Radeon Linux 4.4 vs. Catalyst

Benchmarks of a few Radeon tests on the Linux 4.4 kernel then compared to Catalyst 15.9 from AMD.com. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Radeon Linux 4.4 vs. Catalyst Benchmarks of a few Radeon tests on the Linux 4.4 kernel then compared to Catalyst 15.9 from AMD.com. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. ,,"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon","R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon","R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon","R7 370: Catalyst","R9 290: Catalyst","HD 6870: Catalyst" Processor,,Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores),Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores) Motherboard,,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF Chipset,,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB Disk,,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3 Graphics,,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB,XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB (1030/1400MHz),Supported device 67B1 4096MB (947/1250MHz),Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz) Audio,,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150 Monitor,,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection OS,,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10 Kernel,,4.4.0-rc1-phoronix (x86_64) 20151118,4.4.0-rc1-phoronix (x86_64) 20151118,4.4.0-rc1-phoronix (x86_64) 20151118,4.2.0-18-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-18-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-18-generic (x86_64) Desktop,,Unity,Unity,Unity,Unity,Unity,Unity Display Server,,X Server 1.17.2,X Server 1.17.2,X Server 1.17.2,X Server 1.17.2,X Server 1.17.2,X Server 1.17.2 Display Driver,,radeon 7.6.99,radeon 7.6.99,radeon 7.6.99,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3 OpenGL,,3.3 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,4.1 Mesa 11.1.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399 Compiler,,GCC 5.2.1 20151010,GCC 5.2.1 20151010,GCC 5.2.1 20151010,GCC 5.2.1 20151010,GCC 5.2.1 20151010,GCC 5.2.1 20151010 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600 ,,"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon","R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon","R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon","R7 370: Catalyst","R9 290: Catalyst","HD 6870: Catalyst" "OpenArena - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,10.34,5.61,7.48,6.39,3.66,8.62 "GpuTest - Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen (Points)",HIB,109767,159024,,,491042,249960 "GpuTest - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen (Points)",HIB,1005,2961,1778,,2953,1303 "Unigine Valley - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen (FPS)",HIB,39.30,86.70,57.07,,74.19,30.28 "OpenArena - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,97.47,179.53,135.50,156.03,270.50,115.87 "Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,66.58,150.85,115.46,,171.01,105.29 "Tesseract - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,87.38,141.67,113.39,115.47,201.18,89.08 "Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,103.21,186.57,151.34,188.86,208.67,155.39