Linux 4.18 AMDGPU Comparison Linux 4.18 AMDGPU gaming benchmarks on Ubuntu for a future article on Phoronix. Linux 4.17.5: RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0809 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.5-041705-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.3- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0809 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180707, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.3- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0809 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.5-041705-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.3- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury: Processor: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0809 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180707, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.3- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64: Processor: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0809 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.5-041705-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.3- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64: Processor: Intel Core i7-8086K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0809 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180707, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.3- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 39.87 |============================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 39.87 |============================= Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 43.10 |================================ Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 43.22 |================================ Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 58.47 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 57.33 |========================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 159.47 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 155.98 |========================================= Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 159.03 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 155.92 |========================================= Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 159.50 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 142.52 |====================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 148.27 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 144.53 |========================================= Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 147.17 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 144.43 |========================================= Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 148.23 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 139.58 |======================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 74.43 |================================ Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 74.43 |================================ Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 88.23 |====================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 88.30 |====================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 98.47 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 99.37 |=========================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 77.73 |================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 78.57 |================================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 90.17 |======================================= Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 90.10 |======================================= Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 98.70 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 98.47 |=========================================== Dawn of War III Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 85.39 |================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 83.98 |================================= Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 96.65 |======================================= Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 93.76 |===================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 105.42 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 91.86 |===================================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 240.27 |==================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 246.70 |===================================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 268.47 |======================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 264.70 |======================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 280.62 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 248.30 |===================================== F1 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: TAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 125 |======================================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 124 |====================================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 123 |====================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 122 |====================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 146 |============================================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 128 |======================================= F1 2017 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Anti Aliasing: TAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 82 |================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 82 |================================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 84 |=================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 84 |=================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 108 |============================================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 104 |=========================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Camp Hollow Point Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 108.96 |============================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 106.25 |============================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 126.50 |=================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 124.43 |=================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 148.46 |========================================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 150.40 |========================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Stronghold Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 93.14 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 92.02 |========================================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 93.37 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 92.16 |========================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 93.05 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 78.24 |==================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 109.05 |============================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 106.53 |============================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 123.93 |================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 121.72 |================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 151.48 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 148.58 |========================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Landmover Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 123.63 |=============================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 121.62 |============================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 140.13 |=================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 137.47 |================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 169.98 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 165.05 |========================================= Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: SSAA 4x - Scene: Spine Of The Mountain Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 47.50 |============================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 48.05 |============================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 51.30 |================================= Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 50.90 |================================ Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 66.10 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 67.80 |=========================================== Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: SSAA 4x - Scene: Prophets Tomb Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 32.85 |=============================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 32.90 |=============================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 34.15 |================================= Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 34.40 |================================= Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 44.70 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 45.15 |=========================================== Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: SSAA 4x - Scene: Geothermal Valley Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 33.00 |============================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 33.10 |============================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 34.95 |================================ Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 34.60 |================================ Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 45.80 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 46.70 |=========================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 218.52 |============================ Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 217.79 |=========================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 270.19 |================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 269.10 |================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 330.25 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 333.38 |========================================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 93.00 |================================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 92.37 |================================= Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 95.43 |================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 94.63 |================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 117.67 |========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 114.60 |========================================= A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... MIN: 6 AVG: 11 MAX: 254 Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... MIN: 7 AVG: 11 MAX: 249 Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... MIN: 6 AVG: 10 MAX: 277 Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... MIN: 6 AVG: 11 MAX: 255 Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... MIN: 5 AVG: 8 MAX: 249 Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . MIN: 5 AVG: 9 MAX: 251 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 55.57 |============================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 55.47 |============================= Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 60.07 |=============================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 60.23 |=============================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 82.47 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 83.07 |=========================================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... MIN: 10 AVG: 18 MAX: 252 Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... MIN: 10 AVG: 18 MAX: 251 Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... MIN: 9 AVG: 17 MAX: 263 Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... MIN: 10 AVG: 17 MAX: 254 Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... MIN: 8 AVG: 12 MAX: 269 Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . MIN: 8 AVG: 12 MAX: 253 A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Extreme Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 25.77 |========================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 24.80 |========================= Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 32.97 |================================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 34.13 |=================================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 41.90 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 42.30 |=========================================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Extreme - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... MIN: 11 AVG: 37 MAX: 258 Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... MIN: 11 AVG: 41 MAX: 254 Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... MIN: 9 AVG: 34 MAX: 243 Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... MIN: 11 AVG: 28 MAX: 248 Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... MIN: 10 AVG: 24 MAX: 257 Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . MIN: 9 AVG: 23 MAX: 245 Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 37.20 |========================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 37.10 |========================== Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 42.60 |============================== Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 42.50 |============================== Linux 4.17.5: RX Vega 64 ... 61.50 |=========================================== Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 61.30 |=========================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.17.5: RX 580 ....... 16.10 |========================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX 580 ..... 16.10 |========================= Linux 4.17.5: R9 Fury ...... 19.10 |============================= Linux 4.18 Git: R9 Fury .... 19.10 |============================= Linux 4.18 Git: RX Vega 64 . 28.20 |===========================================