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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. 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 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 Basemark GPU 1.2 Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High FPS > Higher Is Better RadeonSI . 234.79 |============================================================ Basemark GPU 1.2 Renderer: OpenGL - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Medium FPS > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 584.62 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 247.70 |======================== Zink 18 Aug . 266.91 |========================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 156.85 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 60.37 |====================== Zink 18 Aug . 60.64 |====================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 558.13 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 471.23 |================================================ Zink 18 Aug . 458.46 |=============================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 529.32 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 476.57 |=================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 491.86 |===================================================== 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 |============================================================ DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 4362.42 |======================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 3427.98 |============================================ Zink 18 Aug . 3571.22 |============================================== DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 1347.18 |======================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 1108.18 |============================================== Zink 18 Aug . 1210.39 |================================================== DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 519.51 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 405.52 |============================================ Zink 18 Aug . 483.57 |===================================================== DDraceNetwork 15.3.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 528.72 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 388.85 |========================================== Zink 18 Aug . 465.80 |================================================== Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Preset: 1920 x 1080 - Low Quality Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 105.1 |========================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 9.4 |===== Zink 18 Aug . 8.1 |==== 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 RadeonSI .... 420.71 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 310.40 |========================================== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Low - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 419.93 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 311.73 |========================================== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 247.57 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 174.28 |======================================== DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 2x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 248.16 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 174.14 |======================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 213.9 |========================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 134.7 |===================================== Zink 18 Aug . 144.6 |======================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 215.7 |========================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 132.2 |==================================== Zink 18 Aug . 146.1 |======================================= 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 |============================================================= ET: Legacy 2.77 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 655.9 |========================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 214.6 |=================== Zink 18 Aug . 459.5 |========================================= ET: Legacy 2.77 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 700.3 |========================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 218.4 |================== Zink 18 Aug . 375.1 |=============================== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 149.14 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 7.29 |=== HITMAN Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 145.49 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 7.45 |=== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 118.41 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 4.60 |== HITMAN Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 98.54 |========================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 4.66 |=== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 142.39 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 6.60 |=== HITMAN Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 122.08 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 6.47 |=== 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 RadeonSI .... 1877.67 |======================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 1424.98 |========================================== Portal Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 1057.53 |======================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 950.34 |================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 920.21 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 92.75 |====== Zink 18 Aug . 26.78 |== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 875.22 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 91.47 |====== Zink 18 Aug . 25.88 |== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 616.92 |==================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 615.37 |==================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 675.99 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 535.86 |==================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 535.54 |==================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 592.58 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 502.76 |===================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 454.20 |================================================ Zink 18 Aug . 539.34 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 393.56 |================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 352.52 |============================================= Zink 18 Aug . 450.10 |========================================================= Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 232.2 |========================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 136.6 |================================== Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Normal Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 238.1 |========================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 156.7 |====================================== GravityMark 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 206.7 |========================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 157.6 |============================================ Zink 18 Aug . 158.6 |============================================= Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 318.22 |========================================================= Zink 18 Aug . 297.75 |===================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 265.0 |======================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 230.8 |================================================ Zink 18 Aug . 278.6 |========================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 172.8 |========================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 160.7 |====================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 162.6 |======================================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 229.0 |========================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 203.1 |=================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 217.0 |======================================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 223.90 |========================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 201.78 |=================================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 15724.72 |======================================================= Zink 17 Aug . 6052.05 |===================== Zink 18 Aug . 6079.12 |===================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 5516.15 |======================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 4966.44 |================================================== Zink 18 Aug . 5125.77 |==================================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better RadeonSI .... 8930.08 |======================================================== Zink 17 Aug . 7539.73 |=============================================== Zink 18 Aug . 7335.39 |============================================== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RadeonSI .... MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 36 Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 14 AVG: 140 MAX: 358 HITMAN Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Low - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RadeonSI .... MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 53 Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 13 AVG: 133 MAX: 340 HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RadeonSI .... MIN: 2 AVG: 8 MAX: 50 Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 43 AVG: 213 MAX: 562 HITMAN Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RadeonSI .... MIN: 3 AVG: 10 MAX: 56 Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 22 AVG: 209 MAX: 546 HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RadeonSI .... MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 39 Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 17 AVG: 155 MAX: 382 HITMAN Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RadeonSI .... MIN: 3 AVG: 8 MAX: 52 Zink 18 Aug . MIN: 13 AVG: 155 MAX: 398