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.
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Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution PowerPlay Stock PowerPlay Catalyst R9 285 R9 285 R9 Fury R9 Fury R9 285 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-powerplay2 (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-powerplay (x86_64) Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB 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 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
gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen openarena: 2560 x 1600 tesseract: 2560 x 1600 xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate metroll-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 PowerPlay Stock PowerPlay Catalyst R9 285 R9 285 R9 Fury R9 Fury R9 285 R9 Fury 1050 398 91173 2237 36865 166.23 104.92 210.76 129.43 33.17 346 132 15175 246 6217 26.60 21.03 45.52 34.35 7.01 736 287 10086 640 6905 13.44 40.98 21.85 6.71 2435 953 32087 2117 20821 36.79 119.98 58.36 19.83 1019 336 210544 2286 55793 188.33 143.90 221.89 154.69 53.33 2511 779 438515 6146 83976 336.00 216.16 230.08 165.27 90.50 OpenBenchmarking.org
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 0.88, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 1050 2435 346 736 1019 2511
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 398 953 132 287 336 779
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 1678.83, N = 3 SE +/- 47.68, N = 3 SE +/- 9.71, N = 3 SE +/- 2.40, N = 3 SE +/- 23.73, N = 3 SE +/- 968.09, N = 3 91173 32087 15175 10086 210544 438515
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 58.99, N = 3 2237 2117 246 640 2286 6146
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 63.56, N = 3 SE +/- 102.91, N = 3 SE +/- 7.77, N = 3 SE +/- 73.83, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 40.48, N = 3 36865 20821 6217 6905 55793 83976
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 166.23 26.60 188.33 336.00
Tesseract Resolution: 2560 x 1600 PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 2.03, N = 6 SE +/- 3.47, N = 4 104.92 36.79 21.03 13.44 143.90 216.16
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 3.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 210.76 119.98 45.52 40.98 221.89 230.08
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 1.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 129.43 58.36 34.35 21.85 154.69 165.27
Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 PowerPlay Stock 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 +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 33.17 19.83 7.01 6.71 53.33 90.50
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time PowerPlay Stock 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: 2 / Avg: 6.01 / Max: 41 Min: 3 / Avg: 37.57 / Max: 98 Min: 1 / Avg: 5.31 / Max: 41 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.95 / Max: 6
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