AMD Kaveri Linux Tests January 2017 AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Linux OpenGL benchmarks using latest open source and Catalyst graphics drivers. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 14.10: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.18.0-031800-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel (git-0d7f4c8 2014-12-14 utopic-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 fglrx 14.20.7: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.20.7, OpenGL: 4.4.12968, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 fglrx 14.50.2: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 512MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: fglrx 14.50.2, OpenGL: 4.4.13283, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, 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: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 32.60 |==================== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 38.00 |======================= fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 46.80 |============================ fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 45.93 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 43.70 |========================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... MIN: 17.0 AVG: 30.6 MAX: 54.0 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . MIN: 7.0 AVG: 26.2 MAX: 87.0 fglrx 14.20.7 .............. MIN: 4.0 AVG: 21.3 MAX: 49.0 fglrx 14.50.2 .............. MIN: 3.0 AVG: 21.7 MAX: 70.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 35.11 |================ Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 40.37 |=================== fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 47.65 |====================== fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 45.87 |===================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 59.90 |============================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 22.64 |================= Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 26.92 |==================== fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 37.84 |============================ fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 36.64 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 36.13 |=========================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 15.74 |================ Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 18.85 |==================== fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 26.93 |============================ fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 26.54 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 25.96 |=========================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 61.35 |================= Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 71.33 |==================== fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 98.40 |============================ fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 98.80 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 82.73 |======================= Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 15.6 MAX: 43.0 Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 14.0 MAX: 62.0 fglrx 14.20.7 .............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 10.2 MAX: 24.0 fglrx 14.50.2 .............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 10.1 MAX: 24.0 Warsow 1.51 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 ............... 41.37 |======================================= Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev . 45.83 |=========================================== fglrx 14.20.7 .............. 44.07 |========================================= fglrx 14.50.2 .............. 44.97 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 119.74 |================== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 148.49 |====================== fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 177.94 |=========================== fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 178.65 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 172.30 |========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 38.04 |=========== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 75.46 |======================= fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 91.72 |============================ fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 92.95 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 89.09 |=========================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 19.71 |======= Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 64.52 |====================== fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 81.34 |============================ fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 82.37 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 77.69 |========================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 9231 |================ Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 8980 |================ fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 15920 |============================ fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 15962 |============================ Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 11650 |==================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 303 |=============== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 411 |===================== fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 509 |========================== fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 509 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 593 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.10 .............................. 24352 |====== Linux 3.18 + Mesa 10.5-dev ................ 35125 |========= fglrx 14.20.7 ............................. 107732 |=========================== fglrx 14.50.2 ............................. 105512 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 70579 |================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 22.5 MAX: 71.0 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.10 - Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 12.2 MAX: 47.0