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 4 of 5. 20 Comments.
Ubuntu 14.04 fglrx vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU+RadeonSI
Ubuntu 14.04 fglrx vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU+RadeonSI

Xonotic with AMDGPU+RadeonSI is much faster than fglrx.

Ubuntu 14.04 fglrx vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU+RadeonSI

The demanding Furmark workload is also faster with the newer driver stack.

Ubuntu 14.04 fglrx vs. Ubuntu 16.04 AMDGPU+RadeonSI

Triangle is also faster in this OpenGL micro-benchmark.


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