AMD Radeon RX Vega 56/64 performance from launch compared to start of 2019. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device a36f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.3
Security Notes: KPTI + Full generic retpoline
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB (1630/945MHz).
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190118, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15+ + Python 3.6.7
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1630/945MHz).
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X370 Taichi (P3.20 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1024GB Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB + 512GB LITEONIT LCS-512 + 512GB Crucial_CT512M55, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB (139/405MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Generic, Monitor: DELL U3014, Network: Intel I211 + Intel Dual Band-AC 3168NGW
OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.20.7-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 418.30, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 + Clang 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Python Notes: Python 3.6.6
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + disabled + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Heaven demo for the Unigine engine. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of DiRT Rally on Steam. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that you own a copy of this game. This automates the process of executing the game and using its built-in benchmark mode. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Valley demo for the Unigine engine, released in February 2013. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Unigine Valley relies upon an OpenGL 3 core profile context. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This test calculates the average frame-rate within the Superposition demo for the Unigine engine, released in 2017. This engine is extremely demanding on the system's graphics card. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
A Steam-based test of the Metro: Last Light Redux game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of DiRT Showdown on Steam. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that you own a copy of this game. This automates the process of executing the game and using its built-in benchmark mode. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on Steam. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that you own a copy of this game. This automates the process of executing the game and using its built-in benchmark mode. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a test of Linaro's glmark2 port, currently using the X11 OpenGL 2.0 target. GLmark2 is a basic OpenGL benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of Mad Max on Steam. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that you own a copy of this game. This automates the process of executing the game and using its built-in benchmark mode. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of The Talos Principle. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that The Talos Principle can be installed. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized time demo. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
A Steam-based test of the BioShock Infinite game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Dawn of War III Mad Max on Steam. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that you own a copy of this game. This automates the process of executing the game and using its built-in benchmark mode. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of the Tomb Raider (2013) game. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that you own Tomb Raider. This automates the process of executing the game and using the built-in benchmark functionality. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a test of SuperTuxKart, an open-source racing game. The engine, Antarctica, is a highly modified version of Irrlicht and uses OpenGL 3.1+. Bullet is used for physics. Sound is provided by OpenAL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of The Talos Principle. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that The Talos Principle can be installed. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized time demo. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Tesseract is a fork of Cube 2 Sauerbraten with numerous graphics and game-play improvements. Tesseract has been in development since 2012 while its first release happened in May of 2014. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This test runs ParaView benchmarks: an open-source data analytics and visualization application. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of Valve's Dota 2 game. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account, have Steam installed for the system, and that you have rights to Dota 2. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized time demo. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of Valve's Portal game. The test profile assumes you have a Steam account and have Steam installed for the system. This automates the process of executing the game and using a standardized time demo. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This test runs ParaView benchmarks: an open-source data analytics and visualization application. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device a36f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.3
Security Notes: KPTI + Full generic retpoline
Testing initiated at 23 January 2019 18:53 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device a36f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.15.0-041500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Python Notes: Python 2.7.14 + Python 3.6.3
Security Notes: KPTI + Full generic retpoline
Testing initiated at 23 January 2019 15:24 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190118, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15+ + Python 3.6.7
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 23 January 2019 05:17 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190118, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 8.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15+ + Python 3.6.7
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 23 January 2019 08:56 by user phoronix.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock X370 Taichi (P3.20 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1024GB Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB + 512GB LITEONIT LCS-512 + 512GB Crucial_CT512M55, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB (139/405MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Generic, Monitor: DELL U3014, Network: Intel I211 + Intel Dual Band-AC 3168NGW
OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.20.7-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 418.30, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 + Clang 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Python Notes: Python 3.6.6
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + disabled + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 23 February 2019 12:44 by user rok.