How AMD Kaveri's Graphics Performance Has Evolved Under Linux

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 6 January 2017 at 12:40 PM EST. Page 3 of 5. 10 Comments.
AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.10
AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.10
AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.10

And with Xonotic, the old fglrx driver remains faster than the Mesa 13.1-dev + Linux 4.10 stack.

AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.10
AMD Kaveri A10-7850K Ubuntu 16.10 + Linux 4.10

With some synthetic OpenGL tests via GpuTest, the results varied from fglrx remaining faster to around the same speed as the current Git stack.


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