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Hi, I've made some performance tests on my laptop using Dolphin 4.0-4803, my specs:

AMD A6-3420M overclocked with AMD Overdrive to 2.3GHz (max. 2.4 - default 1.5)
AMD HD6520G 400MHz with 512MBs vram - vram speed: 667MHz - Bandwidth 10,7GB/s
1x 4GB RAM (3.5 avaliable)
Windows 7 SP1 x64
Catalyst 14.9

Dolphin config (D3D and OpenGL configurations are all the same):

http://i.imgur.com/zFCe7Qf.png
http://i.imgur.com/O982jOL.png
http://i.imgur.com/9K5E6uz.png
http://i.imgur.com/caSNnqn.png
http://i.imgur.com/CtBfsp5.png

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The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker:

Direct3D:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/Gcxj2Wk.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/uifvu51.png

OpenGL:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/4Mr6fqn.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/fCH7Gus.png

The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (GC version - EFB copy enabled - fast):

Direct3D:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/y7ilhDW.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/ojP6JzT.png

OpenGL:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/YrjVhJx.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/xSy015p.png

Super Smash Bros. Melee:

Direct3D:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/CvIxtd1.png - http://i.imgur.com/lNZSfNA.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/qJvAf2D.png - http://i.imgur.com/NQ3b8ih.png

OpenGL:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/T4IEt9l.png - http://i.imgur.com/wvUMfaX.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/AnnbV2v.png - http://i.imgur.com/ilZ3uqM.png

Mario Kart Double Dash:

Direct3D:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/VvNyoaK.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/9VofsNi.png

OpenGL:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/YBE0E6i.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/6ahzl0R.png

New Super Mario Bros. Wii:

Direct3D:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/RuRlFlN.png - http://i.imgur.com/Gez8sQo.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/vNYC3vX.png - http://i.imgur.com/EbowXrM.png (bug? background is darker here)

OpenGL:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/dVyC1XB.png - http://i.imgur.com/SkoIS6v.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/ww0GzIp.png - http://i.imgur.com/I9rCiPt.png (bug? background is brighter here)

Looks like OpenGL is slower than Direct3D on AMD.

Sorry if I made some mistake, I don't talk English very well.

Make sure you have the latest Catalyst driver for your GPU.

Updated video driver (Catalyst 14.12):

Super Smash Bros. Melee:

Direct3D:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/DUILZ0l.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/8VJakFo.png

OpenGL:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/iB8juJG.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/puAwab6.png

New Super Mario Bros. Wii:

Direct3D:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/95ZckQk.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/5g6Skkq.png

OpenGL:

IR 1x: http://i.imgur.com/KP7la60.png

IR 2x: http://i.imgur.com/pv3fCgT.png

Direct3D still faster than OpenGL.

Thanks Dolphin team, I was unable to play these games at a playable speed 1 year ago.