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malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1 vs malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1

On Mali-G52 (CHUWI HiPad-Air, HONOR X5c, HONOR X5c, Infinix HOT 60i, Oppo A18, Oppo A38, realme RMX3710, Redmi 12, Redmi 12C, Redmi 14C, Redmi 15C, Samsung Galaxy A32, TECNO POVA 3, TECNO SPARK 10 Pro, TECNO SPARK 20, Vivo Y03, Xiaomi 24049RN28L). The first driver named is compared against the second, which is the baseline.

Stockmalisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1v1.r44p1-malisx2.0.2.1.sbf5095cbc93b

Custommalisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1v1.r44p1-malisx2.0.3.0.sec748c2c2712

Graphics system version (Vulkan)1.1.363 to 1.1.363

Optional features (extensions)15 to 19+4 -0

Features that pass their check (validated)22 to 231 pass only on malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1 0 pass only on malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1

Speed test scenes (benchmark)0 faster 0 slower 3 even0% slower overall (geometric mean)

Games each driver could run (an estimate from its feature list): green likely, yellow maybe, orange limited, red no

StockDX92002+DX102006+DX112009+DX122015+Switch

CustomDX92002+DX102006+DX112009+DX122015+Switch

compute_nbody0% faster
oit_linked_lists1% slower
pipeline_barriers0% faster

Custom driver against stock, per scene. Bars to the right are faster, to the left slower.

malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1 details malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1 details

Feature checks that differ (3)

Feature	malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1	malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1	Change
timelineSemaphore VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore	unsupported	pass	gained
dualSrcBlend VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures	unsupported	untested	changed
core.msaa_resolve core	fail	unsupported	changed

Speed test scenes (benchmark)

Scene	malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1 ms	malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1 ms	Difference	Starts	GPU clock, MHz	Picture vs stock
compute_nbody	103.00 typical 102.94	102.96 typical 102.90	0% faster	3 of 3 vs 3 of 3	? vs ? clock unknown	no large difference 0.0 no small difference worst 0.0 64x36
oit_linked_lists	73.45 typical 72.90	74.38 typical 73.98	1% slower	3 of 3 vs 3 of 3	? vs ? clock unknown	no large difference 0.0 no small difference worst 0.0 64x36
pipeline_barriers	86.91 typical 89.15	86.88 typical 89.19	0% faster	3 of 3 vs 3 of 3	? vs ? clock unknown	no large difference 0.0 no small difference worst 0.0 64x36

Time to draw one frame, per scene: the average (mean) frame time of the scene's best round, which is how many frames the driver delivered; lower is faster. "Typical" beside it is the median frame, which can sit well under the average when a driver's frames come in two speeds. A pair of reports made before per-round averages were recorded is compared on the median. A scene whose rounds disagree by more than 15% is left out. A scene marked "paced" was held at that mean frame time by the driver or the display queue, together with at least one other scene of the same run; its time says how the frames were spaced, not how fast the driver rendered, so it is not compared. A scene marked "too light" took under 8 ms at the standard size (1920 by 1080) on both drivers, where the screen's frame queue spaces the frames more than the chip does; its heavier run is the one compared: the row ending in _2160p is the scene drawn at 3840 by 2160, and compute_nbody_2x is that scene with twice the particles. "Faster" and "slower" describe malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1 against malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1. "Picture vs stock" compares one fixed frame per scene as a coarse colour grid (0 is identical, above 40 is a different picture); it finds a scene that was not drawn. Where both reports carry the finer 64x36 grid, the second figure is how many of its 2,304 cells differ by more than 4 of 255, and "worst" is the largest single cell; this is what finds a small rendering error in a picture that otherwise matches. A row marked 16x9 comes from a report made before the finer grid existed. "Starts" is how many of a scene's process starts reached a measured round. A GPU clock marked "not comparable" differed by more than 5% of the device's maximum between the two timings.

Technical differences (Vulkan)

Extensions only in malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1 (4)

VK_KHR_create_renderpass2
VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve
VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering
VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore

Extensions only in malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1 (0)

None

Core features that differ (0)

None

Limits that differ (9)

Limit	malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1	malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1
maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments	0	1
framebufferColorSampleCounts	29	1
framebufferDepthSampleCounts	29	1
framebufferStencilSampleCounts	29	1
framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts	29	1
sampledImageColorSampleCounts	29	1
sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts	29	1
sampledImageDepthSampleCounts	29	1
sampledImageStencilSampleCounts	29	1

Formats supported by only one driver (2 gained, 8 lost)

Only in malisx2-0.3.0-c8d18effb1:

R10X6G10X6_UNORM_2PACK16
R10X6_UNORM_PACK16

Only in malisx2-0.2.1-7b57547cd1:

BC1_RGBA_SRGB_BLOCK
BC1_RGBA_UNORM_BLOCK
BC1_RGB_SRGB_BLOCK
BC1_RGB_UNORM_BLOCK
BC2_SRGB_BLOCK
BC2_UNORM_BLOCK
BC3_SRGB_BLOCK
BC3_UNORM_BLOCK