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Mali-G720 MC7 vs Mali-G720 MC8

On Mali-G720 MC7 (motorola edge 70 pro, POCO X7 Pro, POCO X8 Pro, Xiaomi 17T). The first driver named is compared against the second, which is the baseline.

StockMali-G720 MC8v1.r49p1-03bet0.4fc328bba6e40f10f4bc96d62f5ee40a

CustomMali-G720 MC7v1.r49p1-03bet0.4fc328bba6e40f10f4bc96d62f5ee40a

Graphics system version (Vulkan)1.3.278 to 1.3.278

Optional features (extensions)150 to 150+0 -0

Features that pass their check (validated)55 to 510 pass only on Mali-G720 MC7 4 pass only on Mali-G720 MC8

Speed test scenes (benchmark)none comparable

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

Not compared: 2 scenes with a paced frame rate (pipeline_barriers, subpasses). At least one of the two drivers was held at a fixed frame rate there, so the two times do not measure the same thing.

Mali-G720 MC8 details Mali-G720 MC7 details

Feature checks that differ (4)

Feature	Stock	Mali-G720 MC7	Change
depthClamp VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures	pass	untested	lost
largePoints VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures	pass	untested	lost
perf.fb_local_barrier_large_draws core	pass	untested	lost
perf.fb_local_barrier_overdraw core	pass	untested	lost

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	Mali-G720 MC7 ms	Difference	Starts	GPU clock, MHz	Picture vs stock
compute_nbody	n/a	14.94 typical 14.89	only one side	? vs 3 of 3	? vs ? clock unknown	not checked
hdr_2160p	n/a	17.54 typical 17.49	only one side	? vs 2 of 3	? vs ? clock unknown	not checked
oit_linked_lists	n/a	21.76 typical 21.57	only one side	? vs 3 of 3	? vs ? clock unknown	not checked
pipeline_barriers	n/a	paced at 8.32	not compared	? vs 3 of 3	? vs ? clock unknown	not checked
pipeline_barriers_2160p	n/a	15.15 typical 15.13	only one side	? vs ?	? vs ? clock unknown	not checked
subpasses	n/a	paced at 8.33	not compared	? vs 3 of 3	? vs ? clock unknown	not checked
subpasses_2160p	n/a	28.90 typical 28.91	only one side	? vs ?	? vs ? clock unknown	not checked

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 Mali-G720 MC7 against Mali-G720 MC8. "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 Mali-G720 MC7 (0)

None

Extensions only in Mali-G720 MC8 (0)

None

Core features that differ (0)

None

Limits that differ (0)

Limit	Stock	Mali-G720 MC7

Formats supported by only one driver (0 gained, 0 lost)

Only in Mali-G720 MC7:

None

Only in Mali-G720 MC8:

None