modesetting vs radeon
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core testing with a Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5 and AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite.


modesetting: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJ, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7790/8770 / R9 260 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Monitor: H225W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: openSUSE 20141208, Kernel: 3.18.0-3-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.99.901 (1.17.0 RC 1), Display Driver: modesetting 1.16.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

radeon: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJ, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7790/8770 / R9 260 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Monitor: H225W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: openSUSE 20141208, Kernel: 3.18.0-3-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.99.901 (1.17.0 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

radeon-dri2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3330 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H61M-ITX, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD161HJ + 60GB SPCC Solid State + 320GB SAMSUNG HD321KJ, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 7790/8770 / R9 260 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Monitor: H225W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: openSUSE 20141208, Kernel: 3.18.0-3-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.99.901 (1.17.0 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + Clang 3.6.0 + LLVM 3.6.0svn, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.79GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 4096MB, Audio: AMD Device aaf0, Monitor: DELL U3417W, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.11.9-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Server: Wayland, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170621 + Clang 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3440x1440


QGears2
Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Text
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
modesetting .............. 391.92 |===================
radeon ................... 238.37 |============
radeon-dri2 .............. 376.23 |===================
R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz . 887.77 |============================================


QGears2
Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Gears
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
modesetting .............. 434.24  |=================
radeon ................... 253.03  |==========
radeon-dri2 .............. 419.10  |================
R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz . 1095.09 |===========================================


QGears2
Rendering: OpenGL - Test: Image Scaling
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
modesetting .............. 6300.29 |=====================================
radeon ................... 3360.63 |====================
radeon-dri2 .............. 4561.55 |===========================
R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz . 7246.64 |===========================================


QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Text
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
modesetting .............. 198.22 |=======================
radeon ................... 196.11 |=======================
radeon-dri2 .............. 197.02 |=======================
R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz . 379.45 |============================================


QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Gears
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
modesetting .............. 179.38 |=================================
radeon ................... 178.01 |================================
radeon-dri2 .............. 177.91 |================================
R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz . 242.13 |============================================


QGears2
Rendering: XRender Extension - Test: Image Scaling
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
modesetting .............. 447.63  |=======
radeon ................... 439.99  |=======
radeon-dri2 .............. 440.78  |=======
R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz . 2683.36 |===========================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
modesetting .............. 43550 |======================================
radeon ................... 30681 |==========================
radeon-dri2 .............. 38193 |=================================
R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz . 52203 |=============================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Points > Higher Is Better
modesetting .............. 1679 |====================
radeon ................... 1680 |====================
radeon-dri2 .............. 1681 |====================
R7 1700 @ 3.8 w/ 3200MHz . 3860 |==============================================