Direct3D 11 Vulkan OpenGL Windows Linux Benchmarks
Dota 2 and The Talos Principle Linux benchmarks with Direct3D 11 (Windows 10), OpenGL, and Vulkan. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


R9 Fury: Windows 10 Pro: 

	Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 238GB

	OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64)

RX 480: Windows 10 Pro: 

	Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 238GB

	OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64)

RX 480: Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO: 

	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: AMD Radeon RX 480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, 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, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.7), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

R9 Fury: Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO: 

	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: Acer B286HK, 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, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.7), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

R9 Fury: Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1: 

	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: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, 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 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

RX 480: Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1: 

	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: AMD Device 67df 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160823, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, 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


The Talos Principle
Radeon R9 Fury - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro - Direct3D 11 .................. 122.00 |=======================
Windows 10 Pro - OpenGL ....................... 61.70  |============
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - OpenGL ............ 64.50  |============
Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 - OpenGL . 46.90  |=========
Windows 10 Pro - Vulkan ....................... 101.00 |===================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - Vulkan ............ 104.50 |====================


The Talos Principle
Radeon RX 480 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro - Direct3D 11 .................. 93.80 |========================
Windows 10 Pro - OpenGL ....................... 58.50 |===============
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - OpenGL ............ 54.30 |==============
Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 - OpenGL . 35.00 |=========
Windows 10 Pro - Vulkan ....................... 78.10 |====================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - Vulkan ............ 77.70 |====================


The Talos Principle
Radeon R9 Fury - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro - Direct3D 11 .................. 53.00 |========================
Windows 10 Pro - OpenGL ....................... 32.30 |===============
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - OpenGL ............ 33.00 |===============
Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 - OpenGL . 24.60 |===========
Windows 10 Pro - Vulkan ....................... 42.40 |===================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - Vulkan ............ 43.50 |====================


The Talos Principle
Radeon RX 480 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro - Direct3D 11 .................. 37.7 |=========================
Windows 10 Pro - OpenGL ....................... 28.0 |===================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - OpenGL ............ 25.0 |=================
Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 - OpenGL . 15.8 |==========
Windows 10 Pro - Vulkan ....................... 30.6 |====================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - Vulkan ............ 30.1 |====================


Dota 2
Radeon R9 Fury - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro - Direct3D 11 .................. 82.57  |=================
Windows 10 Pro - OpenGL ....................... 93.64  |====================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - OpenGL ............ 85.88  |==================
Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 - OpenGL . 90.27  |===================
Windows 10 Pro - Vulkan ....................... 109.43 |=======================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - Vulkan ............ 102.90 |======================


Dota 2
Radeon RX 480 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro - Direct3D 11 .................. 92.13  |====================
Windows 10 Pro - OpenGL ....................... 91.51  |===================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - OpenGL ............ 85.85  |==================
Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 - OpenGL . 90.33  |===================
Windows 10 Pro - Vulkan ....................... 108.64 |=======================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - Vulkan ............ 104.07 |======================


Dota 2
Radeon R9 Fury - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro - Direct3D 11 .................. 91.86 |========================
Windows 10 Pro - OpenGL ....................... 79.73 |=====================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - OpenGL ............ 80.27 |=====================
Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 - OpenGL . 80.83 |=====================
Windows 10 Pro - Vulkan ....................... 92.79 |========================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - Vulkan ............ 86.80 |======================


Dota 2
Radeon RX 480 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro - Direct3D 11 .................. 82.09 |========================
Windows 10 Pro - OpenGL ....................... 68.97 |====================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - OpenGL ............ 64.80 |===================
Ubuntu 16.04 + Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.1 - OpenGL . 62.10 |==================
Windows 10 Pro - Vulkan ....................... 80.22 |=======================
Ubuntu 16.04 + AMDGPU-PRO - Vulkan ............ 68.90 |====================