Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Linux Radeon Windows 10 Radeon Software, Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2, Ubutu 16.04 Linux 4.7 + mesa 12.1-dev tests. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.. Windows 10: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 238GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64) Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13439, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2079.3), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160616, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA (git-6ef50ef) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 85.67 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 84.40 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 74.67 |========================= Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 20.97 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 20.94 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 16.71 |======================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 94.39 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 93.07 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 83.59 |========================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 28.58 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 28.65 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 22.46 |======================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 160.85 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 165.52 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 158.80 |=========================== Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ....................... 147.0 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 . 72.5 |================== Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ....................... 55.9 |====================================== Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 . 29.3 |==================== GRID Autosport Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ....................... 83.43 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 . 57.52 |========================== GRID Autosport Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ....................... 65.63 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 . 39.07 |====================== The Talos Principle 64-bit Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 - D3D11 ................................ 53.0 |===================== Windows 10 - OpenGL ............................... 32.3 |============= Windows 10 - Vulkan ............................... 40.4 |================ Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 - OpenGL ......... 32.8 |============= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 - Vulkan ......... 41.2 |================ Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev - OpenGL . 17.0 |======= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 78.35 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 78.40 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 79.00 |============================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ....................... 85.78 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 . 80.90 |=================================== Metro Last Light Redux Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 57.69 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 58.47 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 78.53 |============================= Shadow of Mordor Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 54.14 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 39.69 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 18.53 |========== Shadow of Mordor Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 45.64 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 33.15 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 14.79 |========= F1 2015 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality: Ultra High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 96.09 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 33.74 |========== Insurgency Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 176.40 |============================ Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 87.17 |============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 146.83 |======================= BioShock Infinite Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 62.04 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 92.91 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 54.01 |================= Company of Heroes 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Minimum Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 49.33 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 25.99 |=============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 34.43 |==================== Company of Heroes 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Maximum Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ............................... 40.96 |============================= Ubuntu 16.04 - AMDGPU-PRO Beta 2 ......... 21.66 |=============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1-dev . 28.46 |====================