====== Ubuntu - GPU - AMDVLK ======

**AMDVLK** is the AMD official open-source Vulkan driver for Linux systems.

  * AMDVLK is derived from the same sources as their Windows/Linux proprietary driver but built against the open-source AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler rather than AMDs proprietary shader compiler.

AMDVLK comes with something AMD calls "AMD switchable graphics layer" in the form of a implicit layer library and configuration file in **/etc/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/amd_icd64.json**.

  * This lets you choose what Vulkan driver to use by setting **AMD_VULKAN_ICD** to **AMDVLK** or **RADV** if you choose to install the AMDVLK driver side-by-side with the Mesa RADV Vulkan driver.

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[[Ubuntu:GPU:AMDVLK:Install the AMDVLK Vulkan Driver|Install the AMDVLK Vulkan Driver]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:AMDVLK:Select the AMDVLK Vulkan Driver|Select the AMDVLK Vulkan Driver]]




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===== References =====

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan#Selecting_vulkan_driver

https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK/releases