Zink + Zink Lazy Descriptors OpenGL vs. RadeonSI Benchmarks Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix. Zink: 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-2b4b310 2021-08-21 focal-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Zink Lazy Descriptors: 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-2b4b310 2021-08-21 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-2b4b310 2021-08-21 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 12.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 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 .................. 3592.59 |====================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 3889.17 |========================================= RadeonSI .............. 4396.73 |============================================== 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 .................. 1221.64 |========================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 1220.02 |========================================== RadeonSI .............. 1345.47 |============================================== 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 .................. 482.55 |=========================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 517.50 |=============================================== RadeonSI .............. 523.00 |=============================================== 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 .................. 458.15 |======================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 484.05 |=========================================== RadeonSI .............. 534.12 |=============================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 146.0 |================================ Zink Lazy Descriptors . 203.2 |============================================ RadeonSI .............. 222.1 |================================================ ET: Legacy 2.77 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 458.7 |================================ Zink Lazy Descriptors . 483.4 |================================= RadeonSI .............. 693.2 |================================================ ET: Legacy 2.77 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 346.8 |======================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 395.1 |=========================== RadeonSI .............. 695.2 |================================================ Portal Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 1433.63 |================================= Zink Lazy Descriptors . 1420.29 |================================= RadeonSI .............. 1999.13 |============================================== Portal Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 900.12 |======================================= Zink Lazy Descriptors . 893.96 |======================================= RadeonSI .............. 1056.43 |============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 28.24 |= Zink Lazy Descriptors . 26.97 |= RadeonSI .............. 946.31 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 26.36 |= Zink Lazy Descriptors . 26.61 |= RadeonSI .............. 876.96 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 668.70 |============================================= Zink Lazy Descriptors . 692.91 |=============================================== RadeonSI .............. 699.99 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 583.34 |============================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 601.05 |=============================================== RadeonSI .............. 577.83 |============================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 539.69 |============================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 547.64 |=============================================== RadeonSI .............. 513.12 |============================================ Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 449.69 |=============================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 434.04 |============================================= RadeonSI .............. 441.60 |============================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 60.21 |================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 60.46 |================== RadeonSI .............. 158.20 |=============================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 6036.22 |================= Zink Lazy Descriptors . 6060.85 |================= RadeonSI .............. 15860.62 |============================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 499.51 |========================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 494.17 |========================================= RadeonSI .............. 564.39 |=============================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 7992.19 |========================================= Zink Lazy Descriptors . 7906.69 |======================================== RadeonSI .............. 9030.23 |============================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 486.48 |=========================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 485.69 |=========================================== RadeonSI .............. 528.94 |=============================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 5069.73 |========================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 5061.50 |========================================== RadeonSI .............. 5512.18 |============================================== Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 130.9 |=========================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 191.1 |======================================= RadeonSI .............. 234.8 |================================================ Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Normal Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 153.0 |============================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 199.9 |======================================= RadeonSI .............. 245.9 |================================================ GravityMark 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 158.5 |===================================== Zink Lazy Descriptors . 158.6 |===================================== RadeonSI .............. 206.9 |================================================ Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 279.0 |================================================ Zink Lazy Descriptors . 269.9 |============================================== RadeonSI .............. 281.0 |================================================ Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 162.7 |============================================= Zink Lazy Descriptors . 162.6 |============================================= RadeonSI .............. 174.7 |================================================ Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zink .................. 216.6 |============================================ Zink Lazy Descriptors . 215.5 |============================================ RadeonSI .............. 234.7 |================================================ Dota 2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.1 MAX: 17.8 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.0 MAX: 21.0 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 10.2 MAX: 46.9 Dota 2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 60 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 56 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 59 MAX: 99 ET: Legacy 2.77 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 6.9 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 6.1 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 7.1 ET: Legacy 2.77 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 88 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 81 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 55 MAX: 90 ET: Legacy 2.77 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.2 MAX: 6.7 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.9 MAX: 6.2 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 7.6 ET: Legacy 2.77 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 91 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 86 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 58 MAX: 83 Portal CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 2.9 MAX: 9.5 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.0 MAX: 9.3 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 28.1 Portal GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 54 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 62 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 60 MAX: 99 Portal CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 7.4 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 6.9 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 23.7 Portal GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 79 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 67 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 67 MAX: 99 Tesseract 2014-05-12 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 1.4 MAX: 5.8 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 1.4 MAX: 4.9 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 6.9 Tesseract 2014-05-12 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 58.3 MAX: 85.0 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 57.3 MAX: 82.0 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 66.8 MAX: 86.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 1.4 MAX: 7.0 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 1.4 MAX: 5.0 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 6.4 Tesseract 2014-05-12 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 60 MAX: 94 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 4 AVG: 63 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 5 AVG: 90 MAX: 99 Xonotic 0.8.2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 7.9 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 5.7 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 7.1 Xonotic 0.8.2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 75 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 2 AVG: 67 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 3 AVG: 50 MAX: 97 Xonotic 0.8.2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.2 MAX: 5.7 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 6.1 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 5.6 Xonotic 0.8.2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 69 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 66 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 68 MAX: 99 Xonotic 0.8.2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 5.8 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 7.0 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 5.4 Xonotic 0.8.2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 75 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 7 AVG: 72 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 3 AVG: 70 MAX: 99 Xonotic 0.8.2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.2 MAX: 5.4 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.3 MAX: 7.7 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 7.0 Xonotic 0.8.2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 72 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 74 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 68 MAX: 99 ParaView 5.9 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.5 MAX: 49.7 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 53.3 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 4.5 MAX: 49.5 ParaView 5.9 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 2 AVG: 95 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 98 AVG: 99 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 2 AVG: 76 MAX: 99 ParaView 5.9 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 5.4 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 2.5 MAX: 5.3 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 5.6 ParaView 5.9 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 25.0 AVG: 63.8 MAX: 82.0 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 10.0 AVG: 57.3 MAX: 78.0 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 47.9 MAX: 78.0 ParaView 5.9 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.2 MAX: 16.6 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.1 MAX: 16.3 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 15.2 ParaView 5.9 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 9 AVG: 81 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 26 AVG: 84 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 9 AVG: 77 MAX: 99 Tomb Raider CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.7 MAX: 10.9 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.2 MAX: 10.0 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.7 MAX: 26.1 Tomb Raider GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 63 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 69 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 2 AVG: 69 MAX: 99 Tomb Raider CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.6 MAX: 9.5 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.0 MAX: 10.5 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 14.3 Tomb Raider GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 60 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 61 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 68 MAX: 99 GravityMark 1.2 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.8 MAX: 6.6 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.6 MAX: 6.8 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 0.6 MAX: 8.3 GravityMark 1.2 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 98 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 98 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 99 AVG: 99 MAX: 99 Unigine Superposition 1.0 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.7 MAX: 12.6 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.0 MAX: 14.3 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 9.1 MAX: 15.6 Unigine Superposition 1.0 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 3 AVG: 75 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 73 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 72 MAX: 99 Unigine Superposition 1.0 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 21.0 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 6.2 MAX: 15.1 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 6.3 MAX: 14.7 Unigine Superposition 1.0 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 2 AVG: 98 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 2 AVG: 98 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 98 MAX: 99 Unigine Superposition 1.0 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 12.7 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.6 MAX: 12.5 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 12.3 Unigine Superposition 1.0 GPU Usage Monitor Percent < Lower Is Better Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 98 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 46 AVG: 98 MAX: 99 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 3 AVG: 96 MAX: 99 CPU Usage (Summary) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent Zink .................. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 49.7 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 0.0 AVG: 6.8 MAX: 53.3 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 0.0 AVG: 5.6 MAX: 49.5 GPU Usage Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Percent Zink .................. MIN: 1 AVG: 71 MAX: 99 Zink Lazy Descriptors . MIN: 1 AVG: 79 MAX: 100 RadeonSI .............. MIN: 1 AVG: 80 MAX: 99