Vulkan Ray-Tracing Radeon Software 21.10 Radeon Software for Linux 21.10 Vulkan ray-tracing benchmarks with RX 6700/6800 series compared to NVIDIA. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. ,,"RTX 2060 SUPER","RTX 2070 SUPER","RTX 2080 SUPER","RTX 2080 Ti","TITAN RTX","RTX 3060","RTX 3060 Ti","RTX 3070","RTX 3080","RTX 3090","RX 6800","RX 6700 XT","RX 6800 XT" Processor,,AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads) Motherboard,,ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS) Chipset,,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse Memory,,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB Disk,,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB,1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB Graphics,,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB,NVIDIA TITAN RTX 24GB,eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB,AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB (2475/1000MHz),AMD Radeon 12GB (2855/1000MHz),AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz) Audio,,NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio,NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio,NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio,NVIDIA TU102 HD Audio,NVIDIA TU102 HD Audio,NVIDIA Device 228e,NVIDIA Device 228b,NVIDIA Device 228b,NVIDIA Device 1aef,NVIDIA Device 1aef,AMD Device ab28,AMD Device ab28,AMD Device ab28 Monitor,,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U Network,,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS,,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04,Ubuntu 20.04 Kernel,,5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-48-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-50-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-50-generic (x86_64),5.8.0-50-generic (x86_64) Desktop,,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7,GNOME Shell 3.36.7 Display Server,,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9,X Server 1.20.9 Display Driver,,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,NVIDIA 460.67,,, OpenGL,,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.0,4.6.14735,4.6.14735,4.6.14735 OpenCL,,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.2.162,,, Vulkan,,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.155,1.2.169,1.2.169,1.2.169 Compiler,,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2,GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.2 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160 ,,"RTX 2060 SUPER","RTX 2070 SUPER","RTX 2080 SUPER","RTX 2080 Ti","TITAN RTX","RTX 3060","RTX 3060 Ti","RTX 3070","RTX 3080","RTX 3090","RX 6800","RX 6700 XT","RX 6800 XT" "GeeXLab Vulkan Ray-Tracing Demo - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (FPS)",HIB,20.6,24.6,29.9,39.3,40.6,19.6,27.2,32.3,47.2,54.4,48.8,33.0,59.6 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Cornell Box (FPS)",HIB,29.5697,34.8187,42.5368,58.4417,59.6141,27.5162,38.6884,45.9028,67.6253,79.8037,30.6068,22.3298,37.1256 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Cornell Box + Lucy (FPS)",HIB,12.5382,14.0759,14.8112,21.8752,22.7055,11.8465,19.5965,23.4528,33.5875,39.9962,10.8262,6.93075,13.4820 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Lucy In One Weekend (FPS)",HIB,13.7560,15.6649,17.2297,24.4520,25.2046,13.9186,19.5597,23.0296,32.7156,39.0771,17.4699,11.9318,20.8508 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Planets In One Weekend (FPS)",HIB,19.3277,22.7512,27.6902,36.8108,37.8963,14.8656,20.9569,24.8536,35.9135,43.5462,39.0042,27.4568,46.7657 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Ray Tracing In One Weekend (FPS)",HIB,18.9495,22.3041,27.0717,36.0584,37.1446,14.5732,20.5086,24.3425,35.1564,42.6308,40.3268,29.4419,48.4566 "GeeXLab Vulkan Ray-Tracing Demo - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,9.9,12,14.5,19.1,19.7,9.3,13.1,15.6,23.0,26.5,22.7,15.1,27.8 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Cornell Box (FPS)",HIB,14.2083,16.7906,20.0068,27.6239,28.0578,13.1386,18.4928,21.9104,31.8624,37.4199,14.3574,10.4838,17.6285 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Cornell Box + Lucy (FPS)",HIB,6.02281,6.71600,7.15607,10.5767,10.8841,5.69936,9.40987,11.2526,16.3956,19.4294,5.13923,3.28889,6.49846 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Lucy In One Weekend (FPS)",HIB,6.82142,7.92848,8.85158,12.4804,12.9769,6.80597,9.63286,11.4263,16.3255,19.3996,8.56601,5.42506,10.6446 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Planets In One Weekend (FPS)",HIB,9.18638,10.8296,13.1940,17.6565,18.1937,7.08198,10.0300,11.8291,17.4207,20.9218,18.4814,12.8557,22.6947 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Ray Tracing In One Weekend (FPS)",HIB,8.99642,10.6182,12.9062,17.3299,17.8577,6.92207,9.78108,11.6149,17.0171,20.4305,18.8713,13.4743,23.1061 "GeeXLab Vulkan Ray-Tracing Demo - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.07,0.07,0.07,0.09,0.086,0.073,0.08,0.088,,0.092,0.142,0.117,0.132 "GeeXLab Vulkan Ray-Tracing Demo - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,142.63,174.04,202.65,211.68,227.89,127.47,162.2,176.69,,288.49,159.44,129.58,210.73 "GeeXLab Vulkan Ray-Tracing Demo - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,65.68,63.97,65.24,67.67,67.3,57.23,64.77,64.92,,64.93,60.22,63.74,70.18 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Cornell Box (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.11,0.12,0.12,0.12,0.115,0.128,0.13,0.132,,0.123,0.08,0.069,0.078 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,132.92,145.33,166.31,228.1,244.02,102.5,144.78,165.77,,305.37,178.96,151.14,225.39 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,65.69,63.29,65.14,70.84,72.05,54.82,64.47,65.62,,67.18,62.02,65.7,70.85 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Cornell Box + Lucy (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.04,0.04,0.04,0.05,0.044,0.045,0.06,0.059,,0.064,0.031,0.025,0.029 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,148.62,163.25,167.43,227.73,245.89,125.88,170.21,189.25,,305.07,163.67,133.14,224.77 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,66.94,64.21,64.94,71.17,73.3,57.1,66.33,66.95,,66.83,60.92,68.67,71.38 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Lucy In One Weekend (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.06,0.054,0.055,0.06,0.061,,0.064,0.05,0.039,0.048 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,150.69,163.54,174.46,224.55,242.52,122.78,165.9,185.95,,303.15,172.55,139.42,220.05 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,68.7,65.06,65.71,71.36,72.24,57.26,66.52,67.37,,67.42,62.42,68.42,72.24 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Planets In One Weekend (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.06,0.07,0.07,0.08,0.076,0.073,0.07,0.077,,0.069,0.104,0.088,0.101 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,143.46,154.57,177,226.37,240.76,96.92,136,153.3,,303.82,178.38,146.54,224.67 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,67.96,64.33,66.18,71.88,72.3,53.93,63.83,64.65,,67.79,62.99,66.65,71.71 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Scene: Ray Tracing In One Weekend (FPS/Watt)",HIB,0.06,0.07,0.07,0.08,0.073,0.073,0.07,0.076,,0.068,0.105,0.089,0.103 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,142.68,152.88,176.84,228.28,244.56,94.88,134.69,153.74,,301.1,178.91,151.09,225.15 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,67.4,63.71,66.04,71.74,72.44,53.62,63.47,64.35,,67.6,62.54,66.18,70.84 "GeeXLab Vulkan Ray-Tracing Demo - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (FPS/Watt)",HIB,,,,,,,,,,,0.304,0.254,0.283 "GeeXLab Vulkan Ray-Tracing Demo - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,160.52,129.88,210.7 "GeeXLab Vulkan Ray-Tracing Demo - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,52,51.82,51.85 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Cornell Box (FPS/Watt)",HIB,,,,,,,,,,,0.175,0.151,0.168 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,175.01,147.97,221.03 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,58.86,62.28,66.94 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Cornell Box + Lucy (FPS/Watt)",HIB,,,,,,,,,,,0.068,0.053,0.06 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,159.53,131.94,224.52 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,59.7,64.2,67.93 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Lucy In One Weekend (FPS/Watt)",HIB,,,,,,,,,,,0.103,0.081,0.094 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,169.73,147.47,221.89 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,61.68,68.83,70.92 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Planets In One Weekend (FPS/Watt)",HIB,,,,,,,,,,,0.222,0.189,0.209 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,175.87,145.05,223.83 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,62.06,65.87,71.51 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Scene: Ray Tracing In One Weekend (FPS/Watt)",HIB,,,,,,,,,,,0.227,0.191,0.216 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Power Consumption Monitor (Watts)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,178,154.16,224.09 "Ray Tracing In Vulkan - GPU Temperature Monitor (Celsius)",LIB,,,,,,,,,,,61.54,66.06,70.68 "Meta Performance Per Watts - Performance Per Watts (Performance/Watts)",HIB,,,,,,,,,,,19.0072,13.0368,23.2583 "GPU Power Consumption Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Watts)",,,,,,,,,,,,152.92,128.84,197.99 "GPU Temperature Monitor - Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring (Celsius)",,,,,,,,,,,,60.42,65.62,68.36