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. fglrx 15.20.3: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: G237HL, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160220, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.1, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (git-3c9ed20 2016-02-21 xenial-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160211, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.3: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.4: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.4.0-040400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.5 Git: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160218, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA), Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ 54.20 |================================ Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ 42.97 |========================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 42.97 |========================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 42.97 |========================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3 . 42.57 |========================= Linux 4.3 .................... 69.33 |========================================= Linux 4.4 .................... 61.03 |==================================== Linux 4.5 Git ................ 63.97 |====================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 18.4 MAX: 56.0 Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ MIN: 15.0 AVG: 23.2 MAX: 54.0 Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 23.2 MAX: 54.0 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . MIN: 5.0 AVG: 23.2 MAX: 55.0 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 23.2 MAX: 54.0 Linux 4.3 .................... MIN: 9.0 AVG: 14.2 MAX: 48.0 Linux 4.4 .................... MIN: 7.0 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 29.0 Linux 4.5 Git ................ MIN: 10.0 AVG: 15.5 MAX: 28.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ 63.36 |========================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ 53.05 |================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 53.21 |================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 53.24 |================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3 . 54.52 |=================================== Linux 4.3 .................... 50.12 |================================ Linux 4.4 .................... 46.81 |============================== Linux 4.5 Git ................ 47.35 |=============================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ 193.41 |======================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ 158.39 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 170.41 |=================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 170.80 |=================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3 . 171.57 |=================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ 129.00 |======================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ 86.81 |=========================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 89.09 |============================ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 89.21 |============================ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3 . 90.14 |============================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ 108.02 |======================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ 74.16 |=========================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 76.07 |============================ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 75.56 |============================ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3 . 76.08 |============================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ 76.70 |========================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ 55.86 |============================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 56.75 |============================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 56.77 |============================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3 . 56.94 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 . 780 |========================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ 18761 |========================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ 10039 |====================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 10039 |====================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 10040 |====================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2 + DRI3 . 10060 |====================== Linux 4.3 .................... 6733 |=============== Linux 4.4 .................... 6683 |=============== Linux 4.5 Git ................ 6670 |=============== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better fglrx 15.20.3 ................ 580 |=========================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.1 ........ 482 |==================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.1 + DRI3 . 393 |============================= Linux 4.3 .................... 223 |================= Linux 4.4 .................... 223 |================= Linux 4.5 Git ................ 223 |================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.5 Git . 31.33 |======================================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 51.78 |======================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 49.35 |===================================================== Linux 4.5 Git . 49.27 |===================================================== Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 23.07 |======================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 22.65 |======================================================= Linux 4.5 Git . 22.60 |======================================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 7.80 |========================================================= Linux 4.4 ..... 7.40 |====================================================== Linux 4.5 Git . 7.49 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 79.68 |======================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 74.91 |===================================================== Linux 4.5 Git . 74.86 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 33.88 |======================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 32.07 |===================================================== Linux 4.5 Git . 32.37 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 27.02 |======================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 26.06 |====================================================== Linux 4.5 Git . 26.31 |======================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 8390 |========================================================= Linux 4.4 ..... 8242 |======================================================== Linux 4.5 Git . 8199 |======================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 38 |=========================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 38 |=========================================================== Linux 4.5 Git . 38 |=========================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.3 ..... 102 |========================================================== Linux 4.4 ..... 102 |========================================================== Linux 4.5 Git . 102 |==========================================================