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.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
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phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1511299-HA-REDSIDE8361
Radeon Linux 4.4 vs. Catalyst,
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon",109744,109855,109701
"R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon",157854,159575,159643
"R9 290: Catalyst",491483,491070,490573
"HD 6870: Catalyst",249974,249959,249946
"GpuTest 0.7.0 - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon",1005,1006,1005
"R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon",2976,2954,2952
"R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon",1793,1783,1757
"R9 290: Catalyst",3048,2922,2890
"HD 6870: Catalyst",1302,1303,1303
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon",66.5848874,66.6163572,66.5469237
"R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon",156.3298224,148.7198095,147.5142895
"R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon",114.8873632,115.9997554,115.4877719
"R9 290: Catalyst",171.350976,172.0364713,169.6380608
"HD 6870: Catalyst",105.2977055,105.1433949,105.4398211
"Xonotic 0.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon",104.1486846,102.5902291,102.879324
"R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon",179.8047536,190.3112303,189.5900898
"R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon",148.910659,153.0592131,152.057479
"R7 370: Catalyst",112.703343,203.1506079,204.0675714,202.3658439,204.5462287,206.3176407
"R9 290: Catalyst",206.3435245,207.935771,211.7405363
"HD 6870: Catalyst",153.4783361,156.6032893,156.092428
"Unigine Valley 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon",39.1874,39.3696,39.3463
"R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon",86.4864,86.5026,87.1215
"R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon",56.8035,57.1886,57.2056
"R9 290: Catalyst",74.0231,74.2363,74.3242
"HD 6870: Catalyst",30.2184,30.3021,30.3249
"Tesseract 2014-05-12 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon",87.56691,88.07005,86.50688
"R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon",139.3369,143.0446,142.6384
"R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon",113.0173,113.2248,113.9313
"R7 370: Catalyst",115.1592,116.1149,115.1483
"R9 290: Catalyst",195.1338,206.6257,201.7723
"HD 6870: Catalyst",88.84216,89.25266,89.13604
"OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"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 0.8.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"HD 6870: Linux 4.4 Radeon",99.7,96.2,96.5
"R9 290: Linux 4.4 Radeon",196.1,177.2,175.9,174.7,175.7,177.6
"R7 370: Linux 4.4 Radeon",140.3,133,133.2
"R7 370: Catalyst",156.1,156.3,155.7
"R9 290: Catalyst",263.9,276.4,271.2
"HD 6870: Catalyst",115.9,116,115.7