The Performance Benefits To Running AMD's Radeon VII With Linux 5.0 + Mesa 19.0

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 7 February 2019 at 06:00 PM EST. Page 3 of 5. 9 Comments.
AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison

Dota 2 on OpenGL did see a boost in performance since Mesa 18.3.

AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison

The Dota 2 Vulkan performance meanwhile has been pretty much flat, although that Vulkan performance puts it in line with the best OpenGL performance figures.

AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison

For Hitman, the peak frame times were lower on Mesa 19.0.

AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison
AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison
AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison
AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison
AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison

Rise of the Tomb Raider, a Vulkan powered native Linux game, picked up a few frames by running on the latest Linux driver code. This game on the Radeon VII also had stability issues on the older Mesa 18.2.

AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison
AMD Radeon VII Open-Source Linux+Mesa Comparison

Thrones of Britannia sped up with Mesa 19.0.

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