Just some fun historical testing of Radeon OpenGL performance from R600/R700 days to Radeon RX Vega. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD VEGA10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD FIJI 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: XFX AMD HAWAII 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: amdgpu.cik_support=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Changed Graphics to XFX AMD TAHITI 3072MB.
Kernel Change: amdgpu.si_support=1
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD CAYMAN 2048MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD BARTS 1024MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Changed Graphics to AMD RV770 1024MB.
Changed Graphics to AMD RV770 512MB.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD R600 512MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, Chipset: AMD RD9x0/RX980, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB ADATA SX930 + 512GB ADATA SP610 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260
OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.13.3-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 5.0.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
Kernel Notes: amdgpu.powerplay=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq schedutil
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD VEGA10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 10 August 2017 15:18 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD FIJI 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 10 August 2017 16:10 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD POLARIS10 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 10 August 2017 17:56 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: XFX AMD HAWAII 4096MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: amdgpu.cik_support=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 10 August 2017 18:46 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: XFX AMD TAHITI 3072MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Kernel Notes: amdgpu.si_support=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 10 August 2017 19:52 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD CAYMAN 2048MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 11 August 2017 05:05 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD BARTS 1024MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 11 August 2017 05:55 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD RV770 1024MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 11 August 2017 06:33 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD RV770 512MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 11 August 2017 07:26 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD R600 512MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 11 August 2017 08:11 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-7740K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.12.0-vegaphx (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.3.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 12 August 2017 07:26 by user phoronix.
Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, Chipset: AMD RD9x0/RX980, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB ADATA SX930 + 512GB ADATA SP610 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EZRX-00S, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260
OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.13.3-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1 (LLVM 5.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + Clang 5.0.0 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440
Kernel Notes: amdgpu.powerplay=1
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq schedutil
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Testing initiated at 3 October 2017 13:12 by user steamuser.