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.

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Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS
February 11 2016
 
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February 12 2016
 
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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

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA

Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

Ubuntu 14.04 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Radeon Gallium3D GraphicsProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.10GHz (20 Cores)MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0Intel Haswell-E DMI216384MBPNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08AMD FirePro V7900 2048MBRealtek ALC892ASUS PB278Intel ConnectionUbuntu 14.043.13.0-32-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.2X Server 1.15.1radeon 7.3.03.3 Mesa 10.1.3 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.4ext42560x1440Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores)Intel Xeon E7 v3/XeonUbuntu 16.044.4.0-4-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.17.3radeon 7.6.13.3 Mesa 11.1.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 5.3.1 201602054.4.0-5-generic (x86_64)3.3 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4GCC 5.3.1 20160211OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- Ubuntu 16.04 20160212: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- EXA

Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%107%114%121%GpuTestOpenArenaXonoticUnigine ValleyTesseract

Ubuntu 14.04 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Radeon Gallium3D Graphicsspecviewperf9: 3dsmax-04openarena: 2560 x 1440specviewperf9: maya-02specviewperf9: catia-02gputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreentesseract: 1920 x 1080gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreentesseract: 2560 x 1440xonotic: 2560 x 1440 - Lowxonotic: 2560 x 1440 - Highxonotic: 2560 x 1440 - Ultraxonotic: 2560 x 1440 - Ultimateunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.812.8454.9044.973.59585045837277447702105.302010681.56221.36113.4395.7371.5722.7864.00706028314773081569111.352423583.20273.14123.62100.3075.9221.8264.47715838296473281532110.792424682.99274.63123.99100.2276.0221.82OpenBenchmarking.org

SPECViewPerf 9

OpenBenchmarking.orgWeighted Geometric Mean, More Is BetterSPECViewPerf 9SPECViewPerf Test: 3dsmax-04Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS3691215SE +/- 0.06, N = 312.841. (CC) gcc options: -lm

OpenArena

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1440Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.81428425670SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 354.9064.0064.47MIN: 7MIN: 10 / MAX: 285MIN: 4 / MAX: 276

SPECViewPerf 9

OpenBenchmarking.orgWeighted Geometric Mean, More Is BetterSPECViewPerf 9SPECViewPerf Test: maya-02Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS1020304050SE +/- 0.09, N = 344.971. (CC) gcc options: -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgWeighted Geometric Mean, More Is BetterSPECViewPerf 9SPECViewPerf Test: catia-02Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS0.80781.61562.42343.23124.039SE +/- 0.04, N = 33.591. (CC) gcc options: -lm

GpuTest

GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.815K30K45K60K75KSE +/- 79.44, N = 3SE +/- 494.78, N = 3SE +/- 348.45, N = 3585047060271583

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.820K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 38.18, N = 3SE +/- 329.74, N = 3SE +/- 393.42, N = 3583728314782964

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8170340510680850SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3774730732

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.820K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 3.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 3477028156981532

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.820406080100SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3105.30111.35110.79

GpuTest

GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.85K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3201062423524246

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 2560 x 1440Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.820406080100SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 381.5683.2082.99

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: LowUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.860120180240300SE +/- 1.19, N = 3SE +/- 5.24, N = 6SE +/- 1.92, N = 3221.36273.14274.63MIN: 118 / MAX: 351MIN: 125 / MAX: 516MIN: 124 / MAX: 475

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: HighUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3113.43123.62123.99MIN: 49 / MAX: 191MIN: 56 / MAX: 227MIN: 57 / MAX: 228

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: UltraUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.820406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 395.73100.30100.22MIN: 40 / MAX: 166MIN: 44 / MAX: 181MIN: 42 / MAX: 188

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: UltimateUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.820406080100SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 371.5775.9276.02MIN: 29 / MAX: 139MIN: 30 / MAX: 144MIN: 31 / MAX: 144

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 322.7821.8221.82

OpenArena

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame TimeUbuntu 14.04.0 LTSUbuntu 16.04 20160212Ubuntu 16.04 + Mesa 11.1.2 + LLVM 3.8816243240Min: 7 / Avg: 18.18 / Max: 37Min: 10 / Avg: 15.5 / Max: 22Min: 10 / Avg: 15.51 / Max: 22

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

Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --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,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --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-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 11 February 2016 18:14 by user phoronix.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 12 February 2016 11:49 by user phoronix.

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

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: EXA

Testing initiated at 12 February 2016 14:32 by user phoronix.