Linux 4.5 AMDGPU/Radeon vs. Catalyst Linux 4.5 AMDGPU and Radeon DRM benchmarks with Mesa 11.2-dev Git and LLVM SVN back-end via Padoka PPA. DRI3 enabled and swapbufferswait disabled. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: 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: 4.2.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: 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: 4.2.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: 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: 4.2.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: 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: 4.2.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: 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: 4.5.0-rc1amdgpu-pp+ (x86_64) 20160125, 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 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: 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: 4.5.0-rc1amdgpu-pp+ (x86_64) 20160125, 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 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: 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: 4.5.0-rc1amdgpu-pp+ (x86_64) 20160125, 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 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: 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: 4.5.0-rc1amdgpu-pp+ (x86_64) 20160125, 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 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Very High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... 39.21 |================================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... 26.46 |======================= Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... 27.03 |======================= Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... 40.27 |=================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. 21.10 |================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. 30.32 |========================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . 8.51 |======= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. 20.07 |================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... 103.37 |================================= Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... 54.22 |================= Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... 68.46 |====================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... 106.16 |================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. 81.82 |========================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. 66.36 |===================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . 30.29 |========== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. 46.94 |=============== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... 64.01 |=================================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... 64.73 |=================================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... 64.44 |=================================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... 64.87 |=================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. 46.14 |========================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. 46.95 |========================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . 22.18 |============ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. 34.17 |================== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.2.0m3 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... 47.11 |=========================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... 26.29 |=============== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... 32.50 |=================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... 60.63 |=================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. 24.79 |============== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. 21.22 |============ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . 20.41 |============ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. 16.62 |========== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... 286.27 |================================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... 169.73 |==================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... 205.97 |======================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... 283.80 |================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. 191.93 |======================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. 179.10 |===================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . 51.27 |====== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. 132.10 |================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 39.0 Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 41.0 Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 41.0 Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 36.0 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 36.0 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 37.0 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 19.5 MAX: 44.0 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 36.0 Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... 115.42 |================================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... 95.26 |============================ Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... 103.04 |============================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... 114.21 |================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. 74.66 |====================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. 70.46 |===================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . 42.88 |============= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. 66.61 |==================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ..... 47.09 |=========================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ..... 23.42 |============== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ..... 31.89 |=================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury .... 62.05 |==================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 . 38.44 |====================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 . 28.51 |================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 . 20.08 |============ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... 284.74 |================================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... 281.82 |================================= Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... 282.81 |================================= Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... 287.12 |================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. 271.53 |================================ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. 279.57 |================================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . 225.56 |=========================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. 267.26 |================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ...... 197.59 |================================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ...... 145.16 |========================= Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ...... 173.67 |============================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury ..... 199.06 |================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 .. 148.02 |========================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 .. 117.31 |==================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 Fury . 93.27 |================ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 .. 101.69 |================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 290 ..... 153.21 |================================= Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R7 370 ..... 101.11 |===================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 285 ..... 126.88 |=========================== Catalyst Ubuntu 15.10: R9 Fury .... 164.86 |=================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 290 . 115.48 |========================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R9 285 . 91.90 |==================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 10.2-dev: R7 370 . 73.24 |================