RADV+Zink vs. RadeonSI OpenGL Performance On Mesa 23.2-devel

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 6 June 2023 at 12:20 PM EDT. Page 2 of 5. 53 Comments.
GravityMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Renderer: OpenGL. RX 7900 XTX: Zink was the fastest.
GravityMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2560 x 1440, Renderer: OpenGL. RX 7900 XTX: Zink was the fastest.
GravityMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Renderer: OpenGL. RX 7900 XTX: Zink was the fastest.

First up happened to be the GravityMark benchmark and when using its OpenGL renderer, Zink on RADV showed to consistently outperform the RadeonSI hardware driver. For both graphics cards and all tested resolutions showed this generic GL driver outperforming AMD's hardware driver.

BioShock Infinite benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2560 x 1440, Effects Quality: Ultra. RX 7900 XTX: RadeonSI was the fastest.
BioShock Infinite benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultra. RX 7900 XTX: RadeonSI was the fastest.

When turning to the BioShock Infinite Linux port with OpenGL, unfortunately, its performance on Zink was well below that of using the RadeonSI driver.

ET: Legacy benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160. RX 7900 XTX: RadeonSI was the fastest.

The open-source ET: Legacy game was also showing Zink well under the RadeoNSI performance levels.


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