AMDGPU-PRO Polaris vs. AMDGPU + RadeonSI Open-Source

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AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury
August 15 2016
 
AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460
August 15 2016
 
AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470
August 15 2016
 
AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480
August 15 2016
 
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August 19 2016
 
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August 20 2016
 
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August 19 2016
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMDGPU-PROOpen-Source R9 Fury RX 460 RX 470 RX 480 R9 Fury RX 460 RX 470 RX 480Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GBSapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MBRealtek ALC1150Intel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.4.0-34-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.34.5.13448GCC 5.4.0 20160609ext43840x2160AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MBSapphire AMD Radeon RX 470 4096MBAMD Radeon RX 480 8192MBSapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201608184.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4AMD Device 67ef 2048MBSapphire AMD Device 67df 4096MBAMD Device 67df 8192MBOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury, AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460, AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470, AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- GLAMOR

bioshock-infinite: 1920 x 1080 - Ultracsgo: 1920 x 1080csgo: 3840 x 2160dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGLdota2: 3840 x 2160 - OpenGLmetroll-redux: 3840 x 2160xonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimateopenarena: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreenunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreentesseract: 3840 x 2160AMDGPU-PROOpen-Source R9 Fury RX 460 RX 470 RX 480 R9 Fury RX 460 RX 470 RX 48082.11191.50125.9086.1380.8750.16191.81311.2085.3193.31177.0945.28108.8243.9175.4329.2319.1980.08193.6729.3432.1166.0179.32189.1299.4689.1063.0038.97160.18304.3764.8970.45136.7478.84187.01103.2886.1764.8340.77157.80301.1066.4872.38141.2468.28170.81136.9793.4381.3373.08154.91310.9080.3584.63174.7932.47108.0836.5479.8028.7323.1547.83159.3028.6328.6563.3058.84159.7487.5990.5360.2750.84110.79287.6760.9962.06126.2260.87170.29114.5192.5365.3754.20117.90301.0065.2666.13130.90OpenBenchmarking.org

BioShock Infinite

A Steam-based test of the BioShock Infinite game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48020406080100SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 382.1145.2879.3278.8468.2832.4758.8460.87
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4801632486480Min: 80.99 / Avg: 82.11 / Max: 83.01Min: 44.96 / Avg: 45.28 / Max: 45.66Min: 78.88 / Avg: 79.32 / Max: 79.97Min: 77.68 / Avg: 78.84 / Max: 80.09Min: 68.25 / Avg: 68.28 / Max: 68.34Min: 32.37 / Avg: 32.47 / Max: 32.65Min: 58.69 / Avg: 58.84 / Max: 59.05Min: 60.65 / Avg: 60.87 / Max: 60.98

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4804080120160200SE +/- 1.83, N = 3SE +/- 5.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3191.50108.82189.12187.01170.81108.08159.74170.29
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 1080R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4804080120160200Min: 187.92 / Avg: 191.5 / Max: 193.97Min: 97.79 / Avg: 108.82 / Max: 114.53Min: 187.82 / Avg: 189.12 / Max: 190.12Min: 184.32 / Avg: 187.01 / Max: 188.95Min: 169.22 / Avg: 170.81 / Max: 171.81Min: 105.87 / Avg: 108.08 / Max: 109.28Min: 159.59 / Avg: 159.74 / Max: 159.86Min: 169.35 / Avg: 170.29 / Max: 171.31

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 3840 x 2160R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 480306090120150SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3125.9043.9199.46103.28136.9736.5487.59114.51
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 3840 x 2160R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 480306090120150Min: 125.84 / Avg: 125.9 / Max: 125.99Min: 43.59 / Avg: 43.91 / Max: 44.35Min: 99.04 / Avg: 99.46 / Max: 99.75Min: 102.37 / Avg: 103.28 / Max: 104.39Min: 136.51 / Avg: 136.97 / Max: 137.33Min: 36.46 / Avg: 36.54 / Max: 36.64Min: 87.24 / Avg: 87.59 / Max: 88.26Min: 114.32 / Avg: 114.51 / Max: 114.75

Dota 2

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48020406080100SE +/- 2.27, N = 3SE +/- 2.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 1.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 386.1375.4389.1086.1793.4379.8090.5392.53
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGLR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48020406080100Min: 81.6 / Avg: 86.13 / Max: 88.6Min: 69.5 / Avg: 75.43 / Max: 78.5Min: 88.7 / Avg: 89.1 / Max: 89.6Min: 82.6 / Avg: 86.17 / Max: 88.1Min: 92.6 / Avg: 93.43 / Max: 94.5Min: 79.3 / Avg: 79.8 / Max: 80.3Min: 90.4 / Avg: 90.53 / Max: 90.7Min: 92.4 / Avg: 92.53 / Max: 92.6

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGLR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48020406080100SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 380.8729.2363.0064.8381.3328.7360.2765.37
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGLR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4801632486480Min: 80.5 / Avg: 80.87 / Max: 81.3Min: 29.2 / Avg: 29.23 / Max: 29.3Min: 62.8 / Avg: 63 / Max: 63.1Min: 64.8 / Avg: 64.83 / Max: 64.9Min: 81.1 / Avg: 81.33 / Max: 81.5Min: 28.2 / Avg: 28.73 / Max: 29Min: 60.1 / Avg: 60.27 / Max: 60.4Min: 65.3 / Avg: 65.37 / Max: 65.4

Metro: Last Light Redux

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxResolution: 3840 x 2160R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4801632486480SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 350.1619.1938.9740.7773.0823.1550.8454.20
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterMetro: Last Light ReduxResolution: 3840 x 2160R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4801428425670Min: 50.11 / Avg: 50.16 / Max: 50.24Min: 19.06 / Avg: 19.19 / Max: 19.32Min: 38.78 / Avg: 38.97 / Max: 39.22Min: 40.69 / Avg: 40.77 / Max: 40.92Min: 72.82 / Avg: 73.08 / Max: 73.44Min: 23.06 / Avg: 23.15 / Max: 23.27Min: 50.77 / Avg: 50.84 / Max: 50.89Min: 53.57 / Avg: 54.2 / Max: 54.69

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4804080120160200SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 2.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.97, N = 3191.8180.08160.18157.80154.9147.83110.79117.90
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4804080120160200Min: 190.93 / Avg: 191.81 / Max: 192.42Min: 79.55 / Avg: 80.08 / Max: 80.4Min: 159.77 / Avg: 160.18 / Max: 160.44Min: 156.99 / Avg: 157.8 / Max: 158.76Min: 149.76 / Avg: 154.91 / Max: 158.23Min: 46.67 / Avg: 47.83 / Max: 48.94Min: 110.36 / Avg: 110.79 / Max: 111.17Min: 116.72 / Avg: 117.9 / Max: 119.82

OpenArena

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48070140210280350SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 2.78, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.89, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 2.50, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3311.20193.67304.37301.10310.90159.30287.67301.00
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48060120180240300Min: 309.6 / Avg: 311.2 / Max: 312.8Min: 188.1 / Avg: 193.67 / Max: 196.6Min: 302.9 / Avg: 304.37 / Max: 306.8Min: 299.4 / Avg: 301.1 / Max: 302.4Min: 309.1 / Avg: 310.9 / Max: 312.1Min: 154.4 / Avg: 159.3 / Max: 162.6Min: 285.9 / Avg: 287.67 / Max: 290.9Min: 300.6 / Avg: 301 / Max: 301.5

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 480612182430Min: 1 / Avg: 3.2 / Max: 13Min: 1 / Avg: 5.06 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 3.28 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 3.3 / Max: 15Min: 1 / Avg: 3.19 / Max: 29Min: 1 / Avg: 6.2 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 3.42 / Max: 27Min: 1 / Avg: 3.31 / Max: 28

Unigine Heaven

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Heaven demo for the Unigine engine. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48020406080100SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 385.3129.3464.8966.4880.3528.6360.9965.26
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 4.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4801632486480Min: 84.91 / Avg: 85.31 / Max: 85.52Min: 29.29 / Avg: 29.34 / Max: 29.39Min: 64.82 / Avg: 64.89 / Max: 64.96Min: 66.16 / Avg: 66.48 / Max: 66.67Min: 80.33 / Avg: 80.35 / Max: 80.38Min: 28.61 / Avg: 28.63 / Max: 28.65Min: 60.87 / Avg: 60.99 / Max: 61.07Min: 65.19 / Avg: 65.26 / Max: 65.34

Unigine Valley

This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL GL3 Core Profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48020406080100SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 393.3132.1170.4572.3884.6328.6562.0666.13
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenR9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 48020406080100Min: 93.22 / Avg: 93.31 / Max: 93.45Min: 32.07 / Avg: 32.11 / Max: 32.19Min: 70.37 / Avg: 70.45 / Max: 70.52Min: 72.23 / Avg: 72.38 / Max: 72.54Min: 84.37 / Avg: 84.63 / Max: 84.85Min: 28.59 / Avg: 28.65 / Max: 28.73Min: 61.96 / Avg: 62.06 / Max: 62.16Min: 65.95 / Avg: 66.13 / Max: 66.23

Tesseract

Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 4804080120160200SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3177.0966.01136.74141.24174.7963.30126.22130.90
AMDGPU-PROOpen-SourceOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 3840 x 2160R9 FuryRX 460RX 470RX 480306090120150Min: 176 / Avg: 177.09 / Max: 177.7Min: 65.74 / Avg: 66.01 / Max: 66.15Min: 136.19 / Avg: 136.74 / Max: 137.16Min: 140.74 / Avg: 141.24 / Max: 141.75Min: 173.94 / Avg: 174.79 / Max: 176.23Min: 62.79 / Avg: 63.3 / Max: 63.62Min: 125.06 / Avg: 126.22 / Max: 127.24Min: 129.51 / Avg: 130.9 / Max: 131.76