2D Radeon Linux 4.5 Mesa 11.2-dev Some modern open-source Radeon 2D benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel of Phoronix. Radeon HD 5830: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5830 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, 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: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6870: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Radeon HD 6950: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, 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: 1920x1080 Radeon 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 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: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.0.99, 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 Radeon 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 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: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, 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 Radeon 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: 2 x 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 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: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160206, 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 QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 347.47 |=================================================== Radeon HD 6870 . 359.72 |==================================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 367.50 |====================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 369.78 |====================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 360.19 |===================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 370.16 |====================================================== QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 805.18 |=================================================== Radeon HD 6870 . 798.01 |=================================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 785.74 |================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 609.15 |======================================= Radeon R9 290 .. 841.76 |===================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 850.17 |====================================================== QGears2 Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 5487.04 |====================================== Radeon HD 6870 . 7135.57 |================================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 6716.53 |=============================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 1398.89 |========== Radeon R9 290 .. 7166.63 |================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 7599.90 |===================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 543.12 |====================================== Radeon HD 6870 . 546.30 |======================================= Radeon HD 6950 . 593.53 |========================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 638.84 |============================================= Radeon R9 290 .. 763.92 |====================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 704.55 |================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBox Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 24.21 |=================================================== Radeon HD 6870 . 22.26 |============================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 26.33 |======================================================= Radeon R9 285 .. 15.06 |=============================== Radeon R9 290 .. 19.28 |======================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 17.32 |==================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkCheckButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 0.16 |======== Radeon HD 6870 . 0.13 |======= Radeon HD 6950 . 0.17 |========= Radeon R9 285 .. 1.12 |======================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 0.17 |========= Radeon R7 370 .. 0.17 |========= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkRadioButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 1.89 |================================== Radeon HD 6870 . 0.20 |==== Radeon HD 6950 . 0.22 |==== Radeon R9 285 .. 1.20 |====================== Radeon R9 290 .. 3.09 |======================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 0.22 |==== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkToggleButton Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 0.16 |= Radeon HD 6870 . 0.17 |= Radeon HD 6950 . 0.14 | Radeon R9 285 .. 0.15 |= Radeon R9 290 .. 15.63 |======================================================= Radeon R7 370 .. 0.18 |= GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkComboBoxEntry Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 9.50 |=============================== Radeon HD 6870 . 12.29 |======================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 16.19 |===================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 9.29 |============================== Radeon R9 290 .. 16.92 |======================================================= Radeon R7 370 .. 10.37 |================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Scroll Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 0.04 |======================================================== Radeon HD 6870 . 0.04 |======================================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 0.03 |========================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 0.03 |========================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 0.03 |========================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 0.04 |======================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkTextView - Add Text Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 307.35 |====================================================== Radeon HD 6870 . 304.80 |===================================================== Radeon HD 6950 . 306.97 |====================================================== Radeon R9 285 .. 307.70 |====================================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 305.11 |====================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 304.41 |===================================================== GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Circles Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 60.92 |====================== Radeon HD 6870 . 57.88 |===================== Radeon HD 6950 . 59.17 |===================== Radeon R9 285 .. 93.04 |================================== Radeon R9 290 .. 149.30 |====================================================== Radeon R7 370 .. 133.67 |================================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GTK Widget: GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better Radeon HD 5830 . 5.71 |================ Radeon HD 6870 . 5.39 |=============== Radeon HD 6950 . 6.00 |================= Radeon R9 285 .. 14.72 |========================================= Radeon R9 290 .. 19.88 |======================================================= Radeon R7 370 .. 16.29 |=============================================