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&sor&grs .
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
xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - Ultimate gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Pixmark Piano - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen xonotic: 2560 x 1600 - High gputest: Triangle - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen gputest: Furmark - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen tesseract: 2560 x 1600 gputest: Plot3D - 2560 x 1600 - Fullscreen metroll-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 openarena: 2560 x 1600 Stock PowerPlay Catalyst Stock PowerPlay Catalyst R9 285 R9 285 R9 285 R9 Fury R9 Fury R9 Fury 34.35 346 132 45.52 15175 246 21.03 6217 7.01 26.60 129.43 1050 398 210.76 91173 2237 104.92 36865 33.17 166.23 154.69 1019 336 221.89 210544 2286 143.90 55793 53.33 188.33 21.85 736 287 40.98 10086 640 13.44 6905 6.71 58.36 2435 953 119.98 32087 2117 36.79 20821 19.83 165.27 2511 779 230.08 438515 6146 216.16 83976 90.50 336.00 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time R9 Fury R9 285 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.95 / Max: 6 Min: 1 / Avg: 5.31 / Max: 41 Min: 2 / Avg: 6.01 / Max: 41 Min: 3 / Avg: 37.57 / Max: 98
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate R9 Fury R9 285 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 SE +/- 1.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 165.27 154.69 129.43 58.36 34.35 21.85
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 Fury R9 285 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 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 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 2511 1019 2435 1050 736 346
GpuTest Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen PowerPlay Catalyst Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 Fury R9 285 200 400 600 800 1000 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 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 953 398 779 336 287 132
Xonotic Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High R9 Fury R9 285 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 2.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.45, N = 3 SE +/- 3.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.93, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 230.08 221.89 210.76 119.98 45.52 40.98
GpuTest Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 Fury R9 285 90K 180K 270K 360K 450K SE +/- 968.09, N = 3 SE +/- 23.73, N = 3 SE +/- 1678.83, N = 3 SE +/- 47.68, N = 3 SE +/- 9.71, N = 3 SE +/- 2.40, N = 3 438515 210544 91173 32087 15175 10086
GpuTest Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 Fury R9 285 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 58.99, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 6146 2286 2237 2117 640 246
Tesseract Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 R9 Fury R9 285 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 3.47, N = 4 SE +/- 2.03, N = 6 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 216.16 143.90 104.92 36.79 21.03 13.44
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen R9 Fury R9 285 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K SE +/- 40.48, N = 3 SE +/- 1.53, N = 3 SE +/- 63.56, N = 3 SE +/- 102.91, N = 3 SE +/- 73.83, N = 3 SE +/- 7.77, N = 3 83976 55793 36865 20821 6905 6217
Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.0m5 R9 Fury R9 285 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 90.50 53.33 33.17 19.83 7.01 6.71
OpenArena Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Catalyst PowerPlay Stock OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 R9 Fury R9 285 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 SE +/- 0.98, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 336.00 188.33 166.23 26.60
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