August 17 tests with Zink prior to the sub-allocator being merged. August 18 tests with all the recent Zink patches upstreamed. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. RX 6800 XT graphics card with RADV used throughout.
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Zink August 2021 OpenGL vs. RadeonSI Benchmarks,
"Basemark GPU 1.2 - Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",234.00138671046,236.27596574118,234.07778956
"Basemark GPU 1.2 - Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Medium",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",250.11242951094,250.16742551576,242.83400094738
"Zink 18 Aug",267.55937845773,264.9448993902,268.22542800105
"RadeonSI",591.77130845852,504.15741052484,638.08700083247,625.66139169892,580.53660178745,561.58048810079,624.26452780447,554.20089921886,526.57088402931,613.06355860629,607.04944131248,556.73034324311,628.07991379723,583.17587685335,574.3146070747
"BioShock Infinite - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",251.07,261.39,254.19
"BioShock Infinite - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",262.82,260.68,255.26
"Dawn of War III - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",129.812576,134.314499,132.981384
"Dawn of War III - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Low - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",119.695862,117.616455,119.225998
"Dawn of War III - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",122.618477,122.49334,123.282715
"Dawn of War III - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",101.014221,101.905067,102.45504
"Dawn of War III - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",120.078705,123.27375,124.637886
"Dawn of War III - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",95.168083,96.114708,94.849419
"DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",3457.8901771296,3414.3669392449,3411.6952632803
"Zink 18 Aug",3596.3087458404,3564.8019199938,3552.5497655556
"RadeonSI",4362.7275451123,4364.4564239586,4360.0799581836
"DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",1096.7064004208,1231.9484977833,1097.6958027684,1077.6409216042,1101.1899598699,1075.2478664243,1195.4396789301,1093.9704282387,1095.8295735303,1097.0667085032,1090.8647876988,1096.2347001828,1093.8937238567,1090.778630676,1088.1596997237
"Zink 18 Aug",1212.9490319127,1214.1558681566,1204.0525667939
"RadeonSI",1347.9994207138,1346.7186518539,1346.8102332587
"DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",414.24974311723,394.49402669266,407.82120811261
"Zink 18 Aug",482.15127849305,480.08929894247,488.47465658496
"RadeonSI",523.18516768685,541.15645188939,446.59627829471,539.79030469991,519.20383427761,383.07791122177,529.46913302078,524.07460410285,512.98639564945,553.54951326059,550.3325881803,535.14759551199,547.28253371738,542.62612186609,544.10901382124
"DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",390.15483093478,393.83409913111,358.82090688661,373.43567463253,402.99257508773,398.85217379307,395.41202665176,391.94605098538,396.9549320616,399.4961814555,387.29108493409,375.64361730313,382.38911545807,389.82496351589,395.73912522416
"Zink 18 Aug",456.8013544471,466.6617721362,473.92677663715
"RadeonSI",543.63135341181,524.57720551088,512.84341146812,533.83308150587
"Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Low Quality",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",9.1,9.5,9.6,9.5
"Zink 18 Aug",8,8.2,8.1
"RadeonSI",106.1,108,100,106.9,104.1,109.7,107.7,103,108,103.2,99.6,104.5
"Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Preset: 1920 x 1080 - High Quality",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",84.9,84.9,86.8
"Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra Quality",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",82.9,82,78.1,81.3,80.1
"DiRT Showdown - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",308.14624,311.910767,311.133148
"RadeonSI",419.890686,420.776306,421.46991
"DiRT Showdown - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Low - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",313.587708,308.250885,313.337158
"RadeonSI",420.751862,420.100891,418.927124
"DiRT Showdown - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",174.953995,173.181488,174.718292
"RadeonSI",244.790009,248.344818,249.580719
"DiRT Showdown - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",173.283936,173.356033,175.771133
"RadeonSI",249.331192,247.303543,247.852997
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",124.5,136,133.8,139,129.3,136.8,138.1,136.9,137.3,140.9,137.2,132.8,129,130,139
"Zink 18 Aug",128.8,146.6,149.6,140.9,149.7,148.4,145.3,140.2,141.6,153.6,140.9,148.7,141.8,144.3,148.9
"RadeonSI",183.2,216.9,220.1,211.2,218.9,204,214.9,222.7,220.6,214.3,218.3,216.7,219
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",136.1,130.8,124.1,136.4,123.2,131.1,128,131.4,136,130,139.4,133.4,140.4,132.8,130.6
"Zink 18 Aug",139.4,148.1,149.6,142,141.2,152.1,141.8,158.2,150.3,142.1,140.4,144.6,150.3,149.1,142
"RadeonSI",214.1,215.2,217.9
"ET: Legacy 2.77 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",195.5,215,218.3,216.7,217.8,217.6,217.4,216.1,217.7,216.1,211.9,212.1,218.1
"Zink 18 Aug",455.2,460.9,462.3
"RadeonSI",660.1,546.9,698.6,669.7,697,695.2,698.8,691.7,699.2,705.2,534.6,550.6,608.3,688.8,693.9
"ET: Legacy 2.77 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",217.4,218.3,219.5
"Zink 18 Aug",375.3,373.6,376.4
"RadeonSI",687.3,710.1,703.4
"GravityMark 1.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",157.3,158.5,157.1
"Zink 18 Aug",160.2,157.9,157.6
"RadeonSI",207.3,206.6,206.1
"HITMAN - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",6.97,7.52,7.5,7.62,7.36,6.91,7.26,7.39,7.3,7.13,7.38,7.12
"RadeonSI",149.59,150.36,147.46
"HITMAN - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",
"RadeonSI",
"HITMAN - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",7.36,7.47,7.52
"RadeonSI",145.58,145.51,145.37
"HITMAN - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",
"RadeonSI",
"HITMAN - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",4.52,4.57,4.7
"RadeonSI",117.88,116.9,120.45
"HITMAN - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",
"RadeonSI",
"HITMAN - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",4.57,4.63,4.79
"RadeonSI",99.66,97.75,98.2
"HITMAN - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",
"RadeonSI",
"HITMAN - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Medium",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",6.64,6.71,6.45
"RadeonSI",143.67,142.46,141.03
"HITMAN - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",
"RadeonSI",
"HITMAN - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",6.54,6.41,6.46
"RadeonSI",121.99,122.44,121.82
"HITMAN - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",
"RadeonSI",
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",309.35,369.25,350.51,351.54,342.62,374.28,344.14,354.02,375.87,314.62,377.4,331.22,373.13,379.23,367.37
"Metro: Last Light Redux - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",284.26,284.68,290.55
"Metro: Last Light Redux - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"RadeonSI",203.87,203.82,204.11
"ParaView 5.9 - Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",60.38,60.35,60.38
"Zink 18 Aug",60.62,60.63,60.66
"RadeonSI",154.74,159.05,156.76
"ParaView 5.9 - Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",6053.266,6049.941,6052.935
"Zink 18 Aug",6077.649,6078.052,6081.644
"RadeonSI",15513.046,15945.401,15715.725
"ParaView 5.9 - Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",465.49,474.3,473.91
"Zink 18 Aug",461.18,452.86,461.34
"RadeonSI",571.65,544.96,567.45,548.46
"ParaView 5.9 - Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",7447.817,7588.733,7582.626
"Zink 18 Aug",7378.949,7245.741,7381.483
"RadeonSI",9146.4,8719.386,9079.171,8775.359
"ParaView 5.9 - Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",475.58,477.84,476.29
"Zink 18 Aug",491.02,492.01,492.54
"RadeonSI",528.86,529.89,529.21
"ParaView 5.9 - Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",4956.094,4979.678,4963.535
"Zink 18 Aug",5117.038,5127.369,5132.896
"RadeonSI",5511.371,5522.116,5514.964
"Portal - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",959.95,1447.48,1497.89,1516.49,1413.65,1424.92,1434.51,1473.92,1498.58,1463.39,1479.64,1489.3
"RadeonSI",2050.07,1613.55,1973.49,1742.72,2022.97,2018.26,1563.44,1912.89,2009.09,1772.86,1567.24,1952.59,2010.13,2056.78,1899.01
"Portal - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",950.37,948.18,952.46
"RadeonSI",1055.6,1059.83,1057.17
"Tesseract 2014-05-12 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",97.39595,89.5683,87.83322,91.89877,96.32056,86.72198,96.87493,98.33498,91.78824,91.6209,95.30177,93.08329,97.06941,87.77507,89.63603
"Zink 18 Aug",26.60077,27.43782,26.29819
"RadeonSI",928.9709,923.9373,907.7181
"Tesseract 2014-05-12 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",91.20732,89.7179,93.48064
"Zink 18 Aug",25.95065,26.16188,25.53938
"RadeonSI",861.8569,877.8896,885.9061
"Tomb Raider - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",135.1,137.1,137.6
"RadeonSI",236.9,229.1,224.1,238,233
"Tomb Raider - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Normal",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",159.2,157.6,153.4
"RadeonSI",248.4,246.2,230.1,248.5,247.7,239.1,248.3,244.9,239.6,249.8,229.5,185.3
"Unigine Heaven 4.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 18 Aug",297.711,297.785
"RadeonSI",320.936,324.191,309.52
"Unigine Superposition 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",229.6,230.6,232.3
"Zink 18 Aug",
"RadeonSI",261,267.3,266.8
"Unigine Superposition 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",160.6,160.8,160.6
"Zink 18 Aug",162.6,162.7,162.6
"RadeonSI",172.6,173,172.7
"Unigine Superposition 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",202.7,203.5,203
"Zink 18 Aug",217,217,217.1
"RadeonSI",226.4,230.6,229.9
"Unigine Valley 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",201.798,201.751
"RadeonSI",229.297,221.186,221.219
"Xonotic 0.8.2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",611.3125268,614.3246856,620.4687639
"Zink 18 Aug",683.5118431,672.4564478,671.9947037
"RadeonSI",543.4378968,711.4853059,697.1009733,617.2280539,710.3938165,595.6948027,464.7046922,588.2558604,702.7428355,705.6903953,463.3179969,603.2832508,717.1562396,592.936107,540.4442556
"Xonotic 0.8.2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",545.2731862,530.6706667,530.6784351
"Zink 18 Aug",591.348174,593.8489624,592.5390427
"RadeonSI",578.0028993,569.9893858,542.2960749,518.7830788,587.3777989,581.5958033,574.16753,439.511837,439.9428229,559.9266391,569.5172383,469.2290698
"Xonotic 0.8.2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",451.5142495,458.9715257,452.1110452
"Zink 18 Aug",541.4116651,543.819208,532.7780959
"RadeonSI",494.3489435,511.3881658,465.9997627,516.9135013,506.8314261,540.3412073,509.8562858,513.5015202,521.5649008,528.4892363,506.6477116,532.8823334,387.1695088
"Xonotic 0.8.2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Zink 17 Aug",322.9368677,355.4954923,354.0127198,354.1111545,358.7429275,356.5706995,341.6683231,354.0631522,353.9741024,366.517699,362.0110576,337.4195338,361.4654514,359.2832613,349.5478539
"Zink 18 Aug",450.9725052,447.084205,452.2507557
"RadeonSI",405.5659997,455.0433527,425.8177608,325.2102911,443.4699108,453.1113894,324.4481847,307.7176232,417.5032469,302.4734254,434.782099,427.5906189