While using Vulkan lowers the CPU utilization compared to OpenGL, in our testing of NVIDIA versus the open-source Radeon drivers we generally have found the red team’s drivers to consume more CPU resources. Thus it’s good to hear that RADV co-conspirator Bas Nieuwenhuizen is working on reworking how this Radeon Vulkan driver handles pipeline emitting…

Source: Phoronix – RADV Reworking Pipeline Emitting To Improve CPU Usage