AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.04, Intel Skylake Linux DRM Comparison, Ubuntu Linux and Mesa Intel Iris Linux Graphics Tests 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. Ubuntu Linux and Mesa Intel Iris Linux Graphics Tests: Intel Core i7-5775C Iris Linux graphics tests. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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 Ubuntu 15.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.2, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160222, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-4b7e219 2016-02-24 xenial-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160222, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-4b7e219 2016-02-24 xenial-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160222, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.5.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160222, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.17.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.3.0-devel (git-4b7e219 2016-02-24 xenial-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160222, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 |===================== Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 84.27 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 78.93 |========================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 79.33 |========================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 108.87 |==================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 107.13 |=================================== 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 Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 11.7 MAX: 27.0 Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 13.0 MAX: 30.0 Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 12.7 MAX: 30.0 Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.2 MAX: 28.0 Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.2 MAX: 30.0 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 |================ Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 103.49 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 104.17 |=================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 103.59 |=================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 106.68 |==================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 104.62 |=================================== 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 |=================== Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 304.59 |================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 305.65 |================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 308.96 |================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 323.63 |==================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 323.71 |==================================== 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 |=============== Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 188.28 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 186.12 |================================ Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 190.20 |================================ Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 211.20 |==================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 209.69 |==================================== 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 |================ Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 153.07 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 153.74 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 154.78 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 169.15 |==================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 169.81 |==================================== 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 |================= Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 112.92 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 113.23 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 113.40 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 121.94 |==================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 121.76 |==================================== 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 |============= Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 7872 |================ Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 7890 |================ Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 7886 |================ Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 7992 |================ Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 7999 |================ 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 |======== Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 958 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 960 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 962 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 1087 |====================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 1097 |====================================== 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 |==================== Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 13.65 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 13.87 |==================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 14.01 |===================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 14.10 |===================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 14.09 |===================================== 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 |=== Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 83137 |================================= Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 83493 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 83779 |================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 94350 |===================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 93459 |===================================== 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 |===== Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 269 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 270 |====================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 279 |======================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 279 |======================================= Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 279 |======================================= 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 |===== Ubuntu 15.10 ..................... 781 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 ..................... 806 |======================================= Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev ........ 790 |====================================== Linux 4.4 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 793 |====================================== Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.3-dev + DRI3 . 792 |======================================