Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article... Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3904 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB (2475/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.13.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.13, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6 (LLVM 12.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDGPU-PRO 21.50: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3904 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB (2475/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.13.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.13, OpenGL: 4.6.14800, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3904 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB (2475/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.13.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.13, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.0-devel (git-c82dcdf 2022-03-06 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.41), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3904 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB (2475/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.17.0-051700rc7daily20220307-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.13, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.0-devel (git-c82dcdf 2022-03-06 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 13.0.1 DRM 3.44), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Viewset: SNX-04 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 318.93 |============================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 67.01 |====== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 463.63 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 462.60 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Viewset: SNX-04 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 304.19 |=============================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 66.63 |======= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 415.88 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 416.13 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Viewset: SNX-04 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 266.68 |================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 65.93 |======== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 337.25 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 333.23 |========================================= SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Viewset: CREO-03 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 169.73 |===================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 75.05 |================ Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 193.87 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 194.18 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Viewset: MAYA-06 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 430.19 |=========================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 471.45 |============================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 657.69 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 662.37 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Viewset: CREO-03 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 153.41 |====================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 72.46 |================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 171.49 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 171.21 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Viewset: MAYA-06 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 345.53 |=========================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 389.24 |============================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 539.15 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 539.48 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Viewset: CREO-03 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 117.79 |===================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 64.24 |==================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 134.73 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 135.06 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Viewset: MAYA-06 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 228.18 |============================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 255.54 |================================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 328.35 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 330.14 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Viewset: CATIA-06 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 76.57 |=========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 65.65 |===================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 76.76 |=========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 76.58 |=========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Viewset: CATIA-06 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 76.69 |=========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 65.50 |===================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 76.73 |=========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 76.55 |=========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Viewset: CATIA-06 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 44.17 |========================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 41.50 |======================================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 46.16 |=========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 46.12 |=========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Viewset: ENERGY-03 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 53.53 |=========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 47.47 |====================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 49.88 |======================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 50.13 |======================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Viewset: ENERGY-03 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 42.27 |=========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 37.26 |====================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 37.48 |====================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 37.73 |====================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Viewset: ENERGY-03 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 27.21 |=========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 24.22 |====================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 23.07 |==================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 23.24 |===================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Viewset: MEDICAL-O3 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 45.85 |====================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 52.07 |=========================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 52.05 |=========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 51.95 |=========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Viewset: MEDICAL-O3 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 33.54 |===================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 38.54 |=========================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 37.24 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 37.18 |========================================= SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Viewset: MEDICAL-O3 Composite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 20.78 |====================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 23.52 |=========================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 22.47 |========================================= Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 22.46 |========================================= SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Viewset: SOLIDWORKS-07 Composite Score > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 233.82 |============================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 341.91 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 342.96 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Viewset: SOLIDWORKS-07 Composite Score > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 227.30 |============================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 332.11 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 333.77 |========================================== SPECViewPerf 2020 3.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Viewset: SOLIDWORKS-07 Composite Score > Higher Is Better AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 104.32 |============================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 149.62 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 150.18 |========================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 150.95 |========================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 142.21 |====================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 156.14 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 156.30 |========================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 15133.23 |======================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 14257.44 |==================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 15653.54 |======================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 15669.90 |======================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 142.23 |======================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 131.55 |===================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 147.22 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 147.78 |========================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 14259.43 |====================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 13188.58 |==================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 14759.75 |======================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 14815.21 |======================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 109.41 |========================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 101.43 |====================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 110.89 |========================================= Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 112.27 |========================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 10968.46 |======================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 10168.21 |==================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 11117.13 |======================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 11255.02 |======================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 521.97 |====================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 508.45 |===================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 574.45 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 529.77 |======================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 8351.60 |===================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 8135.15 |==================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 9191.28 |========================================= Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 8476.26 |====================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 542.69 |========================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 447.36 |================================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 561.20 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 547.00 |========================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 8683.12 |======================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 7157.80 |================================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 8979.18 |========================================= Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 8752.02 |======================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 353.27 |========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 298.88 |==================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 348.80 |========================================= Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 343.24 |========================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 5652.26 |========================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 4782.00 |=================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 5580.75 |======================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 5491.90 |======================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 385.02 |========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 374.42 |========================================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 384.76 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 379.08 |========================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 4012.37 |========================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 3901.91 |======================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 4009.69 |========================================= Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 3950.50 |======================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 356.97 |========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 342.83 |======================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 350.27 |========================================= Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 349.60 |========================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 3720.09 |========================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 3572.76 |======================================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 3650.15 |======================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 3643.21 |======================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 301.60 |========================================== AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 276.72 |======================================= Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 288.56 |======================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 287.67 |======================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 3143.09 |========================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 2883.76 |====================================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 3007.12 |======================================= Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 2997.84 |======================================= Geometric Mean Of All Test Results Result Composite - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 20.04.4 Stock ....... 377.88 |======================================= AMDGPU-PRO 21.50 ........... 301.07 |=============================== Linux 5.13 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 408.48 |========================================== Linux 5.17 + Mesa 22.1-dev . 405.78 |==========================================