Ubuntu 16.10 vs. Ubuntu 17.04 Radeon Graphics Radeon graphics tests on Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.04 Linux by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-46-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8.1), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-46-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 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8.1), Vulkan: 1.0.21, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.10: 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: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-46-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 12.0.6 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 3.8.1), Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Oibaf PPA: R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370X 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Oibaf PPA: RX 480: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.0-devel Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 124.93 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 218.15 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 214.49 |============================================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 152.99 |================================ Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 220.13 |============================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 224.97 |=============================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 157.64 |================================= Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 216.05 |============================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 221.47 |============================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 57.69 |================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 111.72 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 140.19 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 65.35 |==================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 109.01 |================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 150.73 |=============================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 64.99 |==================== Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 107.80 |================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 146.08 |============================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 67.33 |======================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 123.23 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 133.33 |=============================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 82.50 |============================= Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 110.07 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 127.02 |============================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 84.23 |============================== Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 122.07 |=========================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 126.75 |============================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 27.90 |==================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 48.90 |=================================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 65.10 |=============================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 30.77 |====================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 43.20 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 66.43 |================================================ Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 31.23 |======================= Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 48.40 |=================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 63.30 |============================================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 80.67 |================ Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 94.07 |=================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 115.50 |======================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 156.20 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 213.60 |=========================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 231.23 |============================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 157.97 |================================ Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 216.93 |=========================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 235.27 |=============================================== Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 70.00 |==================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 95.65 |=========================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 101.36 |============================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 96.10 |============================ Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 154.14 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 159.83 |============================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 96.57 |============================ Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 156.45 |============================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 164.01 |=============================================== Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 73.00 |====================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 106.43 |=============================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 119.12 |=================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 72.97 |====================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 132.90 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 158.27 |=============================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 78.67 |======================= Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 132.13 |======================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 159.23 |=============================================== Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 31.03 |============================= Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 45.27 |========================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 14.53 |============== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 33.70 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 51.50 |================================================ Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 11.58 |=========== Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 34.07 |================================ Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 51.37 |================================================ Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Normal Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 135.63 |====================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 226.47 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 264.80 |=========================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 155.13 |========================= Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 268.53 |=========================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 278.00 |============================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 156.17 |========================= Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 274.97 |============================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 290.17 |=============================================== Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Normal Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 136.30 |====================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 229.67 |===================================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 264.50 |========================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 155.43 |========================= Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 268.43 |=========================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 278.20 |============================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 155.53 |========================= Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 275.37 |============================================ Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 292.77 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 83.38 |=================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 103.64 |======================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 143.03 |================================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 106.83 |========================= Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 131.69 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 199.12 |============================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 108.24 |========================= Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 129.55 |============================== Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 202.84 |=============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 28016 |=================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 37204 |========================== Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 41580 |============================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 39040 |=========================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 52059 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 69831 |================================================ Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 39094 |=========================== Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 52097 |==================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 69830 |================================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 1249 |================== Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 1748 |========================= Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 3090 |============================================ Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 1280 |================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 1694 |======================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 3449 |================================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 1279 |================== Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 1695 |======================== Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 3449 |================================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 16.10: R9 270X . 67342 |============ Ubuntu 16.10: RX 480 .. 93146 |================ Ubuntu 16.10: R9 Fury . 133135 |======================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 270X . 177961 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 480 .. 225924 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury . 270519 |=============================================== Oibaf PPA: R9 270X .... 178412 |=============================== Oibaf PPA: RX 480 ..... 225294 |======================================= Oibaf PPA: R9 Fury .... 270495 |===============================================