AMDGPU-PRO vs. Open-Source Gallium3D OpenGL Performance On Polaris Is A Very Tight Race

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 20 August 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT. Page 3 of 5. 76 Comments.
AMDGPU-PRO Polaris vs. AMDGPU + RadeonSI Open-Source

With Dota 2 and using the OpenGL renderer (due to the lack of a viable open-source Radeon Vulkan driver yet for Linux gamers), the open-source driver was slightly faster than AMDGPU-PRO for each of the four tested cards.

AMDGPU-PRO Polaris vs. AMDGPU + RadeonSI Open-Source

When moving from 1080p to 4K, Dota 2 was around the same speed on the open and closed-source AMD Linux drivers.

AMDGPU-PRO Polaris vs. AMDGPU + RadeonSI Open-Source

With Metro Last Light Redux, similar to our past tests, the open-source AMD Linux driver stack remained significantly faster than AMDGPU-PRO.


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