AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 vs. AMDGPU+RadeonSI Comparison AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 versus Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev RadeonSI Gallium3D comparison. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 200 2009.7578125MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2009.7109375MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 8141.7109375MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4053.7578125MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5.13453, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 13.1-dev: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 13.1-dev: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Mesa 13.1-dev: 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: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.4-040804-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + LLVM 3.8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 102.33 |========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 93.93 |======================================= AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 103.85 |=========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 103.61 |=========================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 95.32 |======================================= Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 92.47 |====================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 94.72 |======================================= Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 95.60 |======================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 153.71 |=================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 112.36 |========================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 186.71 |=========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 188.69 |=========================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 160.26 |===================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 113.20 |========================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 165.36 |====================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 172.29 |======================================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 66.27 |===================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 40.06 |============= AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 102.34 |================================= AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 126.02 |======================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 76.80 |========================= Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 36.70 |============ Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 96.95 |=============================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 134.75 |=========================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 43.03 |======================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 28.13 |=============== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 61.57 |================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 77.60 |=========================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 45.27 |========================= Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 27.57 |=============== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 61.43 |================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 80.23 |============================================ Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 19.59 |=========== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 12.36 |======= AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 21.19 |============ AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 24.26 |============== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 55.19 |================================ Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 75.44 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 269.87 |===================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 188.20 |========================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 311.60 |=========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 314.37 |=========================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 273.80 |===================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 164.27 |====================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 297.60 |========================================= Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 313.07 |=========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.7 MAX: 10.0 AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.4 MAX: 26.0 AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 14.0 AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 13.0 Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 31.0 Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 33.0 Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 28.0 Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 28.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 102.71 |===================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 65.23 |============= AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 141.80 |============================ AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 183.71 |===================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 120.80 |======================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 73.92 |=============== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 159.96 |================================ Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 215.31 |=========================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 44.50 |======================= AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 29.35 |=============== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 67.76 |=================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 85.28 |============================================ Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 46.75 |======================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 29.08 |=============== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 66.33 |================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 81.87 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 129.02 |=========================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 79.49 |================= AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 164.12 |=================================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 194.94 |========================================= Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 137.09 |============================= Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 76.86 |================ Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 166.50 |=================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 203.48 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 1432 |=================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 753 |========== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 1848 |======================== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 3281 |=========================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 1568 |===================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 798 |========== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 1931 |========================= Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 3435 |============================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 285 .. 53404 |========== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 460 .. 41685 |======== AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: RX 480 .. 85424 |================= AMDGPU-PRO 16.40: R9 Fury . 119788 |======================= Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 285 ..... 101598 |==================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 460 ..... 104191 |==================== Mesa 13.1-dev: RX 480 ..... 203503 |======================================== Mesa 13.1-dev: R9 Fury .... 220115 |===========================================