Open-Source AMD Radeon Linux Graphics In Great Shape For Workstations, Handily Beating Proprietary Driver

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 7 March 2022 at 03:15 PM EST. Page 3 of 4. 38 Comments.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers

With CATIA the results were closer between drivers and no uplift from Mesa 22.1-dev, but the open-source RadeonSI driver was still ahead...

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers

The ENERGY-03 viewset was the lone case where Mesa 22.1-devel regressed compared to the Mesa RadeonSI state from last year. This in turn put it into a tight race against the proprietary OpenGL driver... But presumably Marek will have figured out this and better optimized this in short order ;)

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Radeon Workstation Graphics Drivers

With the MEDICAl-03 viewset the newer RadeonSI code did help the performance though was a case of a tight race against the proprietary OpenGL driver.


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