AMDGPU PowerPlay vs. Catalyst Linux Radeon R9 285 Tonga and Radeon R9 Fury Fiji open-source Linux OpenGL benchmark results on Mesa 11.1-devel Git plus experimental PowerPlay kernel code for re-clocking compared to Catalyst. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1511278-MICH-AMDGPUR23 .
Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Stock PowerPlay Catalyst Stock PowerPlay Catalyst R9 285 R9 285 R9 285 R9 Fury R9 Fury R9 Fury 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 285/380 2048MB Realtek ALC1150 ASUS PB278 Intel Connection Ubuntu 15.10 4.3.0-powerplay (x86_64) Unity X Server 1.17.2 radeon 7.5.99 3.0 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.2.1 20151010 ext4 2560x1440 4.3.0-powerplay2 (x86_64) Supported device 6939 2048MB (918/1375MHz) 4.2.0-18-generic (x86_64) fglrx 15.20.3 4.4.13399 GCC 4.9.3 Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB 4.3.0-powerplay (x86_64) radeon 7.5.99 3.0 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 GCC 5.2.1 20151010 4.3.0-powerplay2 (x86_64) Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB 4.2.0-18-generic (x86_64) fglrx 15.20.3 4.4.13399 GCC 4.9.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave Environment Details - Catalyst: R9 285, Catalyst: R9 Fury: 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
metroll-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 openarena: 2560 x 1600 tesseract: 2560 x 1600 xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate gputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen Stock PowerPlay Catalyst Stock PowerPlay Catalyst R9 285 R9 285 R9 285 R9 Fury R9 Fury R9 Fury 7.01 26.60 21.03 45.52 34.35 6217 246 15175 132 346 33.17 166.23 104.92 210.76 129.43 36865 2237 91173 398 1050 53.33 188.33 143.90 221.89 154.69 55793 2286 210544 336 1019 6.71 13.44 40.98 21.85 6905 640 10086 287 736 19.83 36.79 119.98 58.36 20821 2117 32087 953 2435 90.50 336.00 216.16 230.08 165.27 83976 6146 438515 779 2511 OpenBenchmarking.org
Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 R9 285 R9 Fury 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 7.01 6.71 33.17 19.83 53.33 90.50
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 R9 285 R9 Fury 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 26.60 166.23 188.33 336.00
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time R9 285 R9 Fury 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 3 / Avg: 37.57 / Max: 98 Min: 2 / Avg: 6.01 / Max: 41 Min: 1 / Avg: 5.31 / Max: 41 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.95 / Max: 6
Tesseract Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 R9 285 R9 Fury 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 6 SE +/- 3.47, N = 4 21.03 13.44 104.92 36.79 143.90 216.16
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High R9 285 R9 Fury 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 3.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 45.52 40.98 210.76 119.98 221.89 230.08
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate R9 285 R9 Fury 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 1.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 34.35 21.85 129.43 58.36 154.69 165.27
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 285 R9 Fury 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K SE +/- 7.77, N = 3 SE +/- 73.83, N = 3 SE +/- 63.56, N = 3 SE +/- 102.91, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 40.48, N = 3 6217 6905 36865 20821 55793 83976
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 285 R9 Fury 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 58.99, N = 3 246 640 2237 2117 2286 6146
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 285 R9 Fury 90K 180K 270K 360K 450K SE +/- 9.71, N = 3 SE +/- 2.40, N = 3 SE +/- 1678.83, N = 3 SE +/- 47.68, N = 3 SE +/- 23.73, N = 3 SE +/- 968.09, N = 3 15175 10086 91173 32087 210544 438515
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 285 R9 Fury 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 132 287 398 953 336 779
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Stock PowerPlay Catalyst OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 285 R9 Fury 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 346 736 1050 2435 1019 2511
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