AMDGPU-PRO Polaris vs. AMDGPU + RadeonSI Open-Source Linux graphics comparison tests of AMDGPU-PRO hybrid driver stack versus Linux 4.8 AMDGPU and RadeoNSI Mesa 12.1-dev Git by Michael Larabel for a future article. AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13448, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13448, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 470 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13448, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13448, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: R9 Fury: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: RX 460: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Device 67ef 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: RX 470: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Device 67df 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Open-Source: RX 480: 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: 2 x 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Device 67df 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160818, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 82.11 |================================================= AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 45.28 |=========================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 79.32 |=============================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 78.84 |=============================================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 68.28 |========================================= Open-Source: RX 460 .. 32.47 |=================== Open-Source: RX 470 .. 58.84 |=================================== Open-Source: RX 480 .. 60.87 |==================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 191.50 |================================================ AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 108.82 |=========================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 189.12 |=============================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 187.01 |=============================================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 170.81 |=========================================== Open-Source: RX 460 .. 108.08 |=========================== Open-Source: RX 470 .. 159.74 |======================================== Open-Source: RX 480 .. 170.29 |=========================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 125.90 |============================================ AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 43.91 |=============== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 99.46 |=================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 103.28 |==================================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 136.97 |================================================ Open-Source: RX 460 .. 36.54 |============= Open-Source: RX 470 .. 87.59 |=============================== Open-Source: RX 480 .. 114.51 |======================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 86.13 |============================================= AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 75.43 |======================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 89.10 |=============================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 86.17 |============================================= Open-Source: R9 Fury . 93.43 |================================================= Open-Source: RX 460 .. 79.80 |========================================== Open-Source: RX 470 .. 90.53 |=============================================== Open-Source: RX 480 .. 92.53 |================================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 80.87 |================================================= AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 29.23 |================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 63.00 |====================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 64.83 |======================================= Open-Source: R9 Fury . 81.33 |================================================= Open-Source: RX 460 .. 28.73 |================= Open-Source: RX 470 .. 60.27 |==================================== Open-Source: RX 480 .. 65.37 |======================================= Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 50.16 |================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 19.19 |============= AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 38.97 |========================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 40.77 |=========================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 73.08 |================================================= Open-Source: RX 460 .. 23.15 |================ Open-Source: RX 470 .. 50.84 |================================== Open-Source: RX 480 .. 54.20 |==================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 191.81 |================================================ AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 80.08 |==================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 160.18 |======================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 157.80 |======================================= Open-Source: R9 Fury . 154.91 |======================================= Open-Source: RX 460 .. 47.83 |============ Open-Source: RX 470 .. 110.79 |============================ Open-Source: RX 480 .. 117.90 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 311.20 |================================================ AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 193.67 |============================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 304.37 |=============================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 301.10 |============================================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 310.90 |================================================ Open-Source: RX 460 .. 159.30 |========================= Open-Source: RX 470 .. 287.67 |============================================ Open-Source: RX 480 .. 301.00 |============================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 13.0 AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 28.0 AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 15.0 AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 15.0 Open-Source: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 29.0 Open-Source: RX 460 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 28.0 Open-Source: RX 470 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 27.0 Open-Source: RX 480 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 28.0 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 85.31 |================================================= AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 29.34 |================= AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 64.89 |===================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 66.48 |====================================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 80.35 |============================================== Open-Source: RX 460 .. 28.63 |================ Open-Source: RX 470 .. 60.99 |=================================== Open-Source: RX 480 .. 65.26 |===================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 93.31 |================================================= AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 32.11 |================= AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 70.45 |===================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 72.38 |====================================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 84.63 |============================================ Open-Source: RX 460 .. 28.65 |=============== Open-Source: RX 470 .. 62.06 |================================= Open-Source: RX 480 .. 66.13 |=================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO: R9 Fury . 177.09 |================================================ AMDGPU-PRO: RX 460 .. 66.01 |================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 470 .. 136.74 |===================================== AMDGPU-PRO: RX 480 .. 141.24 |====================================== Open-Source: R9 Fury . 174.79 |=============================================== Open-Source: RX 460 .. 63.30 |================= Open-Source: RX 470 .. 126.22 |================================== Open-Source: RX 480 .. 130.90 |===================================