R600g Radeon vs. Catalyst Linux Testing
Fresh HD 6870 and HD 6950 Linux benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.


R600g: HD 6870: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151215, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

R600g: HD 6950: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151215, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Catalyst: HD 6870: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-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: 1920x1080

Catalyst: HD 6950: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-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: 1920x1080


BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6950 .... 29.58 |========================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 62.20 |===================================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 63.40 |====================================================


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6870 .... 85.43  |=======================================
R600g: HD 6950 .... 96.85  |============================================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 77.09  |===================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 112.56 |===================================================


DiRT Showdown
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6950 .... 66.80 |====================================================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 62.05 |================================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 63.76 |==================================================


Metro 2033 Redux
Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6950 .... 34.81 |=====================================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 44.13 |===============================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 48.76 |====================================================


Metro: Last Light Redux
Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6950 .... 38.63 |=====================================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 45.81 |============================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 54.11 |====================================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6870 .... 96.37  |=====================================
R600g: HD 6950 .... 101.73 |========================================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 122.59 |================================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 131.26 |===================================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6870 .... 126.15 |==============================================
R600g: HD 6950 .... 134.94 |==================================================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 124.01 |==============================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 138.40 |===================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6870 .... 152.92 |====================================
R600g: HD 6950 .... 172.89 |=========================================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 206.56 |=================================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 214.82 |===================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R600g: HD 6870 .... 105.89 |================================
R600g: HD 6950 .... 130.69 |========================================
Catalyst: HD 6870 . 150.12 |=============================================
Catalyst: HD 6950 . 168.51 |===================================================