Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMD Radeon Graphics Tests

Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1603151-GA-AMDXENIAL57&grr&sro.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLOpenCLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 16.04 R9 270X R9 285 R9 290 R7 370 R9 Fury R9 270X R9 290 R7 370 R9 270X R9 290 R7 370 R9 FuryIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850Supported device 6810 2048MBRealtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 14.044.2.0-30-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.6X Server 1.17.2fglrx 15.20.34.3.13399OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (1800.11)GCC 4.8.4ext43840x2160Supported device 6939 2048MBSupported device 67B1 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon R7 370 4096MBSapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MBGigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MBradeon 7.5.993.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBGigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MBUbuntu 16.044.4.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.2radeon 7.6.14.1 Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 Gallium 0.4GCC 5.3.1 20160311XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MBMSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBSapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MBOpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- Ubuntu 14.04.4 - fglrx: R9 270X, Ubuntu 14.04.4 - fglrx: R9 285, Ubuntu 14.04.4 - fglrx: R9 290, Ubuntu 14.04.4 - fglrx: R7 370, Ubuntu 14.04.4 - fglrx: R9 Fury: 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/driProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- Ubuntu 14.04.4 - Mesa: R9 270X, Ubuntu 14.04.4 - Mesa: R9 290, Ubuntu 14.04.4 - Mesa: R7 370, Ubuntu 16.04: R9 270X, Ubuntu 16.04: R9 290, Ubuntu 16.04: R7 370, Ubuntu 16.04: R9 Fury: GLAMOR

gputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: TessMark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: GiMark - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimatexonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreentf2: 3840 x 2160tf2: 2560 x 1440tf2: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 3840 x 2160openarena: 1920 x 1080dirt-showdown: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra - 8x MSAAbioshock-infinite: 2560 x 1440 - Very Highbioshock-infinite: 1920 x 1080 - Very HighUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 16.04 R9 270X R9 285 R9 290 R7 370 R9 Fury R9 270X R9 290 R7 370 R9 270X R9 290 R7 370 R9 Fury30713918158248951354427993389120.36170.08208.64302.1346.0137.21121.38133.21131.5989.63276.4386.5128.4239.6150917010823762721429420693552133.90183.81221.28301.3151.8344.72114.84132.15132.48108.32315.9392.6527.9536.8574924428181748221693640073616163.33212.27248.12301.5574.9464.89132.56132.25132.54136.66402.0096.8440.0149.0423010617405044011006431192870104.53153.53195.50302.0038.9032.43110.25131.34129.7985.04271.3381.2226.8236.28112235424996394263217673414573174.59214.07248.77300.4795.5284.45129.97130.99131.55145.44388.5396.9640.8547.764201237631811842934292.21124.74161.05321.1833.7834.4781.72100.1199.7374.14238.1375522081927170531905126.29165.93203.26328.0148.8353.3096.73101.06100.66108.65287.3333397663959442769279.05108.34142.90312.5629.8430.7674.3198.20101.4565.39214.433761387621213202914089.69126.66160.51329.9440.7224.5697.77117.82102.5780.22231.1379.6550.2751.7465123881044171931889127.56166.46206.15339.8463.9140.88114.49119.66119.34108.38287.0787.7249.7150.552921086736210652758579.04108.76141.16322.1234.7522.3586.79116.61118.9971.62204.5376.5648.5951.891155440103573307738968156.21202.54242.79355.5379.9744.84116.27118.59118.84159.08324.9089.2867.4768.17OpenBenchmarking.org

GpuTest

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

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury2004006008001000SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 333342075523030750974911222923766511155

GpuTest

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

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury100200300400500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 397123220106139170244354108138238440

GpuTest

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

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury60K120K180K240K300KSE +/- 880.00, N = 3SE +/- 115.46, N = 3SE +/- 52.59, N = 3SE +/- 8.01, N = 3SE +/- 42.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.86, N = 3SE +/- 11.17, N = 3SE +/- 10.84, N = 3SE +/- 39.00, N = 3SE +/- 190.42, N = 3SE +/- 185.93, N = 3SE +/- 341.19, N = 3663957631881927174050181582108237281817249963673627621281044103573

GpuTest

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

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: TessMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 285R9 290R9 Fury2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 344014895627248229426

GpuTest

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

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury7001400210028003500SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 26.90, N = 4SE +/- 6.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.84, N = 3SE +/- 7.17, N = 394411841705100613541429169332171065132017193077

GpuTest

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

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury14K28K42K56K70KSE +/- 22.52, N = 3SE +/- 28.94, N = 3SE +/- 14.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 4.58, N = 3SE +/- 5.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 76.05, N = 3SE +/- 150.51, N = 3SE +/- 58.83, N = 3SE +/- 22.07, N = 3276922934231905431194279942069640076734127585291403188938968

GpuTest

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

OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: GiMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 285R9 290R9 Fury10002000300040005000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 328703389355236164573

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury4080120160200SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 2.15, N = 379.0592.21126.29104.53120.36133.90163.33174.5979.0489.69127.56156.21

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury50100150200250SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 1.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3108.34124.74165.93153.53170.08183.81212.27214.07108.76126.66166.46202.54

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury50100150200250SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 1.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3142.90161.05203.26195.50208.64221.28248.12248.77141.16160.51206.15242.79

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury80160240320400SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 1.13, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 1.47, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3312.56321.18328.01302.00302.13301.31301.55300.47322.12329.94339.84355.53

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury20406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 329.8433.7848.8338.9046.0151.8374.9495.5234.7540.7263.9179.97

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 330.7634.4753.3032.4337.2144.7264.8984.4522.3524.5640.8844.84

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160R7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury306090120150SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 374.3181.7296.73110.25121.38114.84132.56129.9786.7997.77114.49116.27

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 2560 x 1440

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 2560 x 1440R7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury306090120150SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 398.20100.11101.06131.34133.21132.15132.25130.99116.61117.82119.66118.59

Team Fortress 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTeam Fortress 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080R7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury306090120150SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 1.65, N = 4SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 3.43, N = 6SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.96, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3101.4599.73100.66129.79131.59132.48132.54131.55118.99102.57119.34118.84

Tesseract

Resolution: 3840 x 2160

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160R7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury4080120160200SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.97, N = 365.3974.14108.6585.0489.63108.32136.66145.4471.6280.22108.38159.08

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - MesaUbuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080R7 370R9 270XR9 290R9 285R9 Fury90180270360450SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 1.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 3.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 4.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 3.30, N = 3SE +/- 2.20, N = 3214.43238.13287.33271.33276.43315.93402.00388.53204.53231.13287.07324.90

DiRT Showdown

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAA

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDiRT ShowdownResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAAR7 370R9 270XR9 285R9 290R9 Fury20406080100SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 381.2286.5192.6596.8496.9676.5679.6587.7289.28

BioShock Infinite

Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Very High

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Very HighR7 370R9 270XR9 285R9 290R9 Fury1530456075SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 326.8228.4227.9540.0140.8548.5950.2749.7167.47

BioShock Infinite

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High

Ubuntu 14.04.4 - fglrxUbuntu 16.04OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very HighR7 370R9 270XR9 285R9 290R9 Fury1530456075SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 336.2839.6136.8549.0447.7651.8951.7450.5568.17

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