PanVK-RC2-Strato-Mali-SAFETY-v2 vs Mali-G720 MC8
On Mali-G720 MC7 (POCO X7 Pro, POCO X8 Pro). The first driver named is compared against the second, which is the baseline.
StockMali-G720 MC8
vsCustomPanVK-RC2-Strato-Mali-SAFETY-v2
Graphics system version (Vulkan)1.3.278 to 1.4.363
Optional features (extensions)150 to 188+53 -15
Features that pass their check (validated)39 to 4911 pass only on PanVK-RC2-Strato-Mali-SAFETY-v2 1 pass only on Mali-G720 MC8
Speed test scenes (benchmark)0 faster 3 slower45% 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_nbody38% slower
- hdr_2160p66% slower
- oit_linked_lists20% slower
Small areas of the picture differ from the stock driver in 1 scene (pipeline_barriers: 1580 of 2304 cells). The picture matches overall, so this is a local rendering fault, not a different scene.
Mali-G720 MC8 details PanVK-RC2-Strato-Mali-SAFETY-v2 details
Feature checks that differ (31)
| Feature | Stock | Custom | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| push.max_combined_image_samplers | pass | fail | 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 |
| multiViewport | unsupported | pass | gained |
| textureCompressionBC | unsupported | pass | gained |
| depthBiasControl | unsupported | untested | changed |
| depthBiasExact | unsupported | untested | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3AlphaToCoverageEnable | unsupported | untested | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3AlphaToOneEnable | unsupported | untested | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3ProvokingVertexMode | untested | unsupported | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3RasterizationSamples | unsupported | untested | changed |
| extendedDynamicState3TessellationDomainOrigin | untested | unsupported | changed |
| nullDescriptor | unsupported | untested | changed |
| geometryStreams | unsupported | untested | changed |
| alphaToOne | unsupported | untested | changed |
| depthBounds | unsupported | untested | changed |
| fillModeNonSolid | unsupported | untested | changed |
| inheritedQueries | untested | unsupported | changed |
| pipelineStatisticsQuery | unsupported | untested | changed |
| shaderClipDistance | unsupported | untested | changed |
| shaderCullDistance | unsupported | untested | changed |
| shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize | unsupported | untested | changed |
| variableMultisampleRate | unsupported | untested | changed |
| vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics | 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 | 13.79 | 22.36 | 38% slower | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | no large difference no small difference |
| hdr_2160p | 13.85 | 40.97 | 66% slower | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | no large difference no small difference |
| oit_linked_lists | 19.18 | 24.04 | 20% slower | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | no large difference no small difference |
| pipeline_barriers | n/a | 19.56 | only one side | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | no large difference differs in 1580 small areas |
| pipeline_barriers_2160p | 11.53 | n/a | only one side | 3 of 3 vs ? | ? vs ? | not checked |
| subpasses | n/a | 20.57 | only one side | 3 of 3 vs 3 of 3 | ? vs ? | not checked |
| subpasses_2160p | 21.76 | n/a | only one side | 3 of 3 vs ? | ? vs ? | not checked |
Technical differences (Vulkan)
Extensions only in PanVK-RC2-Strato-Mali-SAFETY-v2 (53)
- 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_memory_priority
- VK_EXT_multi_draw
- VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type
- VK_EXT_nested_command_buffer
- VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map
- VK_EXT_pageable_device_local_memory
- 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_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats
- VK_EXT_ycbcr_image_arrays
- VK_EXT_zero_initialize_device_memory
- VK_GOOGLE_hlsl_functionality1
- VK_KHR_compute_shader_derivatives
- VK_KHR_copy_memory_indirect
- VK_KHR_internally_synchronized_queues
- VK_KHR_maintenance7
- VK_KHR_maintenance8
- VK_KHR_maintenance9
- 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_fma
- VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction
- VK_KHR_shader_untyped_pointers
- VK_KHR_swapchain_maintenance1
- VK_KHR_unified_image_layouts
- VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout
- VK_VALVE_mutable_descriptor_type
Extensions only in Mali-G720 MC8 (15)
- VK_ANDROID_external_format_resolve
- VK_ARM_render_pass_striped
- VK_EXT_device_fault
- VK_EXT_fragment_density_map
- VK_EXT_fragment_density_map2
- VK_EXT_frame_boundary
- VK_EXT_image_compression_control_swapchain
- VK_EXT_pipeline_protected_access
- VK_EXT_subpass_merge_feedback
- VK_KHR_acceleration_structure
- VK_KHR_deferred_host_operations
- VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate
- VK_KHR_ray_query
- VK_KHR_ray_tracing_position_fetch
- VK_KHR_shared_presentable_image
Core features that differ (17)
| protectedMemory | pass to unsupported |
| bresenhamLines | unsupported to pass |
| dynamicRenderingLocalRead | unsupported to pass |
| globalPriorityQuery | unsupported to pass |
| hostImageCopy | unsupported to pass |
| indexTypeUint8 | unsupported to pass |
| maintenance5 | unsupported to pass |
| maintenance6 | unsupported to pass |
| pipelineRobustness | unsupported to pass |
| pushDescriptor | unsupported to pass |
| rectangularLines | unsupported to pass |
| shaderExpectAssume | unsupported to pass |
| shaderFloatControls2 | unsupported to pass |
| shaderSubgroupRotate | unsupported to pass |
| shaderSubgroupRotateClustered | unsupported to pass |
| vertexAttributeInstanceRateDivisor | unsupported to pass |
| vertexAttributeInstanceRateZeroDivisor | unsupported to pass |
Limits that differ (50)
| 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 |
| maxSamplerLodBias | 126 | 127.996 |
| maxViewports | 1 | 16 |
| maxViewportDimensions | 16384, 16384 | 65536, 65536 |
| viewportBoundsRange | -32768, 32767 | -131072, 131071 |
| minMemoryMapAlignment | 64 | 4096 |
| minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment | 64 | 16 |
| minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment | 64 | 4 |
| maxInterpolationOffset | 0.4375 | 0.5 |
| subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits | 4 | 8 |
| maxFramebufferWidth | 16384 | 65536 |
| maxFramebufferHeight | 16384 | 65536 |
| 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 (21 gained, 12 lost)
- A2R10G10B10_SNORM_PACK32
- 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
- G10X6_B10X6_R10X6_3PLANE_444_UNORM_3PACK16
- G8B8G8R8_422_UNORM
- G8_B8_R8_3PLANE_444_UNORM
- R4G4_UNORM_PACK8
- R5G5B5A1_UNORM_PACK16