AMDGPU vs. Radeon DRM Driver Performance On Linux 4.15

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 21 December 2017 at 11:05 AM EST. Page 3 of 5. 17 Comments.
AMDGPU vs. Radeon DRM Drivers Linux 4.15

Dota 2 with OpenGL was slightly faster on the four tested Southern/Sea Islands hardware.

AMDGPU vs. Radeon DRM Drivers Linux 4.15

Dawn of War 3 didn't see any real performance change and with the R9 290 it was hanging for this game on the Radeon DRM.

AMDGPU vs. Radeon DRM Drivers Linux 4.15
AMDGPU vs. Radeon DRM Drivers Linux 4.15
AMDGPU vs. Radeon DRM Drivers Linux 4.15
AMDGPU vs. Radeon DRM Drivers Linux 4.15

Except for some regressions with the R7 260X, the AMDGPU DRM driver was offering some noticeable performance improvements when running Mad Max on these older graphics cards.


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