Vulkan vs. OpenGL Intel Radeon NVIDIA Phoronix 13 Birthday

Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Vulkan vs. OpenGL Intel Radeon NVIDIA Phoronix 13 Birthday Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Vulkan: AMD RX 480: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170531, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenGL: AMD RX 480: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170531, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170531, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170531, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenGL: Intel HD 630: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (Kaby Lake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170531, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Vulkan: Intel HD 630: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel HD 630 (Kaby Lake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170531, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1602/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1598/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z270M-D3H-CF, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 381.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan: AMD RX 480 ...... 452.80 |================================== OpenGL: AMD RX 480 ...... 311.20 |======================= OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury ..... 318.90 |======================== Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury ..... 509.33 |====================================== OpenGL: Intel HD 630 .... 81.80 |====== Vulkan: Intel HD 630 .... 65.77 |===== OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 388.27 |============================= Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 606.70 |============================================= OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 337.10 |========================= Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 525.23 |======================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Camp Hollow Point Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan: AMD RX 480 ...... 247.86 |===================================== OpenGL: AMD RX 480 ...... 152.55 |====================== OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury ..... 155.92 |======================= Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury ..... 249.26 |===================================== OpenGL: Intel HD 630 .... 37.90 |====== Vulkan: Intel HD 630 .... 34.55 |===== OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 289.33 |=========================================== Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 305.25 |============================================= OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 274.12 |======================================== Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 287.99 |========================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan: AMD RX 480 ...... 104.77 |=============================== OpenGL: AMD RX 480 ...... 113.97 |================================== OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury ..... 113.70 |================================== Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury ..... 110.87 |================================= OpenGL: Intel HD 630 .... 17.33 |===== Vulkan: Intel HD 630 .... 17.27 |===== OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 137.70 |========================================= Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 150.00 |============================================= OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 131.00 |======================================= Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 143.93 |=========================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Landmover Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan: AMD RX 480 ...... 271.76 |================================ OpenGL: AMD RX 480 ...... 196.08 |======================= OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury ..... 213.12 |========================= Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury ..... 308.50 |==================================== OpenGL: Intel HD 630 .... 45.29 |===== Vulkan: Intel HD 630 .... 44.09 |===== OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 377.48 |============================================= Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 380.75 |============================================= OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 317.83 |====================================== Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 330.24 |======================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Stronghold Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan: AMD RX 480 ...... 95.14 |===================================== OpenGL: AMD RX 480 ...... 56.65 |====================== OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury ..... 53.73 |===================== Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury ..... 96.91 |====================================== OpenGL: Intel HD 630 .... 23.34 |========= Vulkan: Intel HD 630 .... 28.76 |=========== OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 110.12 |=========================================== Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 115.59 |============================================= OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 110.23 |=========================================== Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 111.71 |=========================================== Serious Sam Fusion 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan: AMD RX 480 ...... 131.07 |====================== OpenGL: AMD RX 480 ...... 124.70 |===================== OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury ..... 159.50 |=========================== Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury ..... 179.47 |============================== OpenGL: Intel HD 630 .... 15.07 |=== Vulkan: Intel HD 630 .... 13.80 |== OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 207.20 |=================================== Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 268.90 |============================================= OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 144.43 |======================== Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 159.33 |=========================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Scene: Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Vulkan: AMD RX 480 ...... 232.77 |============================== OpenGL: AMD RX 480 ...... 176.59 |======================= OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury ..... 175.20 |====================== Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury ..... 266.59 |================================== OpenGL: Intel HD 630 .... 35.81 |===== Vulkan: Intel HD 630 .... 34.97 |==== OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 352.37 |============================================= Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . 336.01 |=========================================== OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 297.44 |====================================== Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . 295.52 |====================================== CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent Vulkan: AMD RX 480 ...... MIN: 0 AVG: 25 MAX: 99 OpenGL: AMD RX 480 ...... MIN: 0 AVG: 25 MAX: 93 OpenGL: AMD R9 Fury ..... MIN: 0 AVG: 33 MAX: 97 Vulkan: AMD R9 Fury ..... MIN: 0 AVG: 26 MAX: 87 OpenGL: Intel HD 630 .... MIN: 0 AVG: 33 MAX: 97 Vulkan: Intel HD 630 .... MIN: 0 AVG: 28 MAX: 100 OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . MIN: 0 AVG: 35 MAX: 100 Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 . MIN: 0 AVG: 29 MAX: 100 OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . MIN: 0 AVG: 35 MAX: 100 Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060 . MIN: 0 AVG: 30 MAX: 90