ubuntu-1610-rx-480-fresh Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.2, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.1.2, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.2- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA-RD400, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection 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: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 82.43 |============================ Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 116.43 |======================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 123.10 |========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 120.53 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 306.84 |========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 285.00 |======================================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 300.03 |========================================= Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 298.00 |========================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 26.0 Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 25.0 Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 27.0 Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.3 MAX: 27.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 123.94 |================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 146.54 |======================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 153.46 |========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 151.03 |========================================= Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 63.89 |========================================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 66.77 |=========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 66.80 |=========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 66.61 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 289.05 |========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 289.34 |========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 287.41 |========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 284.87 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 144.49 |============================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 198.44 |========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 200.83 |========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 200.59 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 102.09 |============================ Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 155.66 |========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 152.73 |========================================= Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 152.65 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 37206 |=============================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 39587 |================================ Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 52445 |=========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 52056 |=========================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 1804 |========================================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 1891 |=========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 1942 |============================================ Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 1720 |======================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 93543 |================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 94412 |================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 228317 |========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 224326 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 343 |============================================ Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 346 |============================================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 347 |============================================= Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 346 |============================================= BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 57.97 |========================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 95.55 |=========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 94.85 |=========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 94.24 |========================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 106.82 |========================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 96.62 |====================================== Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 104.15 |========================================= Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 103.18 |========================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 48.13 |========================================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 48.50 |========================================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 50.63 |=========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 49.95 |========================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.8 + Mesa 12.0 ...... 74.73 |============================ Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.0.2 .... 111.01 |========================================= Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev .. 112.81 |========================================== Linux 4.10 + Mesa 13.1-dev . 112.58 |==========================================