OpenCL Radeon Open-Source vs. Catalyst, hd7970

Radeon R600g and RadeonSI Gallium3D Clover OpenCL benchmarks with clpeak using Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-devel. Compared to Catalyst. Benchmark results by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article.

hd7970: Intel Core i5-3330 testing with a ASRock H61 Pro BTC and Intel HD 2500 3072MB on SUSE LINUX 42.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite.

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OpenCL Radeon Open-Source vs. Catalyst, hd7970ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd7970Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores)Gigabyte X99-UD4-CFIntel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon16384MB2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MBRealtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.5.0-rc2amdgpu-pp+ (x86_64) 20160201UnityX Server 1.17.2radeon 7.6.993.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4GCC 5.2.1 20151010ext43840x2160XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MBamdgpu 1.0.99XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBradeon 7.6.99MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBSapphire AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB4.2.0-27-generic (x86_64)fglrx 15.20.34.5.13399XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MBSupported device 6939 2048MBSupported device 67B1 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MBIntel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores)ASRock H61 Pro BTCIntel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd8192MB65GBIntel HD 2500 3072MB (1050MHz)VIA VT1705H225WRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411SUSE LINUX 42.14.5.0-rc1-3-default (x86_64)KDE Frameworks 5X Server 1.18.99.1intel 2.99.9174.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-43a401a pontostroy:X11) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.5 + Clang 3.9.0 + LLVM 3.9.0svnxfs1920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgKernel Details- Open-Source: HD 6870, Open-Source: HD 7950, Open-Source: R9 285, Open-Source: R9 290, Open-Source: R7 370: amdgpu.powerplay=1Compiler Details- Open-Source: HD 6870, Open-Source: HD 7950, Open-Source: R9 285, Open-Source: R9 290, Open-Source: R7 370, Catalyst: HD 6870, Catalyst: HD 7950, Catalyst: R9 285, Catalyst: R9 290, Catalyst: R7 370: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Open-Source: HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Open-Source: HD 7950: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Open-Source: R9 285: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Open-Source: R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Open-Source: R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Catalyst: HD 6870: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Catalyst: HD 7950: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Catalyst: R9 285: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Catalyst: R9 290: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Catalyst: R7 370: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- hd7970: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- Open-Source: HD 6870: EXA- Open-Source: HD 7950: GLAMOR- Open-Source: R9 285: GLAMOR- Open-Source: R9 290: GLAMOR- Open-Source: R7 370: GLAMOREnvironment Details- Catalyst: HD 6870, Catalyst: HD 7950, Catalyst: R9 285, Catalyst: R9 290, Catalyst: R7 370: 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

Open-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd7970Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%402%704%1006%1308%clpeakclpeakclpeakclpeakclpeakI.C.IKernel LatencyT.B.eT.B.eS.P.F

OpenCL Radeon Open-Source vs. Catalyst, hd7970clpeak: Kernel Latencyclpeak: Integer Compute INTclpeak: Single-Precision Floatclpeak: Double-Precision Doubleclpeak: Transfer Bandwidth enqueueReadBufferclpeak: Transfer Bandwidth enqueueWriteBufferclpeak: Global Memory BandwidthOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd7970145.85182.44360.923.585.26105.54491.622345.12547.0310.4015.72143.39650.803102.60204.7510.0914.82118.711578.014608.55596.559.8212.32110.24418.742031.91131.4910.4115.7724.90199.38398.298.809.4934.03516.742292.54536.8410.4713.8826.78647.083177.62202.719.0013.2137.771591.744721.18598.8110.6414.8135.42415.672095.91128.7310.6714.9769.45847.704149.221058.385.837.99168.85OpenBenchmarking.org

clpeak

OpenBenchmarking.orgus, Fewer Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Kernel LatencyOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd7970306090120150SE +/- 8.80, N = 6SE +/- 1.78, N = 6SE +/- 14.32, N = 6SE +/- 2.08, N = 6SE +/- 3.85, N = 6SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 2.12, N = 6SE +/- 0.52, N = 5SE +/- 0.81, N = 3145.85105.54143.39118.71110.2424.9034.0326.7837.7735.4269.45
OpenBenchmarking.orgus, Fewer Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Kernel LatencyOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd7970306090120150Min: 123.87 / Avg: 145.85 / Max: 175.33Min: 100.21 / Avg: 105.54 / Max: 112.9Min: 97.21 / Avg: 143.39 / Max: 168.82Min: 114.06 / Avg: 118.71 / Max: 128.15Min: 101.5 / Avg: 110.24 / Max: 124.64Min: 24.6 / Avg: 24.9 / Max: 25.47Min: 32.67 / Avg: 34.03 / Max: 34.73Min: 26.06 / Avg: 26.78 / Max: 27.34Min: 31.76 / Avg: 37.77 / Max: 46.72Min: 34.39 / Avg: 35.42 / Max: 37.09Min: 67.89 / Avg: 69.45 / Max: 70.63

OpenBenchmarking.orgGIOPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Integer Compute INTOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd797030060090012001500SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 7.09, N = 6SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 21.03, N = 6SE +/- 1.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 3.65, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3182.44491.62650.801578.01418.74199.38516.74647.081591.74415.67847.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgGIOPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Integer Compute INTOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd797030060090012001500Min: 182.13 / Avg: 182.44 / Max: 182.61Min: 456.84 / Avg: 491.62 / Max: 505.23Min: 650.71 / Avg: 650.8 / Max: 650.89Min: 1577.16 / Avg: 1578.01 / Max: 1578.85Min: 418.73 / Avg: 418.74 / Max: 418.76Min: 199.36 / Avg: 199.38 / Max: 199.41Min: 493.53 / Avg: 516.74 / Max: 621.57Min: 643.54 / Avg: 647.08 / Max: 648.88Min: 1591.66 / Avg: 1591.74 / Max: 1591.83Min: 408.38 / Avg: 415.67 / Max: 419.35Min: 847.64 / Avg: 847.7 / Max: 847.82

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Single-Precision FloatOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd797010002000300040005000SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 47.92, N = 6SE +/- 1.52, N = 3SE +/- 2.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 44.66, N = 6SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 2.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 3360.922345.123102.604608.552031.91398.292292.543177.624721.182095.914149.22
OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Single-Precision FloatOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd79708001600240032004000Min: 360.83 / Avg: 360.92 / Max: 361.08Min: 2261.65 / Avg: 2345.12 / Max: 2575.29Min: 3100.26 / Avg: 3102.6 / Max: 3105.46Min: 4604.94 / Avg: 4608.55 / Max: 4612.3Min: 2031.47 / Avg: 2031.91 / Max: 2032.15Min: 398.28 / Avg: 398.29 / Max: 398.29Min: 2231.73 / Avg: 2292.54 / Max: 2510.59Min: 3177.3 / Avg: 3177.62 / Max: 3178.1Min: 4719.94 / Avg: 4721.18 / Max: 4723.04Min: 2091.67 / Avg: 2095.91 / Max: 2099.34Min: 4145.85 / Avg: 4149.22 / Max: 4153.04

OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Double-Precision DoubleOpen-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd79702004006008001000SE +/- 16.28, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 11.37, N = 6SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3547.03204.75596.55131.49536.84202.71598.81128.731058.38
OpenBenchmarking.orgGFLOPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Double-Precision DoubleOpen-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd79702004006008001000Min: 528.81 / Avg: 547.03 / Max: 628.29Min: 204.72 / Avg: 204.75 / Max: 204.82Min: 596.44 / Avg: 596.55 / Max: 596.75Min: 131.49 / Avg: 131.49 / Max: 131.49Min: 525.35 / Avg: 536.84 / Max: 593.71Min: 202.45 / Avg: 202.71 / Max: 203.16Min: 598.8 / Avg: 598.81 / Max: 598.83Min: 128.1 / Avg: 128.73 / Max: 129.35Min: 1058.2 / Avg: 1058.38 / Max: 1058.6

OpenBenchmarking.orgGBPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Transfer Bandwidth enqueueReadBufferOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd79703691215SE +/- 0.10, N = 6SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 6SE +/- 0.25, N = 6SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 33.5810.4010.099.8210.418.8010.479.0010.6410.675.83
OpenBenchmarking.orgGBPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Transfer Bandwidth enqueueReadBufferOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd79703691215Min: 3.09 / Avg: 3.58 / Max: 3.69Min: 10.35 / Avg: 10.4 / Max: 10.44Min: 8.58 / Avg: 10.09 / Max: 10.45Min: 8.58 / Avg: 9.82 / Max: 10.11Min: 10.37 / Avg: 10.41 / Max: 10.45Min: 8.67 / Avg: 8.8 / Max: 8.95Min: 10.25 / Avg: 10.47 / Max: 10.6Min: 8.86 / Avg: 9 / Max: 9.1Min: 10.42 / Avg: 10.64 / Max: 10.87Min: 10.62 / Avg: 10.67 / Max: 10.75Min: 5.82 / Avg: 5.83 / Max: 5.84

OpenBenchmarking.orgGBPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Transfer Bandwidth enqueueWriteBufferOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd797048121620SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 6SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 35.2615.7214.8212.3215.779.4913.8813.2114.8114.977.99
OpenBenchmarking.orgGBPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Transfer Bandwidth enqueueWriteBufferOpen-Source: HD 6870Open-Source: HD 7950Open-Source: R9 285Open-Source: R9 290Open-Source: R7 370Catalyst: HD 6870Catalyst: HD 7950Catalyst: R9 285Catalyst: R9 290Catalyst: R7 370hd797048121620Min: 5.25 / Avg: 5.26 / Max: 5.26Min: 15.62 / Avg: 15.72 / Max: 15.77Min: 12.07 / Avg: 14.82 / Max: 15.71Min: 12.2 / Avg: 12.32 / Max: 12.39Min: 15.77 / Avg: 15.77 / Max: 15.78Min: 9.37 / Avg: 9.49 / Max: 9.72Min: 13.8 / Avg: 13.88 / Max: 13.94Min: 12.96 / Avg: 13.21 / Max: 13.59Min: 14.75 / Avg: 14.81 / Max: 14.85Min: 14.96 / Avg: 14.97 / Max: 14.97Min: 7.98 / Avg: 7.99 / Max: 8

OpenBenchmarking.orgGBPS, More Is BetterclpeakOpenCL Test: Global Memory Bandwidthhd79704080120160200SE +/- 0.73, N = 3168.85