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/1512245-HA-1512234GA60&sor.

Radeon AMDGPU 2015 Open vs. ClosedProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCompilerLinux 4.4: R9 285Linux 4.4: R9 FuryLinux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 FuryCatalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 FuryObiWan 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 4096MBIntel Core i7-3770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores)ASRock Z77 Extreme4Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd100GBSapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY X 4096MBC-Media CMI8788D2343 + IPS234Intel 82574L Gigabit ConnectionArch rolling4.4.0-rc3-drmnext45 (x86_64)KDE Frameworks 5modesetting 1.18.04.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-8326eb1) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.8.0 (SVN 256330) + LLVM 3.8.0svnbtrfs3840x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Linux 4.4: R9 285: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Linux 4.4: R9 Fury: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Catalyst: R9 285: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Catalyst: R9 Fury: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- ObiWan Fury: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceKernel Details- Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285: amdgpu.powerplay=1- Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 Fury: amdgpu.powerplay=1- ObiWan Fury: amdgpu.audio=0 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

Radeon AMDGPU 2015 Open vs. Closedmetro2033-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1metroll-redux: Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1openarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080tf2: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - UltimateLinux 4.4: R9 285Linux 4.4: R9 FuryLinux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 FuryCatalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 FuryObiWan Fury15.2212.6249.1034.1855.0957.967.347.8516.4013.8915.8922.7436.8544.68220.40139.1974.78145.5920.1324.9651.5339.8959.1072.1978.28287.97217.47126.78162.0282.5296.41319.93226.21161.2642.8249.77255.73220.26148.86OpenBenchmarking.org

Metro 2033 Redux

Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro 2033 ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1Catalyst: R9 FuryCatalyst: R9 285ObiWan FuryLinux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 FuryLinux 4.4: R9 285Linux 4.4: R9 Fury20406080100SE +/- 1.34, N = 4SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 382.5272.1942.8236.8520.1315.227.34

Metro: Last Light Redux

Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxPhoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m1Catalyst: R9 FuryCatalyst: R9 285ObiWan FuryLinux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 FuryLinux 4.4: R9 285Linux 4.4: R9 Fury20406080100SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 1.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 396.4178.2849.7744.6824.9612.627.85

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Catalyst: R9 FuryCatalyst: R9 285ObiWan FuryLinux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 FuryLinux 4.4: R9 285Linux 4.4: R9 Fury70140210280350SE +/- 4.23, N = 3SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.52, N = 3SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3319.93287.97255.73220.4051.5349.1016.40MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 1MIN: 3 / MAX: 75MIN: 3 / MAX: 51

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeCatalyst: R9 FuryCatalyst: R9 285ObiWan FuryLinux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 FuryLinux 4.4: R9 285Linux 4.4: R9 Fury20406080100Min: 1 / Avg: 3.17 / Max: 11Min: 1 / Avg: 3.44 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 3.86 / Max: 32Min: 1 / Avg: 4.53 / Max: 30Min: 3 / Avg: 19.49 / Max: 51Min: 3 / Avg: 20.32 / Max: 51Min: 4 / Avg: 54.96 / Max: 99

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Catalyst: R9 FuryObiWan FuryCatalyst: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 FuryLinux 4.4: R9 285Linux 4.4: R9 Fury50100150200250SE +/- 0.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 1.50, N = 3SE +/- 1.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3226.21220.26217.47139.1939.8934.1813.89

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

CatalystLinux 4.5 AMD DRMLinux 4.4OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 285R9 Fury306090120150SE +/- 2.30, N = 6SE +/- 1.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3126.7874.7855.0915.89

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateCatalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 FuryObiWan FuryLinux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 285Linux 4.5 AMD DRM: R9 FuryLinux 4.4: R9 285Linux 4.4: R9 Fury4080120160200SE +/- 1.30, N = 3SE +/- 1.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 4.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3162.02161.26148.86145.5959.1057.9622.74MIN: 25 / MAX: 360MIN: 27 / MAX: 358MIN: 34 / MAX: 400MIN: 36 / MAX: 417MIN: 19 / MAX: 175MIN: 28 / MAX: 95MIN: 9 / MAX: 52

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4