AMDGPU+RadeonSI Is Much Faster Than The Old Proprietary Fglrx Driver

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 31 October 2017 at 11:00 AM EDT. Page 2 of 5. 20 Comments.
Ubuntu 14.04 fglrx vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU+RadeonSI

The current performance of BioShock Infinite on the open-source driver stack is about doubled compared to where it was in 2014 with the fglrx proprietary driver.

Ubuntu 14.04 fglrx vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU+RadeonSI

The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive performance is largely the same while the newer R9 285 is 19% faster with the newest open-source driver code while the R9 Fury comes in at 15% faster.

Ubuntu 14.04 fglrx vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU+RadeonSI

Dota 2 with OpenGL rendering saw significant performance improvements with AMDGPU+RadeonSI, including a 60% rise in frame-rates on the R9 Fury.


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