Ubuntu 16.04 Mesa 12.1 Linux 4.8 Radeon AMDGPU
Tests by Michael Larabel.


Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 270X: 

	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: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R7 370: 

	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: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: 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: 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: 4.4.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 270X: 

	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: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160912, 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

Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R7 370: 

	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: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160912, 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

Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: 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: 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) 20160912, 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

Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: 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: 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) 20160912, 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


Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 270X ..... 35.00 |================
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R7 370 ...... 30.27 |==============
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ..... 71.60 |=================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 270X . 36.63 |=================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R7 370 .. 31.93 |===============
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 Fury . 76.37 |===================================


Metro: Last Light Redux
Phoronix Test Suite v6.6.0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 270X ..... 25.20 |============
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R7 370 ...... 22.06 |===========
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ..... 50.48 |========================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 270X . 30.10 |==============
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R7 370 .. 26.30 |=============
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 Fury . 73.46 |===================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: RX 480 .. 51.73 |=========================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 270X ..... 80.69  |================
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R7 370 ...... 72.34  |==============
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ..... 156.58 |==============================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 270X . 81.82  |================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R7 370 .. 73.82  |==============
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 Fury . 175.30 |==================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: RX 480 .. 122.60 |========================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 270X ..... 164.78 |=======================
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R7 370 ...... 137.54 |===================
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ..... 240.63 |=================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 270X . 172.18 |========================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R7 370 .. 152.34 |=====================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 Fury . 245.10 |==================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: RX 480 .. 205.03 |============================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 270X ..... 125.01 |=====================
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R7 370 ...... 104.12 |=================
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ..... 198.60 |=================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 270X . 133.25 |======================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R7 370 .. 114.70 |===================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 Fury . 203.48 |==================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: RX 480 .. 155.64 |==========================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 270X ..... 1342 |==============
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R7 370 ...... 1060 |===========
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ..... 3073 |================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 270X . 1379 |==============
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R7 370 .. 1099 |============
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 Fury . 3436 |====================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: RX 480 .. 1849 |===================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 270X ..... 77407  |============
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R7 370 ...... 69276  |===========
Mesa 11.2 + Linux 4.4: R9 Fury ..... 103373 |================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 270X . 183747 |=============================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R7 370 .. 171954 |===========================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: R9 Fury . 217091 |==================================
Mesa 12.1-dev + Linux 4.8: RX 480 .. 193016 |==============================