DRI2 vs. DRI3 Benchmarks With Intel Skylake HD Graphics 530
Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 20 February 2016 at 10:40 AM EST. Page 2 of 3. 32 Comments.
DRI3 is indeed noticeably faster than DRI2 when running OpenGL Linux games.
This is similar as well to what has been experienced on the open-source Radeon side, for those older tests see DRI2 vs. DRI3 Radeon Linux OpenGL Performance.