Radeon 2015 Open vs. Closed Various Radeon graphics card tests on open and closed-source drivers in December. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. ,,"Catalyst: HD 6870","Catalyst: HD 6950","Catalyst: HD 7950","Catalyst: R9 285","Catalyst: R9 290","Catalyst: R7 370","Catalyst: R9 Fury","Open-Source: HD 6950","Open-Source: HD 6870","Open-Source: HD 7950","Open-Source: R9 285","Open-Source: R9 290","Open-Source: R7 370","Open-Source: R9 Fury" 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),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),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,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF,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,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,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon,Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon Memory,,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB,16384MB Disk,,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850,120GB Samsung SSD 850 Graphics,,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB,Supported device 6939 2048MB,Supported device 67B1 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB,XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB,XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB,XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB,MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB,Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MB Audio,,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150,Realtek ALC1150 Monitor,,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q Network,,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,Intel Connection,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,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10,Ubuntu 15.10 Kernel,,4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64),4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64),4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218,4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218,4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218,4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218,4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218,4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218,4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218 Desktop,,Unity,Unity,Unity,Unity,Unity,Unity,Unity,Unity,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,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,X Server 1.17.2,X Server 1.17.2 Display Driver,,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,fglrx 15.20.3,radeon 7.6.99,radeon 7.6.99,radeon 7.6.99,radeon 7.6.99,radeon 7.6.99,radeon 7.6.99,radeon 7.6.99 OpenGL,,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.4.13399,4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4,3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4 Compiler,,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3,GCC 4.9.3 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1920x1200,1920x1200,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080,1920x1080 ,,"Catalyst: HD 6870","Catalyst: HD 6950","Catalyst: HD 7950","Catalyst: R9 285","Catalyst: R9 290","Catalyst: R7 370","Catalyst: R9 Fury","Open-Source: HD 6950","Open-Source: HD 6870","Open-Source: HD 7950","Open-Source: R9 285","Open-Source: R9 290","Open-Source: R7 370","Open-Source: R9 Fury" "Unigine Valley - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen (FPS)",HIB,22.35,34.97,48.42,51.40,74.12,38.62,94.76,29.09,22.94,38.78,,59.23,33.33, "BioShock Infinite - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High (FPS)",HIB,62.21,64.28,65.89,59.62,72.90,66.95,66.68,28.34,,27.19,,26.95,27.16, "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,54.04,112.09,157.90,155.56,178.10,128.04,186.30,97.36,,,,,, "DiRT Showdown - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA (FPS)",HIB,53.66,56.61,64.28,64.18,63.66,66.09,64.27,60.51,,,,56.51,54.12, "Metro 2033 Redux - Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1 (FPS)",HIB,44.20,49.02,75.14,72.19,79.64,,82.52,34.97,,,15.33,32.24,31.59,7.53 "Metro: Last Light Redux - Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1 (FPS)",HIB,45.72,54.03,83.38,78.28,92.01,,96.41,38.67,,,12.66,41.16,37.72,7.97 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,173.73,195.20,293.90,287.97,327.37,,319.93,112.33,167.30,,49,214.63,191.27,16.90 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,5.75,5.13,3.39,3.44,3.08,,3.17,8.87,5.95,,20.38,4.66,5.2,54.98 "Tesseract - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,125.89,139.35,206.17,217.47,221.96,,226.21,134.00,113.24,,34.11,176.22,146.17,14.13 "Team Fortress 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,123.24,125.77,128.49,126.78,124.72,,,93.06,,,53.67,69.78,74.06, "Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,150.18,166.86,157.19,162.02,159.41,,161.26,131.63,98.92,,57.68,152.06,143.86,22.98