====== GPU - Vulkan ======

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**Vulkan** is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs.


  * The recommended Vulkan driver is the Mesa RADV driver on either LLVM or ACO.
  * AMDVLK also works okay in most scenarios, but can be a bit slower and has notable bugs in some games.

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[[Ubuntu:GPU:Vulkan:Check what Vulkan implementations are currently installed|Check what Vulkan implementations are currently installed]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Vulkan:Get Vulkan Information|Get Vulkan Information]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Vulkan:Set Vulkan Driver|Set Vulkan Driver]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Vulkan:Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Vulkan:vkcube|vkcube]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Vulkan:Vulkan Tools|Vulkan Tools]]

[[Ubuntu:GPU:Vulkan:Vulkan Try New Version|Vulkan Try New Version]]

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===== Vulkan Tests =====

https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan 

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<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  Radeon Vulkan "RADV" driver has enabled the Valve-backed ACO shader compiler by default rather than AMDs official AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler back-end.

It has feature parity with the AMDGPU LLVM back-end, RADV is now defaulting to using ACO in place of the AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler.

</WRAP>

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===== References =====

https://gpuopen.com/vulkan/

https://gpuopen.com/amd-open-source-driver-for-vulkan/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan

https://github.com/SaschaWillems/Vulkan 

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

https://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/listdevices.php