Radeon AMDGPU 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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1512234-GA-1080P831288&grs.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLinux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalyst R9 285 R9 Fury R9 285 R9 Fury R9 285 R9 FuryIntel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MBRealtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151220UnityX Server 1.17.2radeon 7.6.993.0 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4ext41920x1080Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MBXFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB4.4.0-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY 4096MBSupported device 6939 2048MB4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64)fglrx 15.20.34.4.13399Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MBOpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveKernel Details- Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285, Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury: amdgpu.powerplay=1Environment Details- Catalyst: R9 285, Catalyst: R9 Fury: LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri:/usr/lib/dri:/usr/lib32/fglrx/dri:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri

tf2: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimateopenarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080metroll-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1metro2033-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalyst R9 285 R9 Fury R9 285 R9 Fury R9 285 R9 Fury55.0957.9649.1034.1812.6215.2215.8922.7416.4013.897.857.3474.78145.59220.40139.1944.6836.8559.1051.5339.8924.9620.13126.78162.02287.97217.4778.2872.19161.26319.93226.2196.4182.52OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeR9 285R9 Fury20406080100Min: 3 / Avg: 20.32 / Max: 51Min: 4 / Avg: 54.96 / Max: 99Min: 1 / Avg: 4.53 / Max: 30Min: 3 / Avg: 19.49 / Max: 51Min: 1 / Avg: 3.44 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 3.17 / Max: 11

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 285R9 Fury306090120150SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 2.30, N = 655.0915.8974.78126.78

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateR9 285R9 Fury4080120160200SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.30, N = 3SE +/- 1.91, N = 357.9622.74145.5959.10162.02161.26

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 285R9 Fury70140210280350SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 4.23, N = 349.1016.40220.4051.53287.97319.93

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 285R9 Fury50100150200250SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 1.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 1.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 334.1813.89139.1939.89217.47226.21

Metro: Last Light Redux

Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1

Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1R9 285R9 Fury20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 1.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 312.627.8544.6824.9678.2896.41

Metro 2033 Redux

Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1

Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 AMD DRMCatalystOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro 2033 ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1R9 285R9 Fury20406080100SE +/- 0.21, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.34, N = 415.227.3436.8520.1372.1982.52


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