AMD Radeon Gallium3D Is Catching Up & Sometimes Beating Catalyst On Linux

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 17 November 2014 at 12:00 PM EST. Page 3 of 6. 36 Comments.
Source Engine Open-Source Radeon vs. Catalyst Benchmarks

The CPU usage appeared slightly higher with the Catalyst Linux driver than when using the open-source driver stack.

Source Engine Open-Source Radeon vs. Catalyst Benchmarks

There wasn't much difference in the GPU temperature between drivers for the sixteen tested AMD GPUs due to their power management nearly working the same.


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