Start 2021 - RADV vs. AMDVLK Radeon Vulkan Benchmarks for a future article. RADV: RX 5700 XT: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3003 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Corsair Force MP600 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2100/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210108-generic (x86_64) 20210107, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-f01bca8 2021-01-08 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RADV: RX 6800: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3003 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Corsair Force MP600 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD SIENNA_CICHLID 16GB (2475/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210108-generic (x86_64) 20210107, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-f01bca8 2021-01-08 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RADV: RX 6800 XT: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3003 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Corsair Force MP600 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD SIENNA_CICHLID 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210108-generic (x86_64) 20210107, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-f01bca8 2021-01-08 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3003 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Corsair Force MP600 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2100/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210108-generic (x86_64) 20210107, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-f01bca8 2021-01-08 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.164, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDVLK: RX 6800: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3003 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Corsair Force MP600 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD SIENNA_CICHLID 16GB (2475/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210108-generic (x86_64) 20210107, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-f01bca8 2021-01-08 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.164, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3003 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Corsair Force MP600 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD SIENNA_CICHLID 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab28, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.11.0-051100rc2daily20210108-generic (x86_64) 20210107, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.0-devel (git-f01bca8 2021-01-08 groovy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 11.0.1), Vulkan: 1.2.164, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Basemark GPU 1.2 Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High FPS > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 148.92 |============================= RADV: RX 6800 ...... 205.64 |========================================= RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 251.38 |================================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 143.81 |============================ AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 224.35 |============================================ AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 253.66 |================================================== Basemark GPU 1.2 Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High FPS > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 85.73 |=========================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 133.06 |========================================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 157.34 |================================================= AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 84.22 |========================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 140.23 |============================================ AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 158.99 |================================================== Batman: Arkham Knight Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT . 68.68 |===================================================== Batman: Arkham Knight Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT . 64.76 |===================================================== Dawn of War III Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT . 97.53 |================================================== RADV: RX 6800 XT . 102.19 |==================================================== Dawn of War III Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT . 56.49 |=============================== RADV: RX 6800 XT . 95.26 |===================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 136.6 |======================================= RADV: RX 6800 ...... 175.6 |================================================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 177.9 |=================================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 87.4 |========================= AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 106.7 |=============================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 116.3 |================================= F1 2017 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Medium - Anti Aliasing: TAA Checkerboard Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 74 |========================================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 61 |================================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 68 |====================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 96 |====================================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 85 |================================================ AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 84 |=============================================== F1 2017 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Anti Aliasing: TAA Checkerboard Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 50 |=================================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 47 |================================= RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 49 |================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 77 |====================================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 68 |================================================ AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 66 |============================================== RealSR-NCNN 20200818 Scale: 4x - TAA: No Seconds < Lower Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 8.847 |============================================ RADV: RX 6800 ...... 6.008 |============================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 5.922 |============================= AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 10.135 |================================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 6.707 |================================= AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 6.062 |============================== RealSR-NCNN 20200818 Scale: 4x - TAA: Yes Seconds < Lower Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 57.77 |============================================ RADV: RX 6800 ...... 34.42 |========================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 33.06 |========================= AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 67.59 |=================================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 40.14 |============================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 35.28 |=========================== Shadow of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 92.6 |=========================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 152.6 |============================================ RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 177.2 |=================================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 83.2 |======================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 124.2 |==================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 139.7 |======================================== Shadow of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 51.5 |============================ RADV: RX 6800 ...... 82.3 |============================================= RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 94.1 |==================================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 49.0 |=========================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 76.7 |========================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 87.4 |================================================ Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Battle Benchmark Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 47.9 |========================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 49.8 |=========================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 70.0 |====================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 86.9 |================================================ AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 94.9 |==================================================== Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Battle Benchmark - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... MIN: 13 AVG: 21 MAX: 94 RADV: RX 6800 ...... MIN: 12 AVG: 19 MAX: 47 RADV: RX 6800 XT ... MIN: 8 AVG: 14 MAX: 105 AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... MIN: 7 AVG: 12 MAX: 442 AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . MIN: 8 AVG: 11 MAX: 53 Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Battle Benchmark Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 30.5 |=========================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 50.6 |============================================= RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 58.1 |==================================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 43.7 |======================================= AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 50.0 |============================================= Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Battle Benchmark - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 32.8 MAX: 84.1 RADV: RX 6800 ...... MIN: 3.4 AVG: 19.7 MAX: 60.4 RADV: RX 6800 XT ... MIN: 4.3 AVG: 17.2 MAX: 53.5 AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... MIN: 6.4 AVG: 23.8 MAX: 85.9 AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . MIN: 6.4 AVG: 20.0 MAX: 79.3 VkFFT 1.1.1 Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT . 20486 |====================== RADV: RX 6800 .... 44491 |================================================ RADV: RX 6800 XT . 49591 |===================================================== VKMark 2020-05-21 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 VKMark Score > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 2347 |==================================================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 2346 |==================================================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 2342 |==================================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 1429 |================================ AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 1416 |=============================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 1407 |=============================== VKMark 2020-05-21 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 VKMark Score > Higher Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 2288 |=================================================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 2313 |==================================================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 2329 |==================================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 640 |============== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 640 |============== AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 631 |============== VkResample 1.0 Upscale: 2x - Precision: Single ms < Lower Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 32.056 |================================================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 18.113 |============================ RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 17.871 |============================ AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 13.669 |===================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 8.035 |============= AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 7.809 |============ Waifu2x-NCNN Vulkan 20200818 Scale: 2x - Denoise: 3 - TAA: Yes Seconds < Lower Is Better RADV: RX 5700 XT ... 5.031 |=================================================== RADV: RX 6800 ...... 3.532 |==================================== RADV: RX 6800 XT ... 3.374 |================================== AMDVLK: RX 5700 XT . 4.608 |=============================================== AMDVLK: RX 6800 .... 3.208 |================================= AMDVLK: RX 6800 XT . 2.948 |==============================