RadeonSI Mesa Git with various AMD GPU cards testing BioShock Infinite plus some other games too. Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 470 Linux benchmarking and PowerColor Radeon RX 460 tests with Linux 4.8-rc1 + Mesa 12.1-dev driver stack. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Mesa: R9 285: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa: R7 370: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa: RX 460: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Device 67ef 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa: RX 470 OC: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Ellesmere [Polaris10] 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa: RX 480: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Ellesmere [Polaris10] 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 New Mesa: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 New Mesa: R9 285: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 New Mesa: RX 480: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Ellesmere [Polaris10] 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 New Mesa: RX 460: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Device 67ef 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 New Mesa: RX 470 OC: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Ellesmere [Polaris10] 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 New Mesa: R7 370: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-040800rc1-generic (x86_64) 20160807, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.1.1 20160805, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa: R9 285 ........ 64.64 |====================================== Mesa: R7 370 ........ 69.60 |========================================= Mesa: R9 Fury ....... 66.35 |======================================= Mesa: RX 460 ........ 62.82 |===================================== Mesa: RX 470 OC ..... 60.23 |=================================== Mesa: RX 480 ........ 60.88 |==================================== New Mesa: R9 Fury ... 84.88 |================================================== New Mesa: R9 285 .... 84.88 |================================================== New Mesa: RX 480 .... 85.50 |================================================== New Mesa: RX 460 .... 82.80 |================================================ New Mesa: RX 470 OC . 85.00 |================================================== New Mesa: R7 370 .... 82.95 |================================================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa: R9 285 ...... 79.27 |============================== Mesa: R7 370 ...... 57.54 |====================== Mesa: R9 Fury ..... 136.30 |=================================================== Mesa: RX 460 ...... 51.72 |=================== Mesa: RX 470 OC ... 95.26 |==================================== Mesa: RX 480 ...... 101.78 |====================================== New Mesa: R9 Fury . 135.61 |=================================================== New Mesa: R9 285 .. 79.12 |============================== New Mesa: RX 480 .. 102.03 |====================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa: R9 285 ...... 46.93 |============================== Mesa: R7 370 ...... 33.97 |====================== Mesa: R9 Fury ..... 80.67 |==================================================== Mesa: RX 460 ...... 30.47 |==================== Mesa: RX 470 OC ... 60.53 |======================================= Mesa: RX 480 ...... 62.53 |======================================== New Mesa: R9 Fury . 81.07 |==================================================== New Mesa: R9 285 .. 46.63 |============================== New Mesa: RX 480 .. 62.33 |======================================== F1 2015 Test: 2560 x 1440 - Ultra Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa: RX 470 OC ... 34.16 |======================================== Mesa: RX 480 ...... 34.37 |======================================== Mesa: RX 460 ...... 17.87 |===================== New Mesa: R9 Fury . 44.74 |==================================================== New Mesa: R9 285 .. 19.73 |======================= New Mesa: RX 480 .. 36.08 |========================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0m2 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa: R9 285 ...... 34.13 |========================= Mesa: R7 370 ...... 26.33 |=================== Mesa: R9 Fury ..... 71.20 |=================================================== Mesa: RX 460 ...... 23.56 |================= Mesa: RX 470 OC ... 50.42 |==================================== Mesa: RX 480 ...... 53.81 |======================================= New Mesa: R9 Fury . 71.94 |==================================================== New Mesa: R9 285 .. 35.37 |========================== New Mesa: RX 480 .. 54.31 |======================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa: R9 285 ...... 69.52 |==================== Mesa: R7 370 ...... 82.70 |======================== Mesa: R9 Fury ..... 174.08 |=================================================== Mesa: RX 460 ...... 64.02 |=================== Mesa: RX 470 OC ... 129.74 |====================================== Mesa: RX 480 ...... 134.23 |======================================= New Mesa: R9 Fury . 173.97 |=================================================== New Mesa: R9 285 .. 69.26 |==================== New Mesa: RX 480 .. 134.78 |======================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa: R9 285 ...... 49.05 |============================== Mesa: R7 370 ...... 35.83 |====================== Mesa: R9 Fury ..... 83.88 |==================================================== Mesa: RX 460 ...... 28.78 |================== Mesa: RX 470 OC ... 62.11 |====================================== Mesa: RX 480 ...... 66.03 |========================================= New Mesa: R9 Fury . 84.11 |==================================================== New Mesa: R9 285 .. 49.29 |============================== New Mesa: RX 480 .. 65.98 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Mesa: R9 285 ...... 107.41 |=================================== Mesa: R7 370 ...... 91.82 |============================== Mesa: R9 Fury ..... 157.51 |=================================================== Mesa: RX 460 ...... 70.69 |======================= Mesa: RX 470 OC ... 127.89 |========================================= Mesa: RX 480 ...... 129.67 |========================================== New Mesa: R9 Fury . 157.86 |=================================================== New Mesa: R9 285 .. 112.72 |==================================== New Mesa: RX 480 .. 130.58 |==========================================