Upgrading Ubuntu 22.04's Kernel & Mesa For Better AMD RDNA2 Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 1 June 2022 at 06:38 AM EDT. Page 3 of 5. 23 Comments.
Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison

Dawn of War 3 was also showing off nice RDNA2 performance uplift when pulling in the Linux 5.17 kernel.

Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison
Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison
Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison
Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison

F1 2021 didn't show much change with these Radeon graphics driver upgrades.

Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison
Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison
Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison

Meanwhile for some titles like HITMAN 3 there simply wasn't any measurable improvement for this mid-range Radeon RX 6000 series graphics card across the Mesa and kernel versions tested.

Radeon RX 6750 XT Linux Driver Comparison

It was a bit concerning though seeing the peak frame time spiking on Linux 5.7+ for this RDNA2 GPU.


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