Ubuntu 17.04 vs. Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org Wayland Radeon Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-37-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 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-37-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 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-37-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 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8064MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Intel Kaby Lake + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 128GB THNSN5128GPU7 TOSHIBA, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 41.40 |=============== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 85.43 |============================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 106.24 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 44.19 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 81.42 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 117.00 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 43.48 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 81.38 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 116.76 |========================================= Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 142.25 |======================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 211.86 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 213.52 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 142.26 |======================== Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 232.40 |======================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 239.56 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 14.88 |=== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 14.89 |=== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 14.90 |=== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 60.36 |================ Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 137.61 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 153.42 |======================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 62.83 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 134.90 |=================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 157.89 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 14.86 |==== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 14.91 |==== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 14.89 |==== Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 1920 x 1080 - High Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 21.07 |=============== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 37.38 |========================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 44.25 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 24.50 |================= Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 53.62 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 60.20 |========================================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 24.00 |================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 53.20 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 59.20 |========================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 27.53 |================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 48.40 |================================ Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 60.15 |======================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 29.87 |==================== Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 51.88 |================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 63.30 |========================================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 29.27 |=================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 49.30 |================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 63.05 |========================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Default - Renderer: OpenGL - Scene: Camp Hollow Point Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 91.26 |=============== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 176.31 |============================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 218.10 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 71.92 |============ Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 173.48 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 92.21 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 175.50 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 247.71 |========================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Default - Renderer: OpenGL - Scene: Stronghold Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 70.59 |========================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 76.22 |============================ Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 76.83 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 78.87 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 110.18 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 78.87 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 102.73 |====================================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 105.74 |======================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Default - Renderer: OpenGL - Scene: Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 80.85 |============== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 172.36 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 202.93 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 93.04 |================= Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 168.99 |============================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 83.13 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 170.54 |============================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 229.44 |========================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Default - Renderer: OpenGL - Scene: Landmover Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 102.24 |================ Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 202.89 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 248.73 |====================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 110.23 |================= Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 206.57 |================================ Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 101.83 |================ Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 204.79 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 266.94 |========================================= Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 89.81 |==================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 156.81 |=================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 161.01 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 28.97 |====== Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 58.96 |============= Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 73.75 |================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 97.62 |====================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 173.75 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 183.06 |========================================= ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 154.50 |============================ Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 218.87 |======================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 220.60 |======================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 158.27 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 215.35 |======================================= Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 224.17 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 149.27 |=========================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 189.65 |=================================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 225.07 |========================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 74.45 |============= Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 146.03 |========================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 180.85 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 89.97 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 172.00 |============================== Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 236.84 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 89.18 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 175.79 |============================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 238.56 |========================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 32.90 |==================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 59.00 |==================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 64.90 |======================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 19.30 |============ Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 35.10 |===================== Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 41.90 |========================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 36.90 |======================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 62.20 |====================================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 68.60 |========================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 10.30 |================ Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 21.00 |================================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 24.40 |====================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 5.10 |======== Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 10.20 |================ Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 12.60 |==================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 11.10 |================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 21.90 |================================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 26.70 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 131.69 |================= Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 216.01 |============================ Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 257.74 |================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 138.61 |================== Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 224.25 |============================= Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 309.03 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 134.95 |================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 230.60 |============================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 312.09 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 95.12 |================= Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 166.28 |============================= Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 201.65 |=================================== Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 98.39 |================= Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 171.46 |============================== Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 231.66 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 96.89 |================= Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 175.29 |=============================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 234.17 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 17.04: R7 370 ........ 178142 |=========================== Ubuntu 17.04: RX 580 ........ 241941 |===================================== Ubuntu 17.04: R9 Fury ....... 270628 |========================================= Ubuntu 17.10: R7 370 ........ 77092 |============ Ubuntu 17.10: RX 580 ........ 99092 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10: R9 Fury ....... 145031 |====================== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R7 370 .. 75142 |=========== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: RX 580 .. 98984 |=============== Ubuntu 17.10 X.Org: R9 Fury . 145526 |======================