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.


Linux 4.4: 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: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151220, 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, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 4.4: 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: 4.4.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20151220, 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, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: 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-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222, 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, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: 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-rc3-4.5-next-phx-xmas (x86_64) 20151222, 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, 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, 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, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Metro 2033 Redux
Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.4: R9 285 .......... 15.22 |========
Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ......... 7.34  |====
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285 .. 36.85 |===================
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury . 20.13 |==========
Catalyst: R9 285 ........... 72.19 |======================================
Catalyst: R9 Fury .......... 82.52 |===========================================


Metro: Last Light Redux
Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.4: R9 285 .......... 12.62 |======
Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ......... 7.85  |====
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285 .. 44.68 |====================
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury . 24.96 |===========
Catalyst: R9 285 ........... 78.28 |===================================
Catalyst: R9 Fury .......... 96.41 |===========================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.4: R9 285 .......... 49.10  |======
Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ......... 16.40  |==
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285 .. 220.40 |=============================
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury . 51.53  |=======
Catalyst: R9 285 ........... 287.97 |======================================
Catalyst: R9 Fury .......... 319.93 |==========================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Linux 4.4: R9 285 .......... MIN: 3  AVG: 20   MAX: 51 
Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ......... MIN: 4  AVG: 55   MAX: 99 
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285 .. MIN: 1  AVG: 5    MAX: 30 
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury . MIN: 3  AVG: 19   MAX: 51 
Catalyst: R9 285 ........... MIN: 1  AVG: 3    MAX: 15 
Catalyst: R9 Fury .......... MIN: 1  AVG: 3    MAX: 11 


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.4: R9 285 .......... 34.18  |======
Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ......... 13.89  |===
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285 .. 139.19 |==========================
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury . 39.89  |=======
Catalyst: R9 285 ........... 217.47 |========================================
Catalyst: R9 Fury .......... 226.21 |==========================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.4: R9 285 ......... 55.09  |===================
Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ........ 15.89  |=====
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285 . 74.78  |=========================
Catalyst: R9 285 .......... 126.78 |===========================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Linux 4.4: R9 285 .......... 57.96  |===============
Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ......... 22.74  |======
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285 .. 145.59 |======================================
Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury . 59.10  |===============
Catalyst: R9 285 ........... 162.02 |==========================================
Catalyst: R9 Fury .......... 161.26 |==========================================