AMD Radeon Open-Source Linux GPU Driver Performance: 2020 vs. 2021

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 7 January 2022 at 09:00 AM EST. Page 4 of 6. 19 Comments.
AMD Radeon 2021 End Of Year Linux Benchmarks

Metro Last Light Redux was tossed in as one of the most demanding OpenGL games with a native Linux port by 4A Games. The Radeon RX 6800 XT did enjoy some sizable gains with this title.

AMD Radeon 2021 End Of Year Linux Benchmarks
AMD Radeon 2021 End Of Year Linux Benchmarks
AMD Radeon 2021 End Of Year Linux Benchmarks
AMD Radeon 2021 End Of Year Linux Benchmarks

Rise of the Tomb Raider as a Vulkan-powered Linux-native game port by Feral Interactive was seeing significant improvements for the latest-generation Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card on the newer driver stack.

AMD Radeon 2021 End Of Year Linux Benchmarks
AMD Radeon 2021 End Of Year Linux Benchmarks
AMD Radeon 2021 End Of Year Linux Benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the latest in the franchise and also a Linux Vulkan port by Feral Interactive. Here too the Radeon RX 6800 XT was able to shine much better with the 2021 AMD Linux driver improvements.


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