EXP_PanVK-kbase-rg556-lab86 vs Mali-G57
On Mali-G57 (Anbernic RG556, Motorola moto g35 5G, Redmi A5, TECNO KL4). The first driver named is compared against the second, which is the baseline.
StockMali-G57
vsCustomEXP_PanVK-kbase-rg556-lab86
Graphics system version (Vulkan)1.3.278 to 1.3.363
Optional features (extensions)121 to 175+64 -10
Features that pass their check (validated)53 to 5213 pass only on EXP_PanVK-kbase-rg556-lab86 14 pass only on Mali-G57
Speed test scenes (benchmark)2 faster 3 slower30% 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_nbody22% faster
- hdr_2160p52% slower
- oit_linked_lists71% slower
- pipeline_barriers19% slower
- subpasses21% faster
Small areas of the picture differ from the stock driver in 1 scene (pipeline_barriers: 1477 of 2304 cells). The picture matches overall, so this is a local rendering fault, not a different scene.
Mali-G57 details EXP_PanVK-kbase-rg556-lab86 details
Feature checks that differ (44)
| Feature | Stock | Custom | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| depthClamp | pass | untested | lost |
| largePoints | pass | untested | lost |
| core.blend_advertised_formats | pass | untested | lost |
| core.compute_big_stack | pass | untested | lost |
| core.host_coherent_readback | pass | untested | lost |
| core.mrt_partial_kill | pass | untested | lost |
| core.ubo_update_buffer | pass | untested | lost |
| core.ubo_written_after_record | pass | untested | lost |
| core.varying_subset | pass | untested | lost |
| mem.image_padding | pass | untested | lost |
| perf.fb_local_barrier_large_draws | pass | untested | lost |
| perf.fb_local_barrier_overdraw | pass | untested | lost |
| stage.geometry_max_output | pass | untested | lost |
| sync.first_submit_clear_then_compute | pass | untested | lost |
| colorWriteEnable | unsupported | pass | gained |
| depthClipControl | unsupported | pass | gained |
| extendedDynamicState2LogicOp | unsupported | pass | gained |
| extendedDynamicState3ColorBlendEnable | unsupported | pass | gained |
| extendedDynamicState3ColorBlendEquation | unsupported | pass | gained |
| extendedDynamicState3ColorWriteMask | unsupported | pass | gained |
| extendedDynamicState3LogicOpEnable | unsupported | pass | gained |
| robustBufferAccess2 | unsupported | pass | gained |
| robustImageAccess2 | unsupported | pass | gained |
| multiDrawIndirect | unsupported | pass | gained |
| multiViewport | unsupported | pass | gained |
| textureCompressionBC | unsupported | pass | gained |
| stress.multi_draw_indirect_large | unsupported | pass | gained |
| depthBiasControl | unsupported | untested | changed |
| depthBiasExact | unsupported | untested | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3AlphaToCoverageEnable | unsupported | untested | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3ProvokingVertexMode | untested | unsupported | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3RasterizationSamples | unsupported | untested | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3TessellationDomainOrigin | untested | unsupported | changed |
| nullDescriptor | unsupported | untested | changed |
| geometryStreams | unsupported | untested | changed |
| depthBounds | unsupported | untested | changed |
| fillModeNonSolid | unsupported | untested | changed |
| pipelineStatisticsQuery | unsupported | untested | changed |
| shaderClipDistance | unsupported | untested | changed |
| shaderCullDistance | unsupported | untested | changed |
| variableMultisampleRate | unsupported | untested | changed |
| vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics | unsupported | untested | changed |
| stage.geometry_point_size | unsupported | untested | changed |
| stress.scratch_per_batch | unsupported | untested | changed |
Speed test scenes (benchmark)
The two drivers were not measured on the same set of device models. Frame times from different devices do not compare drivers, so read these numbers with that in mind.
| Scene | Stock ms | Custom ms | Difference | Starts | GPU clock, MHz | Picture vs stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compute_nbody | 37.01 | 30.40 | 22% faster | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | no large difference no small difference |
| hdr_2160p | 107.99 | 225.08 | 52% slower | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | no large difference no small difference |
| oit_linked_lists | 42.86 | 149.95 | 71% slower | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | no large difference no small difference |
| pipeline_barriers | 22.44 | 27.73 | 19% slower | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | no large difference differs in 1477 small areas |
| subpasses | 62.67 | 51.87 | 21% faster | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | not checked |
Technical differences (Vulkan)
Extensions only in EXP_PanVK-kbase-rg556-lab86 (64)
- VK_ARM_scheduling_controls
- VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state
- VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout
- VK_EXT_buffer_device_address
- VK_EXT_color_write_enable
- VK_EXT_conditional_rendering
- VK_EXT_depth_bias_control
- VK_EXT_depth_clamp_control
- VK_EXT_depth_clip_control
- VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library
- VK_EXT_host_image_copy
- VK_EXT_image_view_min_lod
- VK_EXT_map_memory_placed
- VK_EXT_memory_budget
- VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type
- VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map
- VK_EXT_physical_device_drm
- VK_EXT_present_timing
- VK_EXT_robustness2
- VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float
- VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier
- VK_EXT_shader_replicated_composites
- VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export
- VK_EXT_shader_uniform_buffer_unsized_array
- VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor
- VK_EXT_zero_initialize_device_memory
- VK_GOOGLE_hlsl_functionality1
- VK_GOOGLE_user_type
- VK_KHR_calibrated_timestamps
- VK_KHR_compute_shader_derivatives
- VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count
- VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read
- VK_KHR_index_type_uint8
- VK_KHR_internally_synchronized_queues
- VK_KHR_line_rasterization
- VK_KHR_load_store_op_none
- VK_KHR_maintenance5
- VK_KHR_maintenance6
- VK_KHR_maintenance7
- VK_KHR_maintenance8
- VK_KHR_maintenance9
- VK_KHR_map_memory2
- VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties
- VK_KHR_pipeline_library
- VK_KHR_present_id
- VK_KHR_present_id2
- VK_KHR_present_wait
- VK_KHR_present_wait2
- VK_KHR_shader_clock
- VK_KHR_shader_constant_data
- VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume
- VK_KHR_shader_float_controls2
- VK_KHR_shader_fma
- VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence
- VK_KHR_shader_quad_control
- VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction
- VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_rotate
- VK_KHR_shader_untyped_pointers
- VK_KHR_swapchain_maintenance1
- VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format
- VK_KHR_unified_image_layouts
- VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor
- VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout
- VK_VALVE_mutable_descriptor_type
Extensions only in Mali-G57 (10)
- VK_ARM_rasterization_order_attachment_access
- VK_EXT_device_fault
- VK_EXT_fragment_density_map
- VK_EXT_fragment_density_map2
- VK_EXT_frame_boundary
- VK_EXT_pipeline_protected_access
- VK_EXT_rasterization_order_attachment_access
- VK_EXT_rgba10x6_formats
- VK_EXT_subpass_merge_feedback
- VK_KHR_shared_presentable_image
Core features that differ (2)
| drawIndirectCount | unsupported to pass |
| shaderFloat16 | pass to unsupported |
Limits that differ (48)
| Limit | Stock | Custom |
|---|---|---|
| maxImageDimension1D | 16384 | 65536 |
| maxImageDimension2D | 16384 | 65536 |
| maxImageDimension3D | 16384 | 65536 |
| maxImageDimensionCube | 16384 | 65536 |
| maxImageArrayLayers | 4096 | 65536 |
| maxTexelBufferElements | 268435456 | 134217728 |
| maxUniformBufferRange | 2147483648 | 1048576 |
| maxStorageBufferRange | 2147483648 | 4294967295 |
| maxMemoryAllocationCount | 16384 | 4294967295 |
| bufferImageGranularity | 1 | 64 |
| sparseAddressSpaceSize | 0 | 140737454800896 |
| maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxPerStageResources | 500000 | 5242889 |
| maxDescriptorSetSamplers | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic | 32 | 16 |
| maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic | 32 | 8 |
| maxDescriptorSetSampledImages | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxDescriptorSetStorageImages | 500000 | 1048576 |
| maxVertexInputAttributes | 32 | 16 |
| maxVertexInputBindings | 32 | 16 |
| maxVertexInputAttributeOffset | 2047 | 4294967295 |
| maxVertexInputBindingStride | 2048 | 65535 |
| maxGeometryShaderInvocations | 32 | 64 |
| maxGeometryInputComponents | 128 | 64 |
| maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents | 2048 | 1024 |
| maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources | 1000008 | 4360 |
| maxComputeWorkGroupCount | 4294967295, 4294967295, 4294967295 | 65535, 65535, 65535 |
| maxDrawIndirectCount | 1 | 65535 |
| maxSamplerLodBias | 126 | 127.996 |
| maxViewports | 1 | 16 |
| minMemoryMapAlignment | 64 | 4096 |
| minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment | 64 | 16 |
| minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment | 64 | 4 |
| maxInterpolationOffset | 0.4375 | 0.5 |
| subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits | 4 | 8 |
| framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts | 29 | 13 |
| maxClipDistances | 0 | 8 |
| maxCullDistances | 0 | 8 |
| maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances | 0 | 8 |
| pointSizeRange | 1, 1024 | 0.125, 4095.94 |
| lineWidthRange | 1, 4095.94 | 0, 7.99219 |
| lineWidthGranularity | 0.0625 | 0.0078125 |
Formats supported by only one driver (23 gained, 10 lost)
- A1B5G5R5_UNORM_PACK16
- A2R10G10B10_SNORM_PACK32
- A8_UNORM
- 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
- BC4_SNORM_BLOCK
- BC4_UNORM_BLOCK
- BC5_SNORM_BLOCK
- BC5_UNORM_BLOCK
- BC6H_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- BC6H_UFLOAT_BLOCK
- BC7_SRGB_BLOCK
- BC7_UNORM_BLOCK
- G16_B16R16_2PLANE_420_UNORM
- G16_B16R16_2PLANE_422_UNORM
- G16_B16R16_2PLANE_444_UNORM
- G8_B8R8_2PLANE_444_UNORM
- B10X6G10X6R10X6G10X6_422_UNORM_4PACK16
- B5G5R5A1_UNORM_PACK16
- B8G8R8G8_422_UNORM
- B8G8R8_SNORM
- G10X6B10X6G10X6R10X6_422_UNORM_4PACK16
- G10X6_B10X6R10X6_2PLANE_420_UNORM_3PACK16
- G10X6_B10X6R10X6_2PLANE_422_UNORM_3PACK16
- G8B8G8R8_422_UNORM
- R4G4_UNORM_PACK8
- R5G5B5A1_UNORM_PACK16