AMD P-State vs. ACPI CPUFreq Linux gaming benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 2109132-PTS-GAMINGAM80
Linux Gaming AMD P-State
AMD P-State vs. ACPI CPUFreq Linux gaming benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
,,"acpi-cpufreq: ondemand","acpi-cpufreq: performance","acpi-cpufreq: schedutil","amd-pstate: ondemand","amd-pstate: performance","amd-pstate: schedutil"
Processor,,AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 5.08GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core (16 Cores / 32 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 5.08GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads)
Motherboard,,ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3801 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3801 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3801 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3801 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3801 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3801 BIOS)
Chipset,,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse
Memory,,32GB,32GB,32GB,32GB,32GB,32GB
Disk,,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB
Graphics,,AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz),AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz),AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz),AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz),AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz),AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz)
Audio,,AMD Device ab28,AMD Device ab28,AMD Device ab28,AMD Device ab28,AMD Device ab28,AMD Device ab28
Monitor,,ASUS MG28U,ASUS MG28U,ASUS MG28U,ASUS MG28U,ASUS MG28U,ASUS MG28U
Network,,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
OS,,Ubuntu 21.10,Ubuntu 21.10,Ubuntu 21.10,Ubuntu 21.10,Ubuntu 21.10,Ubuntu 21.10
Kernel,,5.14.0-rc7-amd-pstate-phx (x86_64) 20210909,5.14.0-rc7-amd-pstate-phx (x86_64) 20210909,5.14.0-rc7-amd-pstate-phx (x86_64) 20210909,5.14.0-rc7-amd-pstate-phx (x86_64) 20210909,5.14.0-rc7-amd-pstate-phx (x86_64) 20210909,5.14.0-rc7-amd-pstate-phx (x86_64) 20210909
Desktop,,GNOME Shell 40.2,GNOME Shell 40.2,GNOME Shell 40.2,GNOME Shell 40.2,GNOME Shell 40.2,GNOME Shell 40.2
Display Server,,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland,X Server + Wayland
OpenGL,,4.6 Mesa 21.1.4 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.1.4 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.1.4 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.1.4 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.1.4 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.1.4 (LLVM 12.0.1)
Vulkan,,1.2.168,1.2.168,1.2.168,1.2.168,1.2.168,1.2.168
Compiler,,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.0
File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4
Screen Resolution,,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160
,,"acpi-cpufreq: ondemand","acpi-cpufreq: performance","acpi-cpufreq: schedutil","amd-pstate: ondemand","amd-pstate: performance","amd-pstate: schedutil"
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,204.2,214.3,207.7,166.8,218.2,154.3
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,2.767,2.859,2.816,2.744,2.899,2.457
"Dota 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,73.81,74.97,73.77,60.79,75.27,62.8
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,146.1,166.5,135.2,104.9,164.0,94.2
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS/Watt)",HIB,2.165,2.316,2.099,2.029,2.274,1.432
"Dota 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,67.48,71.89,64.41,51.69,72.12,65.76
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,208.5,218.5,207.7,163.7,219.4,149.7
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,2.802,2.824,2.774,2.72,2.823,2.247
"Dota 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,74.41,77.38,74.87,60.18,77.73,66.62
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,155.0,175.3,143.7,101.6,175.5,88.7
"Dota 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS/Watt)",HIB,2.228,2.369,2.189,1.996,2.306,1.504
"Dota 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,69.58,73.98,65.64,50.9,76.1,58.99
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,354.81,364.67,354.61,309.18,366.18,348.81
"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,348.18,345.19,350.26,293.20,350.32,331.63
"Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,287.16,297.15,282.69,223.64,283.56,264.63
"Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low (FPS/Watt)",HIB,3.053,3.066,3.018,3.545,2.961,2.944
"Batman: Arkham Knight - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,94.06,96.92,93.67,63.09,95.76,89.88
"Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,265.91,268.35,261.26,206.74,268.81,245.08
"Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High (FPS/Watt)",HIB,2.827,2.784,2.792,3.294,2.784,2.74
"Batman: Arkham Knight - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,94.05,96.41,93.58,62.75,96.55,89.45
"Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,132.50,133.10,133.90,133.93,133.24,133.36
"Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.833,1.687,1.876,2.678,1.67,1.948
"Batman: Arkham Knight - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,72.29,78.88,71.37,50.02,79.8,68.47
"Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,124.54,123.64,124.64,124.38,124.33,123.53
"Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.715,1.538,2.503,2.42,1.54,1.803
"Batman: Arkham Knight - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,72.61,80.38,49.8,51.39,80.75,68.53
"HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Low (FPS)",HIB,143.08,145.31,143.89,131.99,145.48,140.42
"HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,133.89,132.54,133.46,120.34,135.05,128.79
"HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Low (FPS)",HIB,94.22,94.86,94.76,93.44,94.67,94.29
"HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,86.63,86.42,86.89,85.04,86.35,86.25
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,374.88,380.91,373.18,329.72,380.34,366.08
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,6.005,5.928,5.987,5.484,6.073,5.92
"Left 4 Dead 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,62.43,64.26,62.33,60.13,62.63,61.84
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,370.97,376.97,379.05,341.61,379.50,365.65
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS/Watt)",HIB,6.19,5.934,6.177,5.761,6.189,5.819
"Left 4 Dead 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,59.93,63.52,61.36,59.3,61.32,62.83
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,360.22,365.87,363.04,323.04,366.96,354.77
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,5.817,5.745,5.777,5.354,6.022,5.798
"Left 4 Dead 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,61.93,63.69,62.84,60.33,60.94,61.19
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,387.79,383.63,387.14,345.91,384.64,379.55
"Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS/Watt)",HIB,6.434,6.033,6.306,5.711,6.226,6.124
"Left 4 Dead 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,60.27,63.59,61.39,60.57,61.78,61.98
"Portal 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,544.85,553.56,545.24,498.76,548.40,538.42
"Portal 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,10.503,10.341,10.462,9.792,10.324,10.392
"Portal 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,51.87,53.53,52.12,50.94,53.12,51.81
"Portal 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,784.96,791.07,785.94,711.58,787.74,771.86
"Portal 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS/Watt)",HIB,16.109,15.25,15.97,14.559,15.696,15.513
"Portal 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,48.73,51.87,49.21,48.88,50.19,49.76
"Portal 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,545.81,547.27,547.00,504.11,544.92,535.94
"Portal 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS/Watt)",HIB,10.671,10.29,10.61,10.026,10.245,10.448
"Portal 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,51.15,53.18,51.56,50.28,53.19,51.3
"Portal 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,585.84,586.01,584.25,580.91,586.20,584.85
"Portal 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS/Watt)",HIB,11.832,11.131,11.845,12.856,11.528,11.996
"Portal 2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,49.51,52.65,49.32,45.19,50.85,48.76
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Low (FPS)",HIB,168.9,167.9,167.7,140.5,169.1,166.7
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Low (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.836,1.831,1.824,2.329,1.828,1.811
"Strange Brigade - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,91.98,91.72,91.94,60.32,92.48,92.06
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: High (FPS)",HIB,161.1,163.1,160.7,128.9,162.6,157.9
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: High (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.755,1.745,1.735,2.044,1.757,1.729
"Strange Brigade - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,91.8,93.45,92.62,63.07,92.54,91.35
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,166.3,168.3,165.8,129.2,164.5,161.7
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.787,1.782,1.772,2.058,1.766,1.767
"Strange Brigade - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,93.05,94.42,93.58,62.77,93.15,91.52
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Low (FPS)",HIB,176.4,177.0,177.2,142.6,177.9,176.5
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Low (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.878,1.859,1.87,2.215,1.877,1.884
"Strange Brigade - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,93.92,95.2,94.76,64.37,94.76,93.69
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: High (FPS)",HIB,160.7,160.5,161.5,140.2,161.5,160.3
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: High (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.719,1.703,1.725,2.101,1.713,1.738
"Strange Brigade - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,93.48,94.26,93.61,66.74,94.29,92.22
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,153.9,153.5,153.5,137.9,153.6,153.1
"Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,1.683,1.644,1.663,2.138,1.654,1.667
"Strange Brigade - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,91.47,93.38,92.31,64.49,92.87,91.82
"X-Plane - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,124.13,133.83,132.95,117.18,133.47,126.76
"yquake2 - Renderer: OpenGL 3.x - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,988.1,989.9,989.1,985.3,990.2,989.1
"yquake2 - Renderer: OpenGL 3.x - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,27.1,26.373,26.367,26.358,26.702,26.482
"yquake2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,36.46,37.53,37.51,37.38,37.08,37.35
"yquake2 - Renderer: OpenGL 3.x - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,986.6,988.7,986.2,982.1,987.5,986.9
"yquake2 - Renderer: OpenGL 3.x - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,27.159,25.978,26.295,26.697,26.782,26.646
"yquake2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,36.33,38.06,37.51,36.79,36.87,37.04
"yquake2 - Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,991.8,992.3,992.5,980.0,992.4,992.3
"yquake2 - Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,27.789,26.8,27.053,26.619,27.101,27.082
"yquake2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,35.69,37.03,36.69,36.82,36.62,36.64
"yquake2 - Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,384.4,386.2,385.7,383.6,386.4,384.4
"yquake2 - Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,11.728,10.6,10.924,11.481,10.639,11.294
"yquake2 - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,32.78,36.43,35.31,33.41,36.32,34.04
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Medium (FPS)",HIB,409.2,425.0,419.7,251.8,430.9,100.0
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Medium (FPS/Watt)",HIB,7.09,7.406,7.429,6.032,7.35,2.6
"Unvanquished - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,57.71,57.39,56.5,41.74,58.62,38.45
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,399.1,418.0,407.7,246.0,422.9,115.1
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High (FPS/Watt)",HIB,6.725,7.242,7.164,5.869,7.131,2.903
"Unvanquished - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,59.34,57.72,56.91,41.91,59.3,39.65
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,396.4,409.8,407.9,247.2,414.4,105.1
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,6.724,7.076,7.083,5.795,7.072,2.653
"Unvanquished - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,58.95,57.91,57.59,42.66,58.6,39.62
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Medium (FPS)",HIB,401.1,418.5,407.5,252.7,420.6,116.8
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Medium (FPS/Watt)",HIB,6.876,7.228,7.186,5.989,7.205,2.935
"Unvanquished - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,58.33,57.9,56.71,42.2,58.38,39.79
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,385.5,398.7,395.6,247.0,402.7,121.0
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High (FPS/Watt)",HIB,6.593,6.913,6.81,5.845,6.81,3.03
"Unvanquished - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,58.47,57.68,58.09,42.26,59.13,39.93
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,367.1,393.2,355.6,224.2,402.9,100.3
"Unvanquished - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS/Watt)",HIB,6.36,6.796,6.482,5.301,6.866,2.561
"Unvanquished - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,57.72,57.86,54.86,42.3,58.68,39.17
"ET: Legacy - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,668.9,669.3,664.6,632.0,677.8,659.0
"ET: Legacy - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,12.106,11.866,12.106,11.108,12.035,11.096
"ET: Legacy - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,55.25,56.41,54.9,56.9,56.32,59.39
"ET: Legacy - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,664.7,662.8,665.8,617.4,671.7,653.5
"ET: Legacy - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,12.069,11.612,11.993,11.026,11.855,10.972
"ET: Legacy - CPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,55.08,57.08,55.52,56,56.66,59.56
"CPU Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Watts)",,82.56,72.99,79.44,70.53,85.15,66.76