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. Stock: R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-powerplay (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 PowerPlay: R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-powerplay2 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Catalyst: R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Supported device 6939 2048MB (918/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Stock: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-powerplay (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 PowerPlay: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-powerplay2 (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Catalyst: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 7.01 |==== PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 33.17 |=================== Catalyst: R9 285 ... 53.33 |============================== Stock: R9 Fury ..... 6.71 |==== PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 19.83 |=========== Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 90.50 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ..... 26.60 |==== PowerPlay: R9 285 . 166.23 |========================= Catalyst: R9 285 .. 188.33 |============================= Catalyst: R9 Fury . 336.00 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Stock: R9 285 ..... MIN: 3 AVG: 38 MAX: 98 PowerPlay: R9 285 . MIN: 2 AVG: 6 MAX: 41 Catalyst: R9 285 .. MIN: 1 AVG: 5 MAX: 41 Catalyst: R9 Fury . MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 6 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 21.03 |===== PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 104.92 |======================== Catalyst: R9 285 ... 143.90 |================================= Stock: R9 Fury ..... 13.44 |=== PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 36.79 |========= Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 216.16 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 45.52 |========== PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 210.76 |============================================== Catalyst: R9 285 ... 221.89 |================================================ Stock: R9 Fury ..... 40.98 |========= PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 119.98 |========================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 230.08 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 34.35 |========== PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 129.43 |======================================= Catalyst: R9 285 ... 154.69 |=============================================== Stock: R9 Fury ..... 21.85 |======= PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 58.36 |================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 165.27 |================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 6217 |==== PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 36865 |====================== Catalyst: R9 285 ... 55793 |================================== Stock: R9 Fury ..... 6905 |==== PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 20821 |============= Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 83976 |=================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 246 |== PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 2237 |=================== Catalyst: R9 285 ... 2286 |=================== Stock: R9 Fury ..... 640 |===== PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 2117 |================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 6146 |==================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 15175 |== PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 91173 |========== Catalyst: R9 285 ... 210544 |======================== Stock: R9 Fury ..... 10086 |= PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 32087 |==== Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 438515 |================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 132 |======= PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 398 |====================== Catalyst: R9 285 ... 336 |=================== Stock: R9 Fury ..... 287 |================ PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 953 |===================================================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 779 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Stock: R9 285 ...... 346 |======= PowerPlay: R9 285 .. 1050 |====================== Catalyst: R9 285 ... 1019 |===================== Stock: R9 Fury ..... 736 |=============== PowerPlay: R9 Fury . 2435 |================================================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .. 2511 |====================================================