Mesa's RADV Vulkan Driver Holds A Narrowing Lead Over AMDVLK With Ubuntu 21.10 On Wayland

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 30 December 2021 at 08:00 AM EST. Page 3 of 4. 30 Comments.
Radeon RX 6800 - RADV vs. AMDVLK
Radeon RX 6800 - RADV vs. AMDVLK
Radeon RX 6800 - RADV vs. AMDVLK
Radeon RX 6800 - RADV vs. AMDVLK

Like with F1 2020, for HITMAN 2 running on Linux via Steam Play at 1080p the results were close between these two AMD Radeon Vulkan drivers but at the higher resolution is where RADV's lead on the Radeon RX 6800 widened.

Radeon RX 6800 - RADV vs. AMDVLK
Radeon RX 6800 - RADV vs. AMDVLK

Shadow of the Tomb Raider as one of the few modern games on Linux that is a native port (by Feral Interactive) and using Vulkan, AMDVLK performed right inline with RADV.

Radeon RX 6800 - RADV vs. AMDVLK
Radeon RX 6800 - RADV vs. AMDVLK

With Strange Brigade running on Linux via Steam Play but having native Vulkan API support, the results were very tight between these open-source Radeon driver options.


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