / MAX: 209MIN: 1 / MAX: 200MIN: 1 / MAX: 263MIN: 1 / MAX: 262MIN: 2 / MAX: 1089MIN: 6MIN: 9MIN: 2MIN: 10

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1600Radeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6570GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650306090120150SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3141.67113.3987.3587.3830.6382.2558.14148.1752.95

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6570GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 65020406080100SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 386.7057.0746.4239.3010.8730.5121.4569.3621.26

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltraRadeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 6504080120160200SE +/- 3.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3186.57151.34120.49103.2191.8468.91131.1262.72MIN: 99 / MAX: 453MIN: 75 / MAX: 312MIN: 47 / MAX: 202MIN: 30 / MAX: 190MIN: 40 / MAX: 167MIN: 30 / MAX: 122MIN: 62 / MAX: 306MIN: 27 / MAX: 107

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: UltimateRadeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 650306090120150SE +/- 2.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3150.85115.4690.3166.5871.4949.0599.0143.68MIN: 36 / MAX: 354MIN: 35 / MAX: 263MIN: 35 / MAX: 173MIN: 27 / MAX: 139MIN: 25 / MAX: 138MIN: 16 / MAX: 98MIN: 18 / MAX: 255MIN: 15 / MAX: 85

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 6506001200180024003000SE +/- 7.69, N = 3SE +/- 10.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3296117781124100511085921888488

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: FullscreenRadeon R9 290Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 65030K60K90K120K150KSE +/- 585.33, N = 3SE +/- 24.77, N = 3SE +/- 45.88, N = 3SE +/- 11.35, N = 3SE +/- 8.84, N = 3SE +/- 36.12, N = 3SE +/- 19.06, N = 315902475208109767646255944114036852521

OpenArena

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame TimeRadeon R9 290Radeon R7 370Radeon HD 6950Radeon HD 6870Radeon HD 6570GeForce GTX 780 TiGeForce GTX 760GeForce GTX 680GeForce GTX 6501326395265Min: 2 / Avg: 5.61 / Max: 40Min: 2 / Avg: 7.48 / Max: 33Min: 3 / Avg: 15.63 / Max: 36Min: 3 / Avg: 10.34 / Max: 23Min: 4 / Avg: 26.47 / Max: 62Min: 6 / Avg: 11.34 / Max: 68Min: 9 / Avg: 15.24 / Max: 30Min: 2 / Avg: 6.32 / Max: 57Min: 10 / Avg: 17.42 / Max: 41