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


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 |================================================


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 


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 |===============================================


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 |================================================


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 |==============================================


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 |===============================================


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 |===============================================


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 |===============================================


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 |================================================


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 |================================================


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 |===============================================


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 |================================================


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 |================================================


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 |================================================


SPECViewPerf 9
SPECViewPerf Test: maya-02
Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 44.97 |===================================================


SPECViewPerf 9
SPECViewPerf Test: catia-02
Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 3.59 |====================================================


SPECViewPerf 9
SPECViewPerf Test: 3dsmax-04
Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 14.04.0 LTS . 12.84 |===================================================