Vulkan vs. OpenGL API Drivers

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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkMonitorOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLOpenCLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionVulkan NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti NVIDIA GTX 1050 NVIDIA GTX 1060 NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti AMDGPU-PRO RX 580 AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury Open RX 580 Open R9 Fury Intel HD 630Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores)MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0Intel Device 591f + Z27016384MBSamsung SSD 950 PRO 256GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz)Realtek ALC892Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 16.044.8.0-53-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.18.4NVIDIA 381.224.5.0OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 8.0.01.0.42GCC 5.4.0 20160609ext43840x2160Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1316/3504MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11264MB (403/5508MHz)MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MBAcer B286HKmodesetting 1.18.44.5.13474OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2348.3)Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MBIntel Device 591fMSI AMD POLARIS10 8192MB4.12.0-999-generic (x86_64) 201706044.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0)1.0.21Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 FURY / NANO 4096MBIntel HD 630 (Kaby Lake GT2) 3072MB (1150MHz)4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPAOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics Details- Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO RX 580, Vulkan: AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury: GLAMOR

gl-vs-vk: Static Scene - Yesgl-vs-vk: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Nogl-vs-vk: Shadow Mapping - Nogl-vs-vk: Static Scene - Nogl-vs-vk: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Yesgl-vs-vk: Shadow Mapping - YesVulkanOpenGL NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti NVIDIA GTX 1050 NVIDIA GTX 1060 NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti AMDGPU-PRO RX 580 AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury Open RX 580 Open R9 Fury Intel HD 630 NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti NVIDIA GTX 1050 NVIDIA GTX 1060 NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti AMDGPU-PRO RX 580 AMDGPU-PRO R9 Fury Open R9 Fury Open RX 580 Intel HD 63019.9415.703.2578.9210.423.8420.8615.643.6679.0010.353.9620.9815.643.2678.7410.342.8520.9015.653.2879.2010.341.0225.6319.644.0095.8112.801.6226.9319.444.0195.9312.591.6121.7324.013.8791.1615.136.0122.9724.703.7890.4115.216.6436.8120.998.43100.2121.488.7085.9419.435.61136.6284.2819.465.60134.5785.6719.255.59133.1985.6919.135.57137.19161.9528.917.46210.94161.1829.207.50210.72116.4123.686.32168.26116.8723.376.29167.67188.0062.5012.60237.56OpenBenchmarking.org

GL-vs-VK

Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: Yes

OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: YesAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 5801122334455SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 36.216.185.3211.8711.6711.6711.648.598.5637.1339.0227.1747.9447.6747.8650.1643.5446.031. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: Yes

OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFrame Time - ms, Fewer Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: YesAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 5804080120160200SE +/- 1.65, N = 3SE +/- 1.61, N = 3SE +/- 2.70, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.65, N = 3SE +/- 1.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3161.18161.95188.0084.2885.6785.6985.94116.41116.8726.9325.6336.8120.8620.9820.9019.9422.9721.731. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: No

OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: NoAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 5801428425670SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 1.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 334.2634.6016.0051.4051.9452.2751.4842.2442.7951.4450.9247.6563.9263.9463.9063.6840.5641.651. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: No

OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFrame Time - ms, Fewer Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: NoAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 5801428425670SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 329.2028.9162.5019.4619.2519.1319.4323.6823.3719.4419.6420.9915.6415.6415.6515.7024.7024.011. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: No

OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: NoAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 58070140210280350SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.97, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.81, N = 3SE +/- 1.22, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 1.79, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 9.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3133.38134.0479.39178.49179.02179.45178.36158.15158.98249.21250.09118.58273.16306.70304.52307.98265.30258.241. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: No

OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFrame Time - ms, Fewer Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: NoAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 5803691215SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37.507.4612.605.605.595.575.616.326.294.014.008.433.663.263.283.253.783.871. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: No

OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFrame Time - ms, Fewer Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: NoAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 58050100150200250SE +/- 2.38, N = 3SE +/- 2.10, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 2.15, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3210.72210.94237.56134.57133.19137.19136.62168.26167.6795.9395.81100.2179.0078.7479.2078.9290.4191.161. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: No

OpenGLVulkanOpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Static Scene - Multi-Threaded: NoAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 5803691215SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34.754.744.217.437.517.297.325.945.9610.4210.449.9812.6612.7012.6312.6711.0610.971. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: Yes

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrame Time - ms, Fewer Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: YesAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 580510152025SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 312.5912.8021.4810.3510.3410.3410.4215.2115.13-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 17.75-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 18.45-rdynamic - MAX: 53.05-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 36.49-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 23.37-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 24.74-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 24.62-rdynamic - MAX: 25.08-rdynamic - MAX: 20.991. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: Yes

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Terrain With Dynamic LoD - Multi-Threaded: YesAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 58020406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 379.4578.1746.5696.6596.7196.7095.9965.7666.09-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 56.34 / MAX: 10638297.87-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 54.19 / MAX: 8620689.65-rdynamic - MIN: 18.85 / MAX: 9259259.26-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 27.4 / MAX: 7142857.14-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 42.79 / MAX: 8403361.34-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 40.42 / MAX: 8000000-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 40.62 / MAX: 7352941.18-rdynamic - MIN: 39.87 / MAX: 9433962.26-rdynamic - MIN: 47.63 / MAX: 9090909.091. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: Yes

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: YesAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 5802004006008001000SE +/- 1.19, N = 3SE +/- 6.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 2.93, N = 3SE +/- 57.01, N = 3SE +/- 4.30, N = 3SE +/- 57.14, N = 3SE +/- 17.86, N = 3SE +/- 20.51, N = 3622.47618.24114.90252.31367.02979.40279.77154.34170.91-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 219.1 / MAX: 5434782.61-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 186.13 / MAX: 8771929.82-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 58.79 / MAX: 7518796.99-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 62.41 / MAX: 10752688.17-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 61.3 / MAX: 7633587.78-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MIN: 46.61 / MAX: 7936507.94-rdynamic - MIN: 94.84 / MAX: 9090909.09-rdynamic - MIN: 74.35 / MAX: 6211180.121. (CXX) g++ options:

GL-vs-VK

Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: Yes

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrame Time - ms, Fewer Is BetterGL-vs-VK 2017-06-05Test: Shadow Mapping - Multi-Threaded: YesAMDGPU-PRO R9 FuryAMDGPU-PRO RX 580Intel HD 630NVIDIA GTX 1050NVIDIA GTX 1060NVIDIA GTX 1080 TiNVIDIA GTX 780 TiOpen R9 FuryOpen RX 580246810SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 31.611.628.703.962.851.023.846.646.01-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 4.56-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 5.37-rdynamic - MAX: 18.48-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 17.01-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 16.02-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 16.31-std=c++11 -lpthread -lm -ldl - MAX: 21.45-rdynamic - MAX: 10.54-rdynamic - MAX: 13.451. (CXX) g++ options:

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