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Stock driver vs custom driver

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

CustomPanVK-RC2-Strato-Mali-SAFETY-v2PanVK-kbase beta.18-rc2 (Mesa 26.3.0-devel (git-5a07217f03))

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 MC7

Speed test scenes (benchmark)0 faster 4 slower42% 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_nbody34% slower
hdr_2160p56% slower
oit_linked_lists11% slower
pipeline_barriers57% slower

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

Small areas of the picture differ from the stock driver in 1 scene (pipeline_barriers: 1518 of 2304 cells). The picture matches overall, so this is a local rendering fault, not a different scene.

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

CustomPanVK-Kbase-Android-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc3-5a07217fPanVK-kbase RC3 (Mesa 26.3.0-devel)

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-Kbase-Android-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc3-5a07217f 1 pass only on Mali-G720 MC7

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-G720 MC7v1.r49p1-03bet0.4fc328bba6e40f10f4bc96d62f5ee40a

Custompanvk_faux123_ace_v0.36.0PanVK-kbase beta.14 (Mesa 26.3.0-devel (git-5a07217f03))

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 5011 pass only on panvk_faux123_ace_v0.36.0 0 pass only on Mali-G720 MC7

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 r49p1Stock	Stock driver, release r49p1Stock	Stock driver, release r49p1Stock	panvk_faux123_ace_v0.36.0Custom	PanVK-RC2-Strato-Mali-SAFETY-v2Custom	PanVK-Kbase-Android-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc3-5a07217fCustom	PanVK-Kbase-Android-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc2-5a07217fCustom	PanVK-G720-0.1.0-beta.2Custom	PanVK-Kbase-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc2-5a07217f-EMULATORCustom
Feature checks that pass	39 of 39	39 of 39	39 of 39	50 of 50	49 of 50	49 of 50	49 of 50	46 of 47	39 of 39
DX9 games	maybe	maybe	maybe	likely	likely	likely	likely	maybe	maybe
DX10 games	maybe	maybe	maybe	likely	likely	likely	likely	maybe	maybe
DX11 games	maybe	maybe	maybe	likely	likely	likely	likely	maybe	maybe
DX12 games	maybe	maybe	maybe	likely	likely	likely	likely	maybe	maybe
Switch games	maybe	maybe	maybe	likely	likely	likely	likely	maybe	maybe
Vulkan version	1.3.278	1.3.278	1.3.278	1.4.363	1.4.363	1.4.363	1.4.363	1.4.354	1.3.278
Optional features (extensions)	150	150	149	188	188	188	188	164	150
Feature checks with different results
push.max_combined_image_samplers	pass	pass	pass	pass	fail	fail	fail	fail	pass
colorWriteEnable	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported
depthClipControl	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState2LogicOp	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3ColorBlendEnable	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3ColorBlendEquation	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3ColorWriteMask	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3LogicOpEnable	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported
robustBufferAccess2	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported
robustImageAccess2	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported	unsupported
multiViewport	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported	unsupported
textureCompressionBC	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	pass	pass	pass	pass	unsupported	unsupported

20 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 r49p1	Stock driver, release r49p1	Stock driver, release r49p1	panvk_faux123_ace_v0.36.0	PanVK-RC2-Strato-Mali-SAFETY-v2	PanVK-Kbase-Android-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc3-5a07217f	PanVK-Kbase-Android-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc2-5a07217f	PanVK-G720-0.1.0-beta.2	PanVK-Kbase-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc2-5a07217f-EMULATOR
depthBiasControl	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported
depthBiasExact	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported
extendedDynamicState2PatchControlPoints	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	untested
extendedDynamicState3AlphaToCoverageEnable	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3AlphaToOneEnable	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3ProvokingVertexMode	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested
extendedDynamicState3RasterizationSamples	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported
extendedDynamicState3TessellationDomainOrigin	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested
nullDescriptor	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported
geometryStreams	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
alphaToOne	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
depthBounds	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
fillModeNonSolid	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported
inheritedQueries	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested
pipelineStatisticsQuery	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
shaderClipDistance	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
shaderCullDistance	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
variableMultisampleRate	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported
vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics	unsupported	unsupported	unsupported	untested	untested	untested	untested	unsupported	unsupported

No driver check yet, so not in this table:PanVK-Kbase-g615-v11-csf-v0.1.0-rc3-5a07217f-EMULATOR

All drivers (10)

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) 3

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

7 reports4 installs3 validations4 benchmarks0 sweeps

Latest 2026-10-11 22:38 UTC

Drivers from the chip makers, loaded in place of the stock one 2

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.