AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.04, Intel Skylake Linux DRM Comparison

AMD A10-7850K APU tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Intel Skylake Linux DRM Comparison: Linux 4.3 through Linux 4.5 benchmarks with a Core i5 6500K. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1602217-GA-AMDKAVERI64,1602202-GA-INTELSKYL68&sro.

AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.04, Intel Skylake Linux DRM ComparisonProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDisplay Serverfglrx 15.20.3Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3Linux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 GitAMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores)Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3HAMD Family 15h7168MB120GB KINGSTON SV300S3AMD Radeon R7 1024MBAMD Kaveri HDMI/DPG237HLRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 16.044.4.0-6-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0fglrx 15.20.34.5.13399GCC 5.3.1 20160211ext41920x1080radeon 7.6.14.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.44.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201602204.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-3c9ed20 2016-02-21 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores)MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0Intel Sky Lake15360MB256GB TS256GSSD370SIntel Sky Lake (1150MHz)Realtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 15.104.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64)UnityX Server 1.17.2intel 2.99.9173.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA)GCC 5.2.1 201510103840x21604.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64)4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160218OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- fglrx 15.20.3: 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/driCompiler Details- fglrx 15.20.3: --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- fglrx 15.20.3: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance- Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance- Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance- Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance- Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq performance- Linux 4.3: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Linux 4.4: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance- Linux 4.5 Git: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1: GLAMOR- Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3: GLAMOR- Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3: GLAMOR- Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3: GLAMOR- Linux 4.3: SNA- Linux 4.4: SNA- Linux 4.5 Git: SNA

AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.04, Intel Skylake Linux DRM Comparisonopenarena: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreencsgo: 1920 x 1080tf2: 1920 x 1080tf2: 3840 x 2160unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultragputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenfglrx 15.20.3Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3Linux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git54.2063.36193.41129.00108.0276.707801876158042.9753.05158.3986.8174.1655.861003948242.9753.21170.4189.0976.0756.751003942.9753.24170.8089.2175.5656.771004039342.5754.52171.5790.1476.0856.941006069.3350.12673322351.7823.077.8079.6833.8827.0283903810261.0346.81668322349.3522.657.4074.9132.0726.0682423810263.9747.35667022331.3349.2722.607.4974.8632.3726.31819938102OpenBenchmarking.org

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3Linux 4.5 Gitfglrx 15.20.31530456075SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 369.3361.0342.9742.9742.9742.5763.9754.20MIN: 10MIN: 7 / MAX: 64MIN: 14 / MAX: 58MIN: 4 / MAX: 62MIN: 5 / MAX: 73MIN: 5 / MAX: 57MIN: 10MIN: 2 / MAX: 61

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3Linux 4.5 Gitfglrx 15.20.31122334455Min: 9 / Avg: 14.19 / Max: 48Min: 7 / Avg: 16.23 / Max: 29Min: 15 / Avg: 23.25 / Max: 54Min: 4 / Avg: 23.21 / Max: 54Min: 5 / Avg: 23.2 / Max: 55Min: 4 / Avg: 23.2 / Max: 54Min: 10 / Avg: 15.5 / Max: 28Min: 2 / Avg: 18.38 / Max: 56

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3Linux 4.5 Gitfglrx 15.20.31428425670SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 350.1246.8153.0553.2153.2454.5247.3563.36

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowLinux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3fglrx 15.20.34080120160200SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.57, N = 3158.39170.41170.80171.57193.41MIN: 107 / MAX: 244MIN: 116 / MAX: 266MIN: 115 / MAX: 267MIN: 114 / MAX: 271MIN: 116 / MAX: 348

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighLinux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3fglrx 15.20.3306090120150SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 386.8189.0989.2190.14129.00MIN: 48 / MAX: 133MIN: 50 / MAX: 134MIN: 50 / MAX: 134MIN: 51 / MAX: 137MIN: 82 / MAX: 185

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraLinux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3fglrx 15.20.320406080100SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 374.1676.0775.5676.08108.02MIN: 36 / MAX: 122MIN: 36 / MAX: 122MIN: 36 / MAX: 122MIN: 36 / MAX: 124MIN: 61 / MAX: 174

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateLinux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3fglrx 15.20.320406080100SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 355.8656.7556.7756.9476.70MIN: 23 / MAX: 104MIN: 24 / MAX: 105MIN: 24 / MAX: 105MIN: 23 / MAX: 107MIN: 22 / MAX: 143

GpuTest

Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreenfglrx 15.20.32004006008001000SE +/- 3.21, N = 3780

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3Linux 4.5 Gitfglrx 15.20.34K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 53.58, N = 3SE +/- 34.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.08, N = 3SE +/- 40.93, N = 36733668310039100391004010060667018761

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3Linux 4.5 Gitfglrx 15.20.3130260390520650SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 8.54, N = 3SE +/- 21.74, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3223223482393223580

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 4.5 Git71421283531.33

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080Linux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git1224364860SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 351.7849.3549.27

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160Linux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 323.0722.6522.60

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37.807.407.49

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 379.6874.9174.86MIN: 45 / MAX: 121MIN: 42 / MAX: 114MIN: 43 / MAX: 115

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git816243240SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 333.8832.0732.37MIN: 20 / MAX: 45MIN: 19 / MAX: 43MIN: 19 / MAX: 44

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 327.0226.0626.31MIN: 13 / MAX: 39MIN: 13 / MAX: 38MIN: 14 / MAX: 37

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 9.87, N = 3SE +/- 6.33, N = 3SE +/- 2.85, N = 3839082428199

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git918273645SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3383838

GpuTest

Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenLinux 4.3Linux 4.4Linux 4.5 Git20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3102102102

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