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: 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: 1920x1200 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: 1920x1200 Catalyst: HD 7950: 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: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB, 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: R9 285: 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: Supported device 6939 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 Catalyst: R9 290: 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: Supported device 67B1 4096MB, 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: R7 370: 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: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MB, 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: R9 Fury: 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 R9 Fury 4096MB, 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 Open-Source: 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-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, 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 Open-Source: 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-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, 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 Open-Source: HD 7950: 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: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, 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 Open-Source: R9 285: 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: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Open-Source: R9 290: 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: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, 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 Open-Source: R7 370: 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: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, 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 Open-Source: R9 Fury: 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 R9 FURY 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-rc3-amdgpu-pp-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 22.35 |============ Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 34.97 |================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 48.42 |========================= Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 51.40 |=========================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 74.12 |====================================== Catalyst: R7 370 ..... 38.62 |==================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 94.76 |================================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 . 29.09 |=============== Open-Source: HD 6870 . 22.94 |============ Open-Source: HD 7950 . 38.78 |==================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 59.23 |=============================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 33.33 |================= BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 62.21 |========================================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 64.28 |=========================================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 65.89 |============================================ Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 59.62 |======================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 72.90 |================================================= Catalyst: R7 370 ..... 66.95 |============================================= Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 66.68 |============================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 . 28.34 |=================== Open-Source: HD 7950 . 27.19 |================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 26.95 |================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 27.16 |================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 54.04 |============== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 112.09 |============================= Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 157.90 |========================================= Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 155.56 |======================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 178.10 |============================================== Catalyst: R7 370 ..... 128.04 |================================= Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 186.30 |================================================ Open-Source: HD 6950 . 97.36 |========================= DiRT Showdown Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 53.66 |======================================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 56.61 |========================================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 64.28 |================================================ Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 64.18 |================================================ Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 63.66 |=============================================== Catalyst: R7 370 ..... 66.09 |================================================= Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 64.27 |================================================ Open-Source: HD 6950 . 60.51 |============================================= Open-Source: R9 290 .. 56.51 |========================================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 54.12 |======================================== Metro 2033 Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 44.20 |========================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 49.02 |============================= Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 75.14 |============================================= Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 72.19 |=========================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 79.64 |=============================================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 82.52 |================================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 . 34.97 |===================== Open-Source: R9 285 .. 15.33 |========= Open-Source: R9 290 .. 32.24 |=================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 31.59 |=================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 7.53 |==== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 45.72 |======================= Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 54.03 |=========================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 83.38 |========================================== Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 78.28 |======================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 92.01 |=============================================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 96.41 |================================================= Open-Source: HD 6950 . 38.67 |==================== Open-Source: R9 285 .. 12.66 |====== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 41.16 |===================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 37.72 |=================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 7.97 |==== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 173.73 |========================= Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 195.20 |============================= Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 293.90 |=========================================== Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 287.97 |========================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 327.37 |================================================ Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 319.93 |=============================================== Open-Source: HD 6950 . 112.33 |================ Open-Source: HD 6870 . 167.30 |========================= Open-Source: R9 285 .. 49.00 |======= Open-Source: R9 290 .. 214.63 |=============================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 191.27 |============================ Open-Source: R9 Fury . 16.90 |== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... MIN: 1 AVG: 6 MAX: 18 Catalyst: HD 6950 .... MIN: 1 AVG: 5 MAX: 16 Catalyst: HD 7950 .... MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 11 Catalyst: R9 285 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 15 Catalyst: R9 290 ..... MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 13 Catalyst: R9 Fury .... MIN: 1 AVG: 3 MAX: 11 Open-Source: HD 6950 . MIN: 3 AVG: 9 MAX: 19 Open-Source: HD 6870 . MIN: 2 AVG: 6 MAX: 13 Open-Source: R9 285 .. MIN: 3 AVG: 20 MAX: 51 Open-Source: R9 290 .. MIN: 1 AVG: 5 MAX: 30 Open-Source: R7 370 .. MIN: 2 AVG: 5 MAX: 29 Open-Source: R9 Fury . MIN: 4 AVG: 55 MAX: 99 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 125.89 |=========================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 139.35 |============================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 206.17 |============================================ Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 217.47 |============================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 221.96 |=============================================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 226.21 |================================================ Open-Source: HD 6950 . 134.00 |============================ Open-Source: HD 6870 . 113.24 |======================== Open-Source: R9 285 .. 34.11 |======= Open-Source: R9 290 .. 176.22 |===================================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 146.17 |=============================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 14.13 |=== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 123.24 |============================================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 125.77 |=============================================== Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 128.49 |================================================ Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 126.78 |=============================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 124.72 |=============================================== Open-Source: HD 6950 . 93.06 |=================================== Open-Source: R9 285 .. 53.67 |==================== Open-Source: R9 290 .. 69.78 |========================== Open-Source: R7 370 .. 74.06 |============================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst: HD 6870 .... 150.18 |=========================================== Catalyst: HD 6950 .... 166.86 |================================================ Catalyst: HD 7950 .... 157.19 |============================================= Catalyst: R9 285 ..... 162.02 |=============================================== Catalyst: R9 290 ..... 159.41 |============================================== Catalyst: R9 Fury .... 161.26 |============================================== Open-Source: HD 6950 . 131.63 |====================================== Open-Source: HD 6870 . 98.92 |============================ Open-Source: R9 285 .. 57.68 |================= Open-Source: R9 290 .. 152.06 |============================================ Open-Source: R7 370 .. 143.86 |========================================= Open-Source: R9 Fury . 22.98 |=======