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
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.
Zink 17 Aug:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB + 2000GB, Graphics: zink 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.14.0-051400rc5daily20210809-generic (x86_64) 20210808, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-edfcc4f 2021-08-17 focal-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Zink 18 Aug:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB + 2000GB, Graphics: zink 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.14.0-051400rc5daily20210809-generic (x86_64) 20210808, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-c94ff7d 2021-08-18 focal-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
RadeonSI:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3501 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.14.0-051400rc5daily20210809-generic (x86_64) 20210808, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.0-devel (git-edfcc4f 2021-08-17 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 12.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 92.75 |======
Zink 18 Aug . 26.78 |==
RadeonSI .... 920.21 |=========================================================
Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 91.47 |======
Zink 18 Aug . 25.88 |==
RadeonSI .... 875.22 |=========================================================
DDraceNetwork 15.3.1
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 388.85 |==========================================
Zink 18 Aug . 465.80 |==================================================
RadeonSI .... 528.72 |=========================================================
DDraceNetwork 15.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 405.52 |============================================
Zink 18 Aug . 483.57 |=====================================================
RadeonSI .... 519.51 |=========================================================
DDraceNetwork 15.3.1
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 1108.18 |==============================================
Zink 18 Aug . 1210.39 |==================================================
RadeonSI .... 1347.18 |========================================================
DDraceNetwork 15.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 3427.98 |============================================
Zink 18 Aug . 3571.22 |==============================================
RadeonSI .... 4362.42 |========================================================
Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 615.37 |====================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 675.99 |=========================================================
RadeonSI .... 616.92 |====================================================
Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 535.54 |====================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 592.58 |=========================================================
RadeonSI .... 535.86 |====================================================
Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 454.20 |================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 539.34 |=========================================================
RadeonSI .... 502.76 |=====================================================
ET: Legacy 2.77
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 218.4 |==================
Zink 18 Aug . 375.1 |===============================
RadeonSI .... 700.3 |==========================================================
Basemark GPU 1.2
Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Medium
FPS > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 247.70 |========================
Zink 18 Aug . 266.91 |==========================
RadeonSI .... 584.62 |=========================================================
Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 352.52 |=============================================
Zink 18 Aug . 450.10 |=========================================================
RadeonSI .... 393.56 |==================================================
ET: Legacy 2.77
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 214.6 |===================
Zink 18 Aug . 459.5 |=========================================
RadeonSI .... 655.9 |==========================================================
Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 297.75 |=====================================================
RadeonSI .... 318.22 |=========================================================
Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 201.78 |===================================================
RadeonSI .... 223.90 |=========================================================
Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 230.8 |================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 278.6 |==========================================================
RadeonSI .... 265.0 |=======================================================
Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 160.7 |======================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 162.6 |=======================================================
RadeonSI .... 172.8 |==========================================================
Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 203.1 |===================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 217.0 |=======================================================
RadeonSI .... 229.0 |==========================================================
BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 255.55 |============================================================
BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 259.59 |============================================================
Dawn of War III
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 132.37 |============================================================
Dawn of War III
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Low - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 118.85 |============================================================
Dawn of War III
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 122.80 |============================================================
Dawn of War III
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 101.79 |============================================================
Dawn of War III
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 122.66 |============================================================
Dawn of War III
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 95.38 |=============================================================
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Low Quality
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 9.4 |=====
Zink 18 Aug . 8.1 |====
RadeonSI .... 105.1 |==========================================================
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Preset: 1920 x 1080 - High Quality
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 85.5 |==============================================================
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra Quality
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 80.9 |==============================================================
DiRT Showdown
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Low - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 310.40 |==========================================
RadeonSI .... 420.71 |=========================================================
DiRT Showdown
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Low - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 311.73 |==========================================
RadeonSI .... 419.93 |=========================================================
DiRT Showdown
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 174.28 |========================================
RadeonSI .... 247.57 |=========================================================
DiRT Showdown
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 174.14 |========================================
RadeonSI .... 248.16 |=========================================================
Dota 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 134.7 |=====================================
Zink 18 Aug . 144.6 |=======================================
RadeonSI .... 213.9 |==========================================================
Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 132.2 |====================================
Zink 18 Aug . 146.1 |=======================================
RadeonSI .... 215.7 |==========================================================
HITMAN
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 7.29 |===
RadeonSI .... 149.14 |=========================================================
HITMAN
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 7.45 |===
RadeonSI .... 145.49 |=========================================================
HITMAN
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 4.60 |==
RadeonSI .... 118.41 |=========================================================
HITMAN
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 4.66 |===
RadeonSI .... 98.54 |==========================================================
HITMAN
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Medium
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 6.60 |===
RadeonSI .... 142.39 |=========================================================
HITMAN
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 6.47 |===
RadeonSI .... 122.08 |=========================================================
Left 4 Dead 2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 354.30 |============================================================
Metro: Last Light Redux
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 286.50 |============================================================
Metro: Last Light Redux
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 203.93 |============================================================
Portal
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 1424.98 |==========================================
RadeonSI .... 1877.67 |========================================================
Portal
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 950.34 |==================================================
RadeonSI .... 1057.53 |========================================================
Tomb Raider
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 136.6 |==================================
RadeonSI .... 232.2 |==========================================================
ParaView 5.9
Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 60.37 |======================
Zink 18 Aug . 60.64 |======================
RadeonSI .... 156.85 |=========================================================
Basemark GPU 1.2
Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High
FPS > Higher Is Better
RadeonSI . 234.79 |============================================================
GravityMark 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 157.6 |============================================
Zink 18 Aug . 158.6 |=============================================
RadeonSI .... 206.7 |==========================================================
Tomb Raider
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Normal
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . 156.7 |======================================
RadeonSI .... 238.1 |==========================================================
ParaView 5.9
Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 6052.05 |=====================
Zink 18 Aug . 6079.12 |=====================
RadeonSI .... 15724.72 |=======================================================
ParaView 5.9
Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 471.23 |================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 458.46 |===============================================
RadeonSI .... 558.13 |=========================================================
ParaView 5.9
Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 7539.73 |===============================================
Zink 18 Aug . 7335.39 |==============================================
RadeonSI .... 8930.08 |========================================================
ParaView 5.9
Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 476.57 |===================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 491.86 |=====================================================
RadeonSI .... 529.32 |=========================================================
ParaView 5.9
Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080
MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better
Zink 17 Aug . 4966.44 |==================================================
Zink 18 Aug . 5125.77 |====================================================
RadeonSI .... 5516.15 |========================================================
HITMAN
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 14 AVG: 140 MAX: 358
RadeonSI .... MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 36
HITMAN
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 13 AVG: 133 MAX: 340
RadeonSI .... MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 53
HITMAN
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 43 AVG: 213 MAX: 562
RadeonSI .... MIN: 2 AVG: 8 MAX: 50
HITMAN
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 22 AVG: 209 MAX: 546
RadeonSI .... MIN: 3 AVG: 10 MAX: 56
HITMAN
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 17 AVG: 155 MAX: 382
RadeonSI .... MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 39
HITMAN
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 13 AVG: 155 MAX: 398
RadeonSI .... MIN: 3 AVG: 8 MAX: 52