RadeonSI/RADV Mesa 17.3 + AMDGPU DC vs. NVIDIA 387.12 Linux Gaming Performance

RadeonSI is still performing relatively low with the GLMark2 synthetic benchmark.

ParaView was recently added to the Phoronix Test Suite as a visualization/workstation-focused test. Sadly here we see RadeonSI performing extremely poorly and see why NVIDIA dominates in the workstation space, besides CUDA and other factors driving its marketshare in that segment.

With some exceptions, overall Mesa 17.3 with RadeonSI and RADV is running fairly well against the NVIDIA Linux driver and the current selection of GeForce graphics cards. On the RadeonSI OpenGL front is where Mesa 17.3 is fairly competitive with NVIDIA for Linux gaming, but on the RADV Vulkan driver side there is still headway to be made. But Mesa 17.3 is a big upgrade over earlier Mesa releases and these Radeon numbers are overall much better than they were months ago let alone a year or more ago. It will certainly be interesting to see how the Linux graphics driver scene evolves over the months ahead as well as how upcoming Linux games perform.