looks like Catalyst 9.2beta leaked.

[energyman]

jxrendermark, 9.2pre composite turned on:
/JXRenderMark-0.6
482323.553055 Ops/s; rects (!); 15x15
135638.297872 Ops/s; rects (!); 75x75
31211.538462 Ops/s; rects (!); 250x250
123327.479339 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 15x15
36528.497409 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 75x75
5268.120805 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 250x250
170763.750000 Ops/s; put composition (!); 15x15
24544.763514 Ops/s; put composition (!); 75x75
3065.954774 Ops/s; put composition (!); 250x250
93616.111952 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 15x15
18726.923077 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 75x75
2594.178082 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 250x250
156801.136364 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 15x15
23537.564767 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 75x75
2568.897638 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 250x250
340029.296875 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 15x15
107912.707838 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 75x75
15428.440926 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 250x250
139749.658936 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 15x15
13771.484375 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 75x75
1275.000000 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 250x250
1691.815857 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 15x15
69.982394 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 75x75
31.830239 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 250x250
34019.417476 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 15x15
1756.377551 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 75x75
154.137931 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 250x250
63631.266491 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 15x15
8494.058501 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 75x75
813.829787 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 250x250
65578.378378 Ops/s; 12pt text grayscale; 5x5
22457.547170 Ops/s; 12pt text grayscale; 15x15
65002.000000 Ops/s; 12pt text lcd; 5x5
22643.324607 Ops/s; 12pt text lcd; 15x15

composite off:
474491.228070 Ops/s; rects (!); 15x15
127869.064748 Ops/s; rects (!); 75x75
31360.150376 Ops/s; rects (!); 250x250
144641.176471 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 15x15
35478.179551 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 75x75
5417.621777 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 250x250
166658.188586 Ops/s; put composition (!); 15x15
21911.943320 Ops/s; put composition (!); 75x75
3054.511278 Ops/s; put composition (!); 250x250
80539.370079 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 15x15
17467.318059 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 75x75
2265.686275 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 250x250
159600.000000 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 15x15
22020.776567 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 75x75
2503.125000 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 250x250
341328.750000 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 15x15
114164.062500 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 75x75
17973.750000 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 250x250
129646.706587 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 15x15
13471.945137 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 75x75
1211.081794 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 250x250
1653.750000 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 15x15
65.428110 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 75x75
30.848329 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 250x250
31164.148352 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 15x15
1718.827930 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 75x75
158.718331 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 250x250
60126.068376 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 15x15
7665.413534 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 75x75
741.071429 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 250x250
61177.480916 Ops/s; 12pt text grayscale; 5x5
21150.375940 Ops/s; 12pt text grayscale; 15x15
58362.328767 Ops/s; 12pt text lcd; 5x5
21347.014925 Ops/s; 12pt text lcd; 15x15

[energyman]

composite on 100rounds:
GtkPerf 0.40 - Starting testing: Fri Jan 9 22:58:53 2009

GtkEntry - time: 0,01
GtkComboBox - time: 2,90
GtkComboBoxEntry - time: 2,60
GtkSpinButton - time: 0,08
GtkProgressBar - time: 0,05
GtkToggleButton - time: 0,08
GtkCheckButton - time: 0,07
GtkRadioButton - time: 0,08
GtkTextView - Add text - time: 0,21
GtkTextView - Scroll - time: 0,11
GtkDrawingArea - Lines - time: 3,13
GtkDrawingArea - Circles - time: 3,82
GtkDrawingArea - Text - time: 1,53
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs - time: 0,03
---
Total time: 14,70


composite off, 100 rounds:
GtkPerf 0.40 - Starting testing: Fri Jan 9 22:57:44 2009

GtkEntry - time: 0,01
GtkComboBox - time: 1,00
GtkComboBoxEntry - time: 1,16
GtkSpinButton - time: 0,04
GtkProgressBar - time: 0,02
GtkToggleButton - time: 0,06
GtkCheckButton - time: 0,03
GtkRadioButton - time: 0,08
GtkTextView - Add text - time: 0,17
GtkTextView - Scroll - time: 0,10
GtkDrawingArea - Lines - time: 0,26
GtkDrawingArea - Circles - time: 0,45
GtkDrawingArea - Text - time: 6,84
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs - time: 0,06
---
Total time: 10,29

[energyman]

8.12, composite on:
GtkPerf 0.40 - Starting testing: Fri Jan 9 23:13:46 2009

GtkEntry - time: 0,02
GtkComboBox - time: 3,12
GtkComboBoxEntry - time: 3,11
GtkSpinButton - time: 0,09
GtkProgressBar - time: 0,04
GtkToggleButton - time: 0,09
GtkCheckButton - time: 0,06
GtkRadioButton - time: 0,14
GtkTextView - Add text - time: 0,23
GtkTextView - Scroll - time: 0,16
GtkDrawingArea - Lines - time: 3,03
GtkDrawingArea - Circles - time: 3,63
GtkDrawingArea - Text - time: 1,42
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs - time: 0,02
---
Total time: 15,15

composite off:
GtkEntry - time: 0,02
GtkComboBox - time: 0,99
GtkComboBoxEntry - time: 1,15
GtkSpinButton - time: 0,04
GtkProgressBar - time: 0,02
GtkToggleButton - time: 0,06
GtkCheckButton - time: 0,03
GtkRadioButton - time: 0,09
GtkTextView - Add text - time: 0,17
GtkTextView - Scroll - time: 0,11
GtkDrawingArea - Lines - time: 0,27
GtkDrawingArea - Circles - time: 3,78
GtkDrawingArea - Text - time: 7,04
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs - time: 0,05
---
Total time: 13,83

[energyman]

8.12, jxrendermark, composite on:
/JXRenderMark-0.6
439612.548512 Ops/s; rects (!); 15x15
150031.390135 Ops/s; rects (!); 75x75
31613.281250 Ops/s; rects (!); 250x250
133231.671554 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 15x15
37636.904762 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 75x75
5937.290970 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 250x250
178172.456576 Ops/s; put composition (!); 15x15
26022.769517 Ops/s; put composition (!); 75x75
3058.564232 Ops/s; put composition (!); 250x250
98818.181818 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 15x15
22010.479042 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 75x75
2555.555556 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 250x250
161325.738916 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 15x15
26366.602687 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 75x75
2595.238095 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 250x250
350250.000000 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 15x15
120788.860104 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 75x75
16873.849693 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 250x250
146709.677419 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 15x15
12956.275033 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 75x75
1343.198992 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 250x250
1547.288777 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 15x15
58.912387 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 75x75
31.346749 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 250x250
30307.453416 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 15x15
1750.628141 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 75x75
173.586572 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 250x250
64899.025070 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 15x15
6824.362606 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 75x75
769.067797 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 250x250
69111.657303 Ops/s; 12pt text grayscale; 5x5
20342.024540 Ops/s; 12pt text grayscale; 15x15
63595.394737 Ops/s; 12pt text lcd; 5x5
20033.093525 Ops/s; 12pt text lcd; 15x15

composite off:
434832.496863 Ops/s; rects (!); 15x15
122139.105058 Ops/s; rects (!); 75x75
31339.772727 Ops/s; rects (!); 250x250
121023.248408 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 15x15
35994.389027 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 75x75
5318.181818 Ops/s; rects composition (!); 250x250
175402.743142 Ops/s; put composition (!); 15x15
26491.889313 Ops/s; put composition (!); 75x75
3078.163772 Ops/s; put composition (!); 250x250
84864.676339 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 15x15
17957.760989 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 75x75
2303.079948 Ops/s; mixed composition (!); 250x250
162147.355164 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 15x15
22093.150685 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 75x75
2475.877193 Ops/s; lines composition (!); 250x250
349003.125000 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 15x15
118175.824176 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 75x75
20220.588235 Ops/s; Simple Blit (!); 250x250
149662.500000 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 15x15
13285.561878 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 75x75
1219.642857 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Linear (!); 250x250
1509.113001 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 15x15
62.765957 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 75x75
31.496063 Ops/s; Transformed Blit Billinear sharp edges (!); 250x250
31043.565684 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 15x15
1734.375000 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 75x75
156.926407 Ops/s; transformed texture paint (!); 250x250
60715.648855 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 15x15
7489.285714 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 75x75
804.263566 Ops/s; gradient+temp texture(!); 250x250
65253.510140 Ops/s; 12pt text grayscale; 5x5
23862.053571 Ops/s; 12pt text grayscale; 15x15
64184.615385 Ops/s; 12pt text lcd; 5x5
22251.893939 Ops/s; 12pt text lcd; 15x15

[Linuxhippy]

Thanks a lot, energyman.
Sad, still no serious RENDER accaleration ... and that almost 2 years after the R600 launch.

- Clemens

[energyman]

*shrugg* all I know that this 'benchmarks' are not telling the whole story. Just try 9.2 and see for yourself. The only thing slow is manually resizing. Everything else is fast and smooth. Scrolling, window movement, inimizing, maximizing. No 'start' lag. Everything is instantious.

And even 3d is better. Not so much the fps, but the feeling...

[Linuxhippy]

I don't care about 3D, but 2D is as far as I can see almost only software-only rendering, with the exception of some simple blit and copy accaleration.

Software-Only 2D rendering is not bad, and of course far better than weak accaleration causing ping-pong of pixmap contents - but its not good either. Its at best acceptable, but still at a low level.
From the benchmark results I conclude you have quite a fast CPU, which also compensates that.

After all, that makes the ATI HD series the only modern GPU generation without descent 2D accaleration.
- Intel's drivers are EXA based, with full composition and solid support
- OpenChrome via drivers accalerate composition
- NVidia has introduced an excellent RENDER accaleration in 177.80 drivers, even the reverse engineered nouveau driver accalerated composition.
- radeonhd has experimental/unstable/broken accaleration for some composite operations. No idea how long this will take to mature, and I guess it will take even longer to enter fglrx if that should happen at all.

Especially now with many applications switching to RENDER, proper accaleration in the proprietary drivers is quite a must.
Please don't get me wrong, I am not a fanboy of anybody. I am just a software-developer trying to cope with the fact that his software won't be accalerated *only* on AMD hardware these days.
And when seeing that my HD3850 can only render 16 250x250 images/s this impacts real-world animation performance an awful lot. (GF6600 does 850/s, intel 954GM 328/s).

- Clemens

PS: And gtkperf is quite a real-world benchmark, simulating the responsivness of gtk applications. If you compare nvidia with fglrx there's a large difference through the whole benchmark, which tests quite a lot of unrelated / drifferent functionality.

[Kano]

Every single gtkperf test is usually below 1s and combined below 3s with a 8800 GTS 512... So from benchmarking fglrx must be real slow *g*

[energyman]

*shrug* when I switched ~6month ago, 2d with nvidia was unbearable slow. With ati it was bearable. And with the latest liked composite is pleasant. And I tried every hack and workaround with nvidia back then... but I have done nothing so far to 'tune' the ati driver.
And gtkperf is not such a great benchmark anyway - the difference of performance or ondemand as cpu governor is pretty big - with all cards.

[TASADAR-F]

Catalyst 9.2 Beta doesn't work in my Radeon HD 4670.