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Mali-G57

Found in: Anbernic RG556, Redmi A5, TECNO KL4.

Stock driver vs custom driver

StockMali-G57v1.r40p0-01eac0.b0251c048237dcd59e6be15fba11a31a

CustomPanvk-Mali-G57-2.0-rc1v1.r49p1-04eac0.c82d7dfafb554e451d70465a9a21fa98

Graphics system version (Vulkan)1.3.225 to 1.3.278

Optional features (extensions)97 to 120+24 -1

Features that pass their check (validated)29 to 378 pass only on Panvk-Mali-G57-2.0-rc1 0 pass only on Mali-G57

Speed test scenes (benchmark)no shared scenes

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

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StockMali-G57v1.r40p0-01eac0.b0251c048237dcd59e6be15fba11a31a

Custompanvk_faux123_rg556_v0.13.0Mesa 26.3.0-devel (git-48835cc38d)

Graphics system version (Vulkan)1.3.225 to 1.3.354

Optional features (extensions)97 to 166+78 -9

Features that pass their check (validated)29 to 4920 pass only on panvk_faux123_rg556_v0.13.0 0 pass only on Mali-G57

Speed test scenes (benchmark)0 faster 3 slower8% 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_nbody7% slower
pipeline_barriers8% slower
subpasses11% slower

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

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StockMali-G57v1.r40p0-01eac0.b0251c048237dcd59e6be15fba11a31a

Custompanvk_faux123_rg556_v0.12.0Mesa 26.3.0-devel (git-7886eada08)

Graphics system version (Vulkan)1.3.225 to 1.3.354

Optional features (extensions)97 to 165+78 -10

Features that pass their check (validated)29 to 4418 pass only on panvk_faux123_rg556_v0.12.0 3 pass only on Mali-G57

Speed test scenes (benchmark)no shared scenes

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

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What differs between these drivers

Only the rows on which these drivers disagree. A driver is listed once it has a driver check. Scroll sideways to see every driver.

Driver	Stock driver, release r41p0Stock	Stock driver, release r40p0Stock	panvk_faux123_rg556_v0.13.0Custom	panvk_faux123_rg556_v0.12.0Custom	Panvk-Mali-G57-2.0-rc1Custom
Feature checks that pass	31 of 33	29 of 32	49 of 49	44 of 44	37 of 37
DX9 games	maybe	maybe	likely	maybe	maybe
DX10 games	maybe	maybe	likely	limited	maybe
DX11 games	maybe	maybe	maybe	limited	maybe
DX12 games	maybe	maybe	maybe	limited	maybe
Switch games	maybe	maybe	likely	maybe	maybe
Vulkan version	1.3.225	1.3.225	1.3.354	1.3.354	1.3.278
Optional features (extensions)	99	97	166	165	120
Feature checks with different results
extendedDynamicState	fail	fail	pass	pass	pass
timelineSemaphore	fail	fail	pass	pass	pass
colorWriteEnable	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
depthClipControl	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState2LogicOp	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3ColorBlendEnable	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3ColorBlendEquation	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3ColorWriteMask	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3DepthClampEnable	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass
extendedDynamicState3LogicOpEnable	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
robustBufferAccess2	unsupported	unsupported	pass	unsupported	unsupported
transformFeedback	pass	pass	pass	unsupported	pass
vertexInputDynamicState	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass
shaderBufferInt64Atomics	pass	unsupported	pass	pass	pass
geometryShader	pass	pass	pass	unsupported	pass
multiDrawIndirect	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
multiViewport	unsupported	unsupported	pass	unsupported	unsupported
tessellationShader	pass	pass	pass	unsupported	pass
textureCompressionBC	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
push.max_combined_image_samplers	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass
push.max_uniform_buffers	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass
stress.multi_draw_indirect_large	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	unsupported
stress.submit_memory	pass	inconclusive	pass	pass	pass

23 more features that only some of these drivers offer

"unsupported" means the driver does not offer the feature. "untested" means it offers the feature and the app has no check for it yet.

Feature	Stock driver, release r41p0	Stock driver, release r40p0	panvk_faux123_rg556_v0.13.0	panvk_faux123_rg556_v0.12.0	Panvk-Mali-G57-2.0-rc1
depthBiasControl	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	unsupported
depthBiasExact	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	unsupported
extendedDynamicState2PatchControlPoints	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported	untested
extendedDynamicState3AlphaToCoverageEnable	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3DepthClipEnable	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested
extendedDynamicState3LineRasterizationMode	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested
extendedDynamicState3ProvokingVertexMode	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested
extendedDynamicState3RasterizationSamples	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3SampleMask	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested
extendedDynamicState3TessellationDomainOrigin	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested
nullDescriptor	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	unsupported
geometryStreams	unsupported	unsupported	untested	unsupported	unsupported
shaderSharedInt64Atomics	untested	unsupported	untested	untested	untested
dualSrcBlend	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested
fillModeNonSolid	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	unsupported
logicOp	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested
pipelineStatisticsQuery	unsupported	unsupported	untested	unsupported	unsupported
shaderClipDistance	unsupported	unsupported	untested	unsupported	unsupported
shaderCullDistance	unsupported	unsupported	untested	unsupported	unsupported
shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize	unsupported	unsupported	untested	unsupported	unsupported
variableMultisampleRate	unsupported	unsupported	untested	unsupported	unsupported
vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics	unsupported	unsupported	untested	unsupported	unsupported
wideLines	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested

All drivers (5)

Choose a graphics driver to see what works on it, which Windows games it could run, and its technical details (Vulkan features, limits, and extensions).

likelymaybelimitednoThe colored tags are an estimate of which games a driver could run, from its test results. DX9 to DX12 are kinds of Windows games. The year on a tag is when that kind first came out, so DX11 2009+ means Windows games made from 2009 on. Switch is Switch games. Both are played on Android through an emulator app.

Drivers the devices came with (stock) 2

Each build shipped in a device's own software. A system update can replace it with a newer build.

Stock driver, release r41p0

Mali-G57

v1.r41p0-01eac0.018fc629603b7a70cc68d32f78ac8686

On: TECNO KL4

31 pass, 2 fail of 33 checks

Could run:DX92002+DX102006+DX112009+DX122015+Switch

2 reports1 install1 validation1 benchmark0 sweeps

Latest 2026-10-13 07:26 UTC

Stock driver, release r40p0

reference

Mali-G57

v1.r40p0-01eac0.b0251c048237dcd59e6be15fba11a31a

On: Anbernic RG556

29 pass, 2 fail, 1 inconclusive of 32 checks

Could run:DX92002+DX102006+DX112009+DX122015+Switch

4 reports1 install2 validations2 benchmarks0 sweeps

Latest 2026-10-10 17:18 UTC

Community-built drivers (PanVK) 2

Open-source drivers built by the community and loaded by an emulator or a game launcher in place of the stock one.

panvk_faux123_rg556_v0.13.0

PanVKreference

Mesa 26.3.0-devel (git-48835cc38d)

On: Anbernic RG556

49 pass of 49 checks

Could run:DX92002+DX102006+DX112009+DX122015+Switch

4 reports1 install2 validations2 benchmarks0 sweeps

Latest 2026-10-10 17:14 UTC

panvk_faux123_rg556_v0.12.0

PanVKreference

Mesa 26.3.0-devel (git-7886eada08)

On: Anbernic RG556

44 pass of 44 checks

Could run:DX92002+DX102006+DX112009+DX122015+Switch

2 reports1 install1 validation1 benchmark0 sweeps

Latest 2026-10-09 21:20 UTC

Drivers from the chip makers, loaded in place of the stock one 1

These were loaded as a custom driver, and the chip then reported its maker's own driver. Either the package holds another build of the maker's driver, or the custom driver did not load and the stock one ran.

Panvk-Mali-G57-2.0-rc1

ARM

v1.r49p1-04eac0.c82d7dfafb554e451d70465a9a21fa98

On: Redmi A5

37 pass of 37 checks

Could run:DX92002+DX102006+DX112009+DX122015+Switch

1 report1 install1 validation0 benchmarks0 sweeps

Latest 2026-10-12 19:42 UTC