Radeon vs. Modesetting DDX Ubuntu 16.04 AMD GPU Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 testing with a MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0 and AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. DRI2: 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: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 DRI3: 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: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Modesetting DDX: 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: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 64.67 |===================================================== DRI3 ............ 65.27 |====================================================== Modesetting DDX . 65.40 |====================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better DRI2 ............ MIN: 10.0 AVG: 15.3 MAX: 22.0 DRI3 ............ MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.3 MAX: 37.0 Modesetting DDX . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.3 MAX: 37.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 85.71 |==================================================== DRI3 ............ 88.53 |====================================================== Modesetting DDX . 88.83 |====================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 31.88 |====================================================== DRI3 ............ 31.97 |====================================================== Modesetting DDX . 31.97 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 266.22 |================================================== DRI3 ............ 274.15 |=================================================== Modesetting DDX . 282.24 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 123.92 |============================================ DRI3 ............ 149.71 |===================================================== Modesetting DDX . 149.50 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 99.20 |================================================ DRI3 ............ 110.53 |===================================================== Modesetting DDX . 110.47 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 75.31 |=================================================== DRI3 ............ 79.71 |====================================================== Modesetting DDX . 79.52 |====================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 24207 |====================================================== DRI3 ............ 24224 |====================================================== Modesetting DDX . 24197 |====================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 729 |======================================================= DRI3 ............ 741 |======================================================== Modesetting DDX . 739 |======================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 81329 |====================================================== DRI3 ............ 81295 |====================================================== Modesetting DDX . 81063 |====================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 71680 |=============================================== DRI3 ............ 82006 |====================================================== Modesetting DDX . 82355 |====================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better DRI2 ............ 82032 |===================================================== DRI3 ............ 83293 |====================================================== Modesetting DDX . 82821 |======================================================