Radeon RX 550 Linux Benchmarks: $89 Polaris GPU On Open-Source

[davidbepo]

At least 60 fps/1080p in every game test is fine for most gamers. Faster cards uses more power or games are developed for nvidia gpus. We do not know if nvidia closed source driver does not render everything like Mesa drivers does.

yes its a good card already
but it should perform above r7 260x in every test

[torsionbar28]

I hope Vega turns things around. Otherwise it seems right now there's no reason to buy AMD graphics cards. They're just more expensive and less working, including glitches like this mesa bug. Nvidia is closed source but at least for me was rock solid on a couple of different distroes over the past 5 years.

Meh, my perspective is exact opposite. For $179 I have an AMD Rx 480 that is supported out of the box in Fedora 25. No separate drivers to install, it "just works". Rx 480 has more GFLOPS of performance than a GTX 1060, for almost $100 lower price. Win-win.

I would have agreed with you a few years ago, but the open source AMD drivers have really come a LONG way in recently. My Rx 480 card delivers silky smooth frame rates in every Steam title I own @ 1080p. And its only going to get better, as the AMDGPU driver continues to mature. Sure in benchmarks, NVidia performs better, but can your eyes tell the difference between 150 fps on AMD vs. 180 fps on NVidia? Mine can't. For $179, I have no complaints whatsoever. Plus I feel good supporting a vendor who supports open source drivers.

[torsionbar28]

From reading this site, AMD graphic cards appear to have better open source drivers, and I like that concept, but what is the everyday advantage for this?

I'm not a big gamer but do enjoy games like Civ6.
I'd like to explore programming on graphics cards.

Everyday advantage (as compared with nvidia) is that AMD will "just work" in most cases with the newest distros. No need to download or install drivers, no need to recompile kernel modules, etc. My Rx480 was plug-n-play with Fedora 25, being able to immediately start Steam and play all my games at 1080p with excellent performance.

[nuetzel]

OK, I'm running radeonsi/amdgpu Nitro+ RX580, 8 GB since last night...--- Yahhhhhhhhhh finally! ;-)
OSS OpenCL 1.1 works fine with LuxMark 2.0 better than ever (Turks XT/HD 6670 before).
#scenes/sala: 2201, Time: 121sec, Samples/sec 2201K, Rays/sec 20482K on 488.5K tris !!!
#scenes/room: 975, Time: 124sec, Samples/sec 975K, Rays/sec 8049K on 2016.7K
But LuxMark v3.0 sig fault and
LuxMark v3.1 throws '2017-05-07 02:56:37 - RUNTIME ERROR: PathOCLBase kernel compilation error',
with current libclc/Mesa git.
With (little) work you can get AMDGPU-PRO OpenCL libs installed on your system and use it with OSS radeonsi.
But this for another night...

Cheers,
Dieter

OSS OpenCL 1.1 (clinfo taken from AMDGPU-PRO) ;-)
Bugs with LuxMark v3.0 and v3.1 still as above.

Number of platforms: 1
Platform Profile: FULL_PROFILE
Platform Version: OpenCL 1.1 Mesa 17.2.0-devel (git-f6dcfaa668)
Platform Name: Clover
Platform Vendor: Mesa
Platform Extensions: cl_khr_icd


Platform Name: Clover
Number of devices: 1
Device Type: CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU
Vendor ID: 1002h
Max compute units: 36
Max work items dimensions: 3
Max work items[0]: 256
Max work items[1]: 256
Max work items[2]: 256
Max work group size: 256
Preferred vector width char: 16
Preferred vector width short: 8
Preferred vector width int: 4
Preferred vector width long: 2
Preferred vector width float: 4
Preferred vector width double: 2
Native vector width char: 16
Native vector width short: 8
Native vector width int: 4
Native vector width long: 2
Native vector width float: 4
Native vector width double: 2
Max clock frequency: 1411Mhz
Address bits: 64
Max memory allocation: 6011655372
Image support: No
Max size of kernel argument: 1024
Alignment (bits) of base address: 1024
Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype: 128
Single precision floating point capability
Denorms: No
Quiet NaNs: Yes
Round to nearest even: Yes
Round to zero: No
Round to +ve and infinity: No
IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add: No
Cache type: None
Cache line size: 0
Cache size: 0
Global memory size: 8588079104
Constant buffer size: 2147483647
Max number of constant args: 16
Local memory type: Scratchpad
Local memory size: 32768
Kernel Preferred work group size multiple: 64
Error correction support: 0
Unified memory for Host and Device: 1
Profiling timer resolution: 0
Device endianess: Little
Available: Yes
Compiler available: Yes
Execution capabilities:
Execute OpenCL kernels: Yes
Execute native function: No
Queue on Host properties:
Out-of-Order: No
Profiling : Yes
Platform ID: 0x7f7091df1e40
Name: AMD POLARIS10 (DRM 3.10.0 / 4.11.0-2.g39615a9-default, LLVM 5.0.0)
Vendor: AMD
Device OpenCL C version: OpenCL C 1.1
Driver version: 17.2.0-devel
Profile: FULL_PROFILE
Version: OpenCL 1.1 Mesa 17.2.0-devel (git-f6dcfaa668)
Extensions: cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_fp64


AMDGPU-PRO OpenCL 17.10-414273 (17.10-410326 worked, too)
All three versions of LuxMark (v2.0, v3.0 and v3.1) works like a charm.

Number of platforms: 1
Platform Profile: FULL_PROFILE
Platform Version: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2348.3)
Platform Name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Platform Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Platform Extensions: cl_khr_icd cl_amd_event_callback cl_amd_offline_devices


Platform Name: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Number of devices: 2
Device Type: CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU
Vendor ID: 1002h
Board name: Radeon RX 580 Series
Device Topology: PCI[ B#1, D#0, F#0 ]
Max compute units: 36
Max work items dimensions: 3
Max work items[0]: 256
Max work items[1]: 256
Max work items[2]: 256
Max work group size: 256
Preferred vector width char: 4
Preferred vector width short: 2
Preferred vector width int: 1
Preferred vector width long: 1
Preferred vector width float: 1
Preferred vector width double: 1
Native vector width char: 4
Native vector width short: 2
Native vector width int: 1
Native vector width long: 1
Native vector width float: 1
Native vector width double: 1
Max clock frequency: 1411Mhz
Address bits: 64
Max memory allocation: 4244635648
Image support: Yes
Max number of images read arguments: 128
Max number of images write arguments: 8
Max image 2D width: 16384
Max image 2D height: 16384
Max image 3D width: 2048
Max image 3D height: 2048
Max image 3D depth: 2048
Max samplers within kernel: 16
Max size of kernel argument: 1024
Alignment (bits) of base address: 2048
Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype: 128
Single precision floating point capability
Denorms: No
Quiet NaNs: Yes
Round to nearest even: Yes
Round to zero: Yes
Round to +ve and infinity: Yes
IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add: Yes
Cache type: Read/Write
Cache line size: 64
Cache size: 16384
Global memory size: 8258961408
Constant buffer size: 4244635648
Max number of constant args: 8
Local memory type: Scratchpad
Local memory size: 32768
Max pipe arguments: 0
Max pipe active reservations: 0
Max pipe packet size: 0
Max global variable size: 0
Max global variable preferred total size: 0
Max read/write image args: 0
Max on device events: 0
Queue on device max size: 0
Max on device queues: 0
Queue on device preferred size: 0
SVM capabilities:
Coarse grain buffer: No
Fine grain buffer: No
Fine grain system: No
Atomics: No
Preferred platform atomic alignment: 0
Preferred global atomic alignment: 0
Preferred local atomic alignment: 0
Kernel Preferred work group size multiple: 64
Error correction support: 0
Unified memory for Host and Device: 0
Profiling timer resolution: 1
Device endianess: Little
Available: Yes
Compiler available: Yes
Execution capabilities:
Execute OpenCL kernels: Yes
Execute native function: No
Queue on Host properties:
Out-of-Order: No
Profiling : Yes
Queue on Device properties:
Out-of-Order: No
Profiling : No
Platform ID: 0x7f51aea34e98
Name: Ellesmere
Vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Device OpenCL C version: OpenCL C 1.2
Driver version: 2348.3
Profile: FULL_PROFILE
Version: OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (2348.3)
Extensions: cl_khr_fp64 cl_amd_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_fp16 cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_vec3 cl_amd_printf cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_media_ops2 cl_amd_popcnt cl_khr_image2d_from_buffer cl_khr_spir cl_khr_gl_event


Device Type: CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU
Vendor ID: 1002h
Board name:
Max compute units: 8
Max work items dimensions: 3
Max work items[0]: 1024
Max work items[1]: 1024
Max work items[2]: 1024
Max work group size: 1024
Preferred vector width char: 16
Preferred vector width short: 8
Preferred vector width int: 4
Preferred vector width long: 2
Preferred vector width float: 4
Preferred vector width double: 2
Native vector width char: 16
Native vector width short: 8
Native vector width int: 4
Native vector width long: 2
Native vector width float: 4
Native vector width double: 2
Max clock frequency: 1197Mhz
Address bits: 64
Max memory allocation: 6318151680
Image support: Yes
Max number of images read arguments: 128
Max number of images write arguments: 64
Max image 2D width: 8192
Max image 2D height: 8192
Max image 3D width: 2048
Max image 3D height: 2048
Max image 3D depth: 2048
Max samplers within kernel: 16
Max size of kernel argument: 4096
Alignment (bits) of base address: 1024
Minimum alignment (bytes) for any datatype: 128
Single precision floating point capability
Denorms: Yes
Quiet NaNs: Yes
Round to nearest even: Yes
Round to zero: Yes
Round to +ve and infinity: Yes
IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add: Yes
Cache type: Read/Write
Cache line size: 64
Cache size: 32768
Global memory size: 25272606720
Constant buffer size: 65536
Max number of constant args: 8
Local memory type: Global
Local memory size: 32768
Max pipe arguments: 16
Max pipe active reservations: 16
Max pipe packet size: 2023184384
Max global variable size: 1879048192
Max global variable preferred total size: 1879048192
Max read/write image args: 64
Max on device events: 0
Queue on device max size: 0
Max on device queues: 0
Queue on device preferred size: 0
SVM capabilities:
Coarse grain buffer: No
Fine grain buffer: No
Fine grain system: No
Atomics: No
Preferred platform atomic alignment: 0
Preferred global atomic alignment: 0
Preferred local atomic alignment: 0
Kernel Preferred work group size multiple: 1
Error correction support: 0
Unified memory for Host and Device: 1
Profiling timer resolution: 1
Device endianess: Little
Available: Yes
Compiler available: Yes
Execution capabilities:
Execute OpenCL kernels: Yes
Execute native function: Yes
Queue on Host properties:
Out-of-Order: No
Profiling : Yes
Queue on Device properties:
Out-of-Order: No
Profiling : No
Platform ID: 0x7f51aea34e98
Name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3470 @ 2.93GHz
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Device OpenCL C version: OpenCL C 1.2
Driver version: 2348.3 (sse2)
Profile: FULL_PROFILE
Version: OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (2348.3)
Extensions: cl_khr_fp64 cl_amd_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_ext_device_fission cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_vec3 cl_amd_printf cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_media_ops2 cl_amd_popcnt cl_khr_spir cl_khr_gl_event

Only one number LuxMark v2.0, today:

'Sala' (Medium Benchmark)
Ellesmere [GPU, 36, 1411 MHz]
Result: 3211

[Mode: OpenCL GPUs][Time: 122secs (OK)][Samples/sec 3211K][Rays/sec 30889K on 488.5K tris]