AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 vs. Linux 4.8 + Mesa 13.1-dev Driver Comparison

The synthetic Furmark test was seeing the best results with Mesa 13.1-dev rather than AMDGPU-PRO 16.40.

The very basic synthetic triangle test in GpuTest was seeing a huge win off the Mesa driver compared to AMDGPU-PRO.

Well, those are the latest results I have for the recently-released AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 hybrid binary driver. Overall, these numbers are quite exciting with a clear majority of the cases the AMDGPU+RadeonSI performance was at -- or even exceeding -- the AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 driver. With OpenGL 4.5 compliance on the horizon and the vast investments in optimizations recently by AMD into their open-source driver stack, in 2016 the fully open-source AMD driver has really become a suitable alternative to the proprietary driver for Linux gamers. The AMDGPU-PRO driver is gearing primarily for workstation/FirePro users and those needing suitable OpenCL support (until the new open-source code gets into shape), OpenGL compatibility context users, and those wanting the official AMD Vulkan driver until RADV is in better shape and/or AMD open-sources their promised Vulkan driver code. 2017 should certainly be interesting for Linux graphics drivers.