X-Plane Vulkan Performance Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. GTX 1060: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (1835/4006MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GP106 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.64, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.2.141, Vulkan: 1.1.119, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GTX 1080: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB (1607/5005MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.64, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.2.141, Vulkan: 1.1.119, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RTX 2060: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB (1365/7000MHz), Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.64, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.2.141, Vulkan: 1.1.119, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RTX 2060 SUPER: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB (450/405MHz), Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.64, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.2.141, Vulkan: 1.1.119, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.6.0-050600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-7aa6720 2020-04-11 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.128, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2055/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.6.0-050600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-7aa6720 2020-04-11 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.128, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.6.0-050600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-7aa6720 2020-04-11 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.133, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2060/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.6.0-050600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-7aa6720 2020-04-11 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.133, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.6.0-050600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-7aa6720 2020-04-11 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Vulkan: 1.1.127, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600 + 2000GB SABRENT, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2055/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.6.0-050600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-7aa6720 2020-04-11 focal-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1), Vulkan: 1.1.127, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 X-Plane 11 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 ................ 108.41 |=========================== GTX 1080 ................ 176.03 |============================================ RTX 2060 ................ 173.66 |============================================ RTX 2060 SUPER .......... 179.07 |============================================= RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... 125.17 |=============================== RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... 149.86 |====================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... 128.42 |================================ RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... 145.29 |===================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . 122.99 |=============================== RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . 143.94 |==================================== X-Plane 11 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low - Renderer: Vulkan - Per Frame Timing ms < Lower Is Better GTX 1060 ................ MIN: 6.9 AVG: 8.7 MAX: 20.1 GTX 1080 ................ MIN: 3.8 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 15.3 RTX 2060 ................ MIN: 3.4 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 30.8 RTX 2060 SUPER .......... MIN: 3.6 AVG: 4.8 MAX: 27.1 RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 4.7 AVG: 6.1 MAX: 6.9 RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 2.4 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 5.9 RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 5.4 AVG: 7.0 MAX: 22.3 RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 3.9 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 7.8 RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 5.6 AVG: 7.0 MAX: 22.1 RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 8.0 X-Plane 11 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 ................ 73.81 |============================== GTX 1080 ................ 111.38 |============================================= RTX 2060 ................ 111.53 |============================================= RTX 2060 SUPER .......... 111.66 |============================================= RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... 92.03 |===================================== RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... 101.57 |========================================= RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... 87.21 |=================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... 93.32 |====================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . 83.94 |================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . 92.40 |===================================== X-Plane 11 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Per Frame Timing ms < Lower Is Better GTX 1060 ................ MIN: 8.6 AVG: 13.2 MAX: 26.3 GTX 1080 ................ MIN: 4.6 AVG: 7.4 MAX: 32.6 RTX 2060 ................ MIN: 4.8 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 43.6 RTX 2060 SUPER .......... MIN: 4.3 AVG: 6.8 MAX: 36.2 RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 5.7 AVG: 8.9 MAX: 11.0 RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 7.3 MAX: 9.1 RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 6.6 AVG: 10.6 MAX: 27.9 RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 4.7 AVG: 7.5 MAX: 9.8 RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 6.7 AVG: 10.9 MAX: 27.9 RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 4.9 AVG: 7.7 MAX: 10.0 X-Plane 11 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Very High - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 ................ 65.29 |====================================== GTX 1080 ................ 79.15 |============================================= RTX 2060 ................ 79.19 |============================================== RTX 2060 SUPER .......... 80.05 |============================================== RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... 66.88 |====================================== RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... 72.61 |========================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... 60.36 |=================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... 64.75 |===================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . 64.29 |===================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . 64.33 |===================================== X-Plane 11 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Very High - Renderer: Vulkan - Per Frame Timing ms < Lower Is Better GTX 1060 ................ MIN: 1.4 AVG: 15.6 MAX: 60.5 GTX 1080 ................ MIN: 0.7 AVG: 8.8 MAX: 35.8 RTX 2060 ................ MIN: 6.7 AVG: 10.5 MAX: 39.1 RTX 2060 SUPER .......... MIN: 6.1 AVG: 9.5 MAX: 36.7 RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 3.3 AVG: 12.7 MAX: 17.2 RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 1.5 AVG: 9.1 MAX: 12.0 RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 4.6 AVG: 15.1 MAX: 20.2 RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 1.6 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 14.5 RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 4.8 AVG: 14.0 MAX: 18.0 RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 1.6 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 14.5 X-Plane 11 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 ................ 131.82 |============================================= GTX 1080 ................ 130.88 |============================================= RTX 2060 ................ 131.06 |============================================= RTX 2060 SUPER .......... 130.24 |============================================ RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... 119.04 |========================================= RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... 120.40 |========================================= RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... 110.28 |====================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... 109.63 |===================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . 109.43 |===================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . 108.95 |===================================== X-Plane 11 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Per Frame Timing ms < Lower Is Better GTX 1060 ................ MIN: 0.5 AVG: 4.6 MAX: 7.1 GTX 1080 ................ MIN: 0.3 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 11.8 RTX 2060 ................ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 3.0 MAX: 9.7 RTX 2060 SUPER .......... MIN: 1.9 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 8.5 RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 1.4 AVG: 3.7 MAX: 5.0 RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 2.7 AVG: 4.1 MAX: 5.6 RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 1.7 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 7.0 RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 2.4 AVG: 5.5 MAX: 7.5 RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 2.1 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 7.2 RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 3.4 AVG: 5.6 MAX: 7.6 X-Plane 11 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Extreme - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 ................ 74.09 |============================================== GTX 1080 ................ 74.26 |============================================== RTX 2060 ................ 74.84 |============================================== RTX 2060 SUPER .......... 74.68 |============================================== RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... 68.60 |========================================== RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... 69.61 |=========================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... 62.32 |====================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... 62.32 |====================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . 62.14 |====================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . 61.85 |====================================== X-Plane 11 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Extreme - Renderer: Vulkan - Per Frame Timing ms < Lower Is Better GTX 1060 ................ MIN: 0.2 AVG: 9.5 MAX: 45.9 GTX 1080 ................ MIN: 0.4 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 31.9 RTX 2060 ................ MIN: 3.9 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 36.9 RTX 2060 SUPER .......... MIN: 3.8 AVG: 6.0 MAX: 22.9 RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 1.5 AVG: 7.9 MAX: 10.1 RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 3.4 AVG: 8.4 MAX: 10.8 RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 1.9 AVG: 9.7 MAX: 12.8 RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 3.6 AVG: 10.4 MAX: 13.7 RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 2.3 AVG: 9.7 MAX: 12.8 RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 4.3 AVG: 10.7 MAX: 14.0 X-Plane 11 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Very High - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GTX 1060 ................ 96.34 |============================================== GTX 1080 ................ 95.92 |============================================== RTX 2060 ................ 96.18 |============================================== RTX 2060 SUPER .......... 95.92 |============================================== RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... 88.62 |========================================== RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... 89.06 |=========================================== RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... 80.67 |======================================= RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... 81.05 |======================================= RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . 80.47 |====================================== RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . 79.97 |====================================== X-Plane 11 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Very High - Renderer: Vulkan - Per Frame Timing ms < Lower Is Better GTX 1060 ................ MIN: 1 AVG: 7 MAX: 41 GTX 1080 ................ MIN: 0 AVG: 4 MAX: 23 RTX 2060 ................ MIN: 3 AVG: 6 MAX: 148 RTX 2060 SUPER .......... MIN: 3 AVG: 6 MAX: 161 RX Vega 56 - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 1 AVG: 6 MAX: 7 RX 5700 XT - RADV+ACO ... MIN: 3 AVG: 6 MAX: 8 RX Vega 56 - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 9 RX 5700 XT - AMDVLK ..... MIN: 4 AVG: 8 MAX: 10 RX Vega 56 - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 2 AVG: 7 MAX: 9 RX 5700 XT - AMDGPU-PRO . MIN: 4 AVG: 8 MAX: 10