Radeon Linux 4.5 - ATI DDX vs. Mode-Setting Performance
Radeon DRM tests from Linux 4.5 while testing xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-modesetting for impact on 3D OpenGL Linux gaming performance.


R9 290 - Radeon DDX: 

	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

R9 290 - Modesetting DDX: 

	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: modesetting 1.17.2, 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


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 81.70 |=============================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 82.41 |=============================================


DiRT Showdown
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAA
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 46.97 |=============================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 46.43 |============================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 107.84 |============================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 108.60 |============================================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 74.52 |=============================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 72.45 |============================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 38.39 |=============================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 38.47 |=============================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 180.33 |============================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 177.68 |===========================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 146.30 |===========================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 151.23 |============================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 115.66 |============================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 116.80 |============================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 1706 |==============================================
R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 1699 |==============================================