Vulkan vs. OpenGL API Drivers

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Vulkan vs. OpenGL API Drivers, "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: Yes", Higher Results Are Better "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",11.801932,11.499402,11.611746 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1050",11.896268,11.895442,11.803329 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060",11.73179,11.49601,11.794803 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",11.531912,11.656951,11.822756 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",6.133271,6.096901,6.298245 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",6.096197,6.315659,6.205053 "OpenGL: Open R9 Fury",8.619512,8.424084,8.733067 "OpenGL: Open RX 580",8.415492,8.648863,8.608627 "OpenGL: Intel HD 630",5.445297,5.336216,5.182734 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",50.088447,50.123219,50.257487 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",47.707125,48.498181,47.623102 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",47.686277,47.293738,48.03279 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",47.825143,48.065344,47.681024 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",39.346292,39.273758,38.44932 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",36.83492,37.266197,37.283209 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",46.176781,45.966251,45.93212 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",43.406535,43.624016,43.592139 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",26.954845,27.184054,27.356173 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: Yes", Lower Results Are Better "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",84.731888,86.961047,86.119693 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1050",84.059975,84.065811,84.721858 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060",85.238487,86.986706,84.783106 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",86.715891,85.785727,84.582646 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",163.045136,164.01774,158.77439 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",164.036692,158.336595,161.158969 "OpenGL: Open R9 Fury",116.015854,118.707267,114.507307 "OpenGL: Open RX 580",118.82846,115.622131,116.162548 "OpenGL: Intel HD 630",183.644719,187.39872,192.948357 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",19.964684,19.950833,19.897533 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",20.96123,20.61933,20.998212 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",20.970394,21.144448,20.819111 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",20.909504,20.805011,20.972704 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",25.415356,25.462295,26.008262 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",27.148152,26.833969,26.821725 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",21.655905,21.755091,21.771257 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",23.038005,22.923153,22.939916 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",37.099081,36.786272,36.55482 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: No", Higher Results Are Better "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",52.331911,51.306346,50.796087 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1050",51.338922,50.960936,51.904538 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060",52.084687,52.372824,51.376737 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",52.315831,52.321502,52.167676 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",35.052185,35.112321,33.638953 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",33.312016,34.680081,34.78156 "OpenGL: Open R9 Fury",41.698975,42.968948,42.055494 "OpenGL: Open RX 580",42.741305,42.815101,42.808531 "OpenGL: Intel HD 630",15.986708,15.923943,16.086505 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",63.676889,63.756056,63.619691 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",63.871625,63.979436,63.923622 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",63.819946,63.975165,64.023049 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",63.822737,63.864414,64.024567 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",51.460527,49.942638,51.355986 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",51.542767,51.553194,51.217272 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",41.571178,41.655755,41.716811 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",41.654068,41.846549,38.178788 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",47.705445,47.614474,47.620695 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: No", Lower Results Are Better "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",19.1088,19.490766,19.686556 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1050",19.478399,19.622873,19.266138 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060",19.199501,19.093872,19.464062 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",19.114673,19.112601,19.168958 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",28.528892,28.480032,29.727441 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",30.019198,28.834996,28.750867 "OpenGL: Open R9 Fury",23.981405,23.27262,23.778106 "OpenGL: Open RX 580",23.396572,23.356245,23.35983 "OpenGL: Intel HD 630",62.551966,62.798516,62.163907 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",15.704285,15.684785,15.718404 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",15.656405,15.630022,15.643669 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",15.669082,15.631066,15.619375 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",15.668397,15.658172,15.619004 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",19.43237,20.022971,19.471927 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",19.401364,19.39744,19.524663 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",24.055128,24.006287,23.971151 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",24.007259,23.896833,26.192555 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",20.961968,21.002017,20.999274 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: No", Higher Results Are Better "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",179.297224,179.032085,176.749172 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1050",179.085987,176.562211,179.80705 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060",178.789396,179.641496,178.616452 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",178.934051,180.77932,178.637738 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",135.660879,132.314149,134.131601 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",133.928915,132.698669,133.497798 "OpenGL: Open R9 Fury",159.337528,155.711794,159.411064 "OpenGL: Open RX 580",156.899348,160.144498,159.883088 "OpenGL: Intel HD 630",79.05875,79.877893,79.234442 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",308.700986,306.440186,308.800957 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",271.564433,274.435374,273.492525 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",306.9967,307.617855,305.497437 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",304.601074,304.140395,304.816051 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",249.127689,253.560069,247.577515 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",249.434162,248.296864,249.898413 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",257.626512,258.759705,258.333478 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",248.499718,267.094548,280.320383 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",118.708602,118.421916,118.609514 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: No", Lower Results Are Better "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",5.577331,5.585591,5.657735 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1050",5.58391,5.663726,5.561517 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060",5.593173,5.566643,5.598588 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",5.588651,5.531606,5.597921 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",7.371322,7.557771,7.455365 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",7.466647,7.535871,7.49076 "OpenGL: Open R9 Fury",6.275985,6.422121,6.27309 "OpenGL: Open RX 580",6.373513,6.244361,6.25457 "OpenGL: Intel HD 630",12.648821,12.519108,12.620774 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",3.239381,3.26328,3.238332 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",3.682367,3.643845,3.656407 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",3.257364,3.250787,3.27335 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",3.282983,3.287955,3.280667 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",4.014006,3.943839,4.039139 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",4.009074,4.027437,4.001626 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",3.881588,3.864589,3.870966 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",4.024149,3.743993,3.567347 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",8.423989,8.444383,8.431027 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: No", Lower Results Are Better "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",133.425413,137.076609,139.348282 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1050",135.810853,134.363231,133.548993 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060",132.919977,132.562124,134.09732 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",141.156658,133.769752,136.638997 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",211.004682,207.267101,214.550554 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",207.830578,215.437647,208.885859 "OpenGL: Open R9 Fury",167.665032,169.196636,167.906953 "OpenGL: Open RX 580",167.734916,168.424583,166.842325 "OpenGL: Intel HD 630",238.216791,239.456743,235.017792 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",78.845002,79.136184,78.791171 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",78.928413,79.319756,78.741338 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",78.659925,78.69056,78.86501 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",79.649119,79.474222,78.462371 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",95.763435,95.656543,96.02342 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",95.759477,95.913312,96.131346 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",91.117702,91.195676,91.158841 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",90.528294,90.386075,90.317268 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",100.238951,99.459775,100.922676 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: No", Higher Results Are Better "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",7.494824,7.295191,7.176264 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1050",7.363182,7.442512,7.487889 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1060",7.523324,7.543633,7.457271 "OpenGL: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",7.084328,7.475532,7.318555 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",4.739231,4.824692,4.660906 "OpenGL: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",4.811611,4.641714,4.787303 "OpenGL: Open R9 Fury",5.964273,5.910283,5.95568 "OpenGL: Open RX 580",5.961788,5.937376,5.993683 "OpenGL: Intel HD 630",4.197857,4.17612,4.254997 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",12.683112,12.636445,12.691777 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",12.669709,12.6072,12.69981 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",12.712954,12.708005,12.679894 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",12.555067,12.582696,12.744963 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",10.442399,10.454068,10.414126 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",10.442831,10.426081,10.402434 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",10.974816,10.965432,10.969863 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",11.04627,11.063651,11.07208 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",9.976162,10.054316,9.908576 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: Yes", Lower Results Are Better "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",10.412222,10.411594,10.428283 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",10.361871,10.32789,10.349977 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",10.32928,10.356406,10.335697 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",10.344476,10.36413,10.316816 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",12.655994,13.086996,12.643469 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",12.579827,12.591552,12.589278 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",15.123402,15.131947,15.136552 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",15.197194,15.216832,15.209232 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",21.447801,21.494716,21.496981 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: Yes", Higher Results Are Better "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",96.040982,96.04677,95.893063 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",96.507663,96.825201,96.618575 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",96.81217,96.558592,96.752058 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",96.669949,96.486632,96.929133 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",79.013941,76.411727,79.09222 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",79.492348,79.418327,79.432672 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",66.122688,66.08535,66.065243 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",65.801621,65.7167,65.74954 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",46.624826,46.523061,46.518161 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: Yes", Higher Results Are Better "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",212.816359,393.446218,233.053587 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",249.371602,249.399445,258.161741 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",335.634141,287.776312,477.648863 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",973.884644,987.884116,976.443322 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",607.166837,617.848597,629.697312 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",620.179981,624.181227,623.048668 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",148.387429,211.862088,152.4802 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",136.90401,136.056298,190.06312 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",115.252007,114.934086,114.502365 "GL-vs-VK 2017-06-05 - Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: Yes", Lower Results Are Better "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti",4.698887,2.541643,4.290859 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1050",4.01008,4.009632,3.873541 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1060",2.979435,3.474921,2.093588 "Vulkan: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti",1.026816,1.012264,1.024125 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580",1.646994,1.618519,1.588065 "Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury",1.612435,1.602099,1.605011 "Vulkan: Open RX 580",6.739115,4.720052,6.558229 "Vulkan: Open R9 Fury",7.304388,7.349899,5.26141 "Vulkan: Intel HD 630",8.676639,8.700639,8.733444