Ubuntu 14.04 fglrx vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU+RadeonSI Tests for a future article. Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (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: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7900, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-133-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.3.13399, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (1800.11), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (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: Supported device 6810, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-133-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.3.13399, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (1800.11), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (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: Supported device 6939, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-133-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.3.13399, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (1800.11), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz (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, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-133-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.3.13399, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (1800.11), Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950: 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: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171029, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X: 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: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270X/370 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171029, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285: 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: XFX AMD Radeon R9 285/380 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171029, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, 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 16.04, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171029, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 40.24 |========= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 40.66 |========= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 37.58 |======== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 48.27 |========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 70.04 |=============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 66.27 |============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 77.28 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 102.89 |====================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 158.01 |================ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 159.33 |================ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 162.16 |================= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 184.01 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 153.02 |================ Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 163.22 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 197.20 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 212.75 |====================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 62.23 |============== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 59.83 |============== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 63.00 |=============== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 62.18 |============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 74.40 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 77.10 |================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 78.57 |================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 99.77 |======================= ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 238.87 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 237.30 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 235.60 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 238.03 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 234.00 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 231.37 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 233.13 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 233.83 |====================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 347.22 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 290.43 |================ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 337.70 |================== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 408.25 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 279.60 |=============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 215.00 |============ Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 256.58 |============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 386.20 |===================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 9.0 Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.4 MAX: 11.0 Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 9.0 Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 6.0 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.6 MAX: 23.0 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 23.0 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 25.0 Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 24.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 267.57 |============== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 250.46 |============= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 283.06 |=============== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 357.97 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 190.82 |========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 198.27 |========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 245.04 |============= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 420.18 |====================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 279.60 |================= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 279.04 |================= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 278.64 |================= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 277.55 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 361.16 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 358.58 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 351.38 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 351.71 |===================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 241.82 |================= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 239.03 |================ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 241.36 |================= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 240.81 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 319.38 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 315.47 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 311.43 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 310.97 |===================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 192.46 |================ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 194.97 |================ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 194.94 |================ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 196.57 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 256.50 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 252.72 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 256.85 |====================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 260.33 |====================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 2928 |====== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 3662 |======= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 3936 |======== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 9079 |================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 3453 |======= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 3823 |======== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 4766 |========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 11390 |======================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 427614 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 430477 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 337838 |========= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 564947 |================ Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 530829 |=============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 679928 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 412030 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 798778 |====================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 44.40 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 37.07 |========== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 44.67 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 84.46 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 40.42 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 35.71 |========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 47.46 |============= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 83.63 |======================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 49.00 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 45.97 |=========== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 51.81 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 95.80 |======================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 45.59 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 44.82 |=========== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 53.65 |============= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 94.13 |======================= Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: HD 7950 .................. 99.14 |============== Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 270X .................. 85.80 |============ Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 285 ................... 92.99 |============= Ubuntu 14.04 - fglrx: R9 Fury .................. 138.23 |=================== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: HD 7950 . 109.48 |=============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 270X . 101.81 |============== Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 285 .. 121.23 |================= Ubuntu 16.04 - Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: R9 Fury . 156.38 |======================