AMD Radeon 530 drivers

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I have a Dell Inspiron 5570 with a dedicated GPU AMD Radeon 530. I am running ubuntu mate 18.04.

inxi -G returns the following:

Graphics: Card-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 / M440/M445]
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.20.1 )
drivers: modesetting,ati,amdgpu (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
Resolution: [email protected]
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
version: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8

I am not sure I have the correct driver for the amd GPU. When I choose to use the specific gpu I get worst results compared to the intel one. I run glmark2 and I got:

DRI_PRIME=0 glmark2 --fullscreen                    

glmark2 2014.03+git20150611.fa71af2d

OpenGL Information
GL_VENDOR:     Intel Open Source Technology Center
GL_RENDERER:   Mesa DRI Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2) 
GL_VERSION:    3.0 Mesa 18.2.8

[build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 759 FrameTime: 1.318 ms

                              glmark2 Score: **759** 

DRI_PRIME=1 glmark2 --fullscreen  

glmark2 2014.03+git20150611.fa71af2d

OpenGL Information
GL_VENDOR:     X.Org
GL_RENDERER:   AMD ICELAND (DRM 3.26.0, 4.18.0-20-generic, LLVM 7.0.0)
GL_VERSION:    4.4 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 18.2.8

[build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 138 FrameTime: 7.246 ms
[build] use-vbo=true: FPS: 142 FrameTime: 7.042 ms

                              glmark2 Score: **140**

I would appreciate any suggestions on installing the correct driver for amd.

Thank you and excuse my long post.

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You might want to try newer drivers located here:
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers

I would expect the Iceland GPU to be much faster. Perhaps access to the GPU is disabled somewhere. I do not know how those dual GPU systems are designed.

djb

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Thank you for your reply.
I've followed the instructions mentioned oibaf as well as in this one.

I now have newer drivers for both intel and amd, with intel still providing better results

OpenGL Information
GL_VENDOR:     Intel Open Source Technology Center
GL_RENDERER:   Mesa DRI Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2) 
GL_VERSION:    3.0 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-6dc1c2d 2019-05-22 bionic-oibaf-ppa)

[build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 765 FrameTime: 1.307 ms
[build] use-vbo=true: FPS: 669 FrameTime: 1.495 ms

                              glmark2 Score: 717 


OpenGL Information
GL_VENDOR:     X.Org
GL_RENDERER:   AMD ICELAND (DRM 3.26.0, 4.18.0-20-generic, LLVM 8.0.0)
GL_VERSION:    4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-6dc1c2d 2019-05-22 bionic-oibaf-ppa)

[build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 165 FrameTime: 6.061 ms
[build] use-vbo=true: FPS: 163 FrameTime: 6.135 ms

                              glmark2 Score: 164
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Hello obanio

From this article:
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-latest-amd-drivers-on-debian-10-buster

I found out that you also need some "firmware stuff". Does this help you? :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks for your suggestions.
I've read the article you mention. All the needed firmware is already installed. I tried the "vulkan" stuff but there is no difference at all.