AMDVLK Still Has Some Performance Advantages Over Mesa's Radeon RADV Vulkan Driver, But It's A Good Fight

[R41N3R]

RADV is one of the best graphic drivers I've ever used, quality always was high. Even if AMDVLK would be faster, I would prefer RADV any day, but very nice that it is mostly on par with AMDVLK and often delivers higher min. frames too :-)

[Raka555]

Weird to see tests at 1920x1200 and not 1920x1080.
I thought I was the only one left on earth with a 1920x1200 monitor (I love it so much)

[Michael]

Weird to see tests at 1920x1200 and not 1920x1080.
I thought I was the only one left on earth with a 1920x1200 monitor (I love it so much)

An initial oversight on my part when building the suite and eyes failing to accidentally selecting x1200 rather than x1080, so enjoy.

[ntropy]

Thats what I am saying, AMDVLk is kicking RADV butt lately, in some games, especially the more Vulkan and recent ones^^

[Kayden]

The article title here is a bit misleading, IMHO...looking at the data:

• DiRT Rally 2.0
  • RADV is faster (or they are equal)
• Dota 2
  • RADV is faster
• Mad Max
  • RADV is faster in 7 out of 8 cases, and almost identical in the remaining one
• A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
  • RADV is faster (or they are equal)
• Total War: WARHAMMER II
  • RADV is faster
• HITMAN 2
  • AMDVLK is faster
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
  • AMDVLK is faster
• Strange Brigade
  • AMDVLK is faster

So in 5 out of 8 games you tested, RADV is faster than AMDVLK. In 3 of 8 games, AMDVLK is clearly faster. This may be a good fight, but it's pretty clear to me that RADV is the winner here.

By switching to AMDVLK, I could obtain 3-12 FPS in a few games which are already over 60, which as a gamer, I am unlikely to be able to perceive. But this means switching from a true open source driver which is developed publicly by Red Hat, Google, Valve, Feral Interactive, AMD, and many individuals to a driver developed internally at a single company, with source dumped over a wall periodically. I would not consider switching to AMDVLK for such minor gains (especially when it also comes with minor losses).

[franglais125]

The article title here is a bit misleading, IMHO...looking at the data:

(...)

By switching to AMDVLK, I could obtain 3-12 FPS in a few games (...) [but] it also comes with minor losses

Not only that, but also the MIN FPS is generally much better for RADV, which is a big plus for RADV of course.

[tildearrow]

First image of this phoronix article.

Please use quoting so I know who are you talking to.

[finalzone]

I thought I was the only one left on earth with a 1920x1200 monitor (I love it so much)

Still rocking on Asus VW266h 1920x1200 monitor.

[onlyLinuxLuvUBack]

Dear Sir...

I bought three radeon7s so this article is great.

But seriously, Please could you add a 380 or rx580 : some realistic card that I can buy.

Thanks !

[smitty3268]

The article title here is a bit misleading, IMHO...looking at the data:

Michael isn't shy about click-baiting.