Ubuntu 14.04 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Radeon Gallium3D Graphics AMD R600g Gallium3D driver tests of a Cayman AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB on Ubuntu 16.04 verus Ubuntu 14.04.0 using stock drivers. Tests by Michael Larabel. Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 16.04 20160212: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160205, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 18.2 MAX: 37.0 Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. MIN: 10.0 AVG: 15.5 MAX: 22.0 Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . MIN: 10.0 AVG: 15.5 MAX: 22.0 GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 47702 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 81569 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 81532 |================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 58372 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 83147 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 82964 |================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 221.36 |========================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 273.14 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 274.63 |=============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 58504 |========================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 70602 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 71583 |================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 20106 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 24235 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 24246 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 54.90 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 64.00 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 64.47 |================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 113.43 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 123.62 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 123.99 |=============================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 71.57 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 75.92 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 76.02 |================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 774 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 730 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 732 |================================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 105.30 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 111.35 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 110.79 |=============================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 95.73 |============================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 100.30 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 100.22 |=============================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 22.78 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 21.82 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 21.82 |=============================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS .................... 81.56 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.04 20160212 ................. 83.20 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8 . 82.99 |================================ SPECViewPerf 9 SPECViewPerf Test: 3dsmax-04 Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 12.84 |=================================================== SPECViewPerf 9 SPECViewPerf Test: catia-02 Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 3.59 |==================================================== SPECViewPerf 9 SPECViewPerf Test: maya-02 Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 44.97 |===================================================