AMDGPU vs. Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 Linux 4.10 Linux 4.10 kernel benchmarks with AMDGPU vs. Radeon DRM drivers for GCN 1.0 and GCN 1.1 hardware via experimental kernel builds. Same user-space. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com. Radeon: HD 7950: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-rc2-radeonsupport (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU: HD 7950: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-rc2-amdgpupure (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon: R7 260X: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 260X/360 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-rc2-radeonsupport (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU: R7 260X: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 260X/360 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-rc2-amdgpupure (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon: R9 290: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-rc2-radeonsupport (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU: R9 290: 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 TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-rc2-amdgpupure (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Radeon: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, 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: 4.10.0-rc2-radeonsupport (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU: 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: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, 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: 4.10.0-rc2-amdgpupure (x86_64) 20170103, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 93.52 |====================================================== AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 93.63 |====================================================== Radeon: R7 260X . 91.05 |==================================================== AMDGPU: R7 260X . 89.41 |=================================================== Radeon: R9 290 .. 43.74 |========================= AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 93.99 |====================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 85.16 |================================================= AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 85.22 |================================================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 69.57 |================================== AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 69.55 |================================== Radeon: R7 260X . 53.67 |========================== AMDGPU: R7 260X . 52.77 |========================= Radeon: R9 290 .. 34.28 |================= AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 109.86 |===================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 52.07 |========================= AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 52.28 |========================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 31.90 |===================================== AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 30.73 |==================================== Radeon: R7 260X . 20.13 |======================= AMDGPU: R7 260X . 19.63 |======================= Radeon: R9 290 .. 9.97 |============ AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 46.53 |====================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 16.17 |=================== AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 15.65 |================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 115.17 |==================================================== AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 114.90 |==================================================== Radeon: R7 260X . 62.73 |============================ AMDGPU: R7 260X . 81.47 |===================================== Radeon: R9 290 .. 31.90 |============== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 117.87 |===================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 91.20 |========================================= AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 91.60 |========================================= Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 99.35 |================================================= AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 99.98 |================================================= Radeon: R7 260X . 68.88 |================================== AMDGPU: R7 260X . 68.77 |================================== Radeon: R9 290 .. 104.71 |=================================================== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 108.00 |===================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 58.22 |============================= AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 58.56 |============================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 94.75 |======================================== AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 95.20 |========================================= Radeon: R7 260X . 59.07 |========================= AMDGPU: R7 260X . 58.42 |========================= Radeon: R9 290 .. 110.57 |=============================================== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 124.34 |===================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 54.22 |======================= AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 54.56 |======================= Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 118.55 |================================================ AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 118.23 |================================================ Radeon: R7 260X . 81.49 |================================= AMDGPU: R7 260X . 83.65 |================================== Radeon: R9 290 .. 128.88 |===================================================== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 129.67 |===================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 80.33 |================================= AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 80.36 |================================= Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 40.46 |==================================== AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 40.37 |==================================== Radeon: R7 260X . 24.19 |===================== AMDGPU: R7 260X . 24.36 |====================== Radeon: R9 290 .. 59.68 |===================================================== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 60.95 |====================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 16.93 |=============== AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 16.85 |=============== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 356.60 |==================================================== AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 353.59 |==================================================== Radeon: R7 260X . 314.14 |============================================== AMDGPU: R7 260X . 320.73 |=============================================== Radeon: R9 290 .. 349.73 |=================================================== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 363.76 |===================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 351.85 |=================================================== AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 356.16 |==================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 127.01 |======================================== AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 126.98 |======================================== Radeon: R7 260X . 82.18 |========================== AMDGPU: R7 260X . 78.94 |========================= Radeon: R9 290 .. 166.02 |==================================================== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 167.68 |===================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 86.11 |=========================== AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 86.17 |=========================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 39013 |============================================= AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 39022 |============================================= Radeon: R7 260X . 24920 |============================= AMDGPU: R7 260X . 24858 |============================= Radeon: R9 290 .. 46854 |====================================================== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 46640 |====================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 40367 |=============================================== AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 40507 |=============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 1022 |================================ AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 1022 |================================ Radeon: R7 260X . 813 |========================= AMDGPU: R7 260X . 813 |========================= Radeon: R9 290 .. 1766 |======================================================= AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 1769 |======================================================= Radeon: R7 370 .. 1067 |================================= AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 1067 |================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Radeon: HD 7950 . 142911 |============================================= AMDGPU: HD 7950 . 142842 |============================================ Radeon: R7 260X . 106408 |================================= AMDGPU: R7 260X . 105492 |================================= Radeon: R9 290 .. 167237 |==================================================== AMDGPU: R9 290 .. 163828 |=================================================== Radeon: R7 370 .. 170143 |===================================================== AMDGPU: R7 370 .. 169865 |=====================================================