Mesa 13 vs. Mesa 17 AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1702094-RI-MESA170RE22
AMDGPU+RadeonSI Mesa 17.0 Release Testing
Mesa 13 vs. Mesa 17 AMD RadeonSI Gallium3D benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460:
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.4 (git-6bfc352) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480:
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.4 (git-6bfc352) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury:
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 13.0.4 (git-6bfc352) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.9.1), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460:
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-rc3 (git-07571cd8) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480:
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-rc3 (git-07571cd8) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury:
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170205, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.0-rc3 (git-07571cd8) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005 + LLVM 3.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Very High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 111.02 |============================================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 115.73 |==============================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 115.54 |==============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 111.63 |============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 115.80 |==============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 115.68 |==============================================
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 50.35 |================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 118.95 |=====================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 145.30 |=============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 48.23 |===============
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 119.85 |=====================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 149.24 |==============================================
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Low Quality
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 17.50 |============
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 23.70 |================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 16.60 |===========
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 29.40 |====================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 64.30 |============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 68.90 |===============================================
Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 23.67 |=================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 47.60 |=================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 66.83 |===============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 23.37 |================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 55.60 |=======================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 67.10 |===============================================
Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 15.83 |===============
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 22.35 |=====================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 29.10 |===========================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 18.73 |==================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 32.67 |===============================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 50.02 |===============================================
ET: Legacy 2.75
Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 91.10 |==================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 139.03 |============================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 149.23 |==============================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 111.53 |=======================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 212.87 |===========================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 226.73 |==============================================
Metro: Last Light Redux
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 85.73 |===========================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 137.71 |============================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 140.37 |=============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 85.36 |===========================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 140.46 |=============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 144.28 |==============================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 205.40 |========================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 342.03 |========================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 366.63 |===========================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 150.70 |==================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 380.33 |=============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 390.50 |==============================================
Portal
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 101.99 |==============
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 230.92 |================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 325.66 |==============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 103.01 |==============
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 236.80 |=================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 327.64 |==============================================
The Talos Principle
Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 11.37 |===============
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 21.70 |=============================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 34.17 |=============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 11.53 |===============
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 28.57 |======================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 35.63 |===============================================
The Talos Principle
Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 7.87 |===========
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 17.68 |=========================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 27.17 |======================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 11.57 |================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 27.57 |=======================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 33.17 |===============================================
Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 76.19 |================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 159.79 |==================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 216.87 |==============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 74.28 |================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 143.93 |===============================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 177.97 |======================================
Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 92.17 |===========================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 146.41 |===========================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 158.44 |==============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 93.98 |===========================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 154.50 |=============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 158.30 |==============================================
Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 102.99 |==================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 215.78 |======================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 262.56 |==============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 95.94 |=================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 225.00 |=======================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 259.88 |==============================================
Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 29.24 |================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 66.79 |=====================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 82.54 |==============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 29.49 |================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 67.38 |======================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 84.04 |===============================================
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 776 |===========
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 1665 |=======================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 3385 |===============================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 798 |===========
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 1713 |========================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 3445 |================================================
GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... 103679 |==================
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... 201599 |==================================
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... 216345 |=====================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. 112173 |===================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. 227945 |=======================================
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . 270387 |==============================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 460 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 23.0
Mesa 13.0.4: RX 480 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 25.0
Mesa 13.0.4: R9 Fury ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 23.0
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 460 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 27.0
Mesa 17.0-rc3: RX 480 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 22.0
Mesa 17.0-rc3: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.5 MAX: 24.0