raylib perf - comparison

rlgl vs rlvk | GPU AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (RADV NAVI31) (24560 MB) | Driver radv Mesa 26.1.6-arch1.1 | OS Arch Linux (kernel 7.1.5-arch1-2) | 3 runs × 10000 ms full speed

Green = best backend for that example/metric, red = worst. Frame time & FPS are the representative run; software (rlsw) has no GPU so its VRAM is ~0. Shader-heavy examples may not execute custom shaders on the software backend.

speedup = rlvk relative to rlgl, per metric direction (>1x favors rlvk); ° on a ratio means at least one side sits at its floor. Column injected into this archived report; regenerating on the capture machine rebuilds it from the rini data.

Frames per second (higher is better)

Sustained FPS at full speed (uncapped).
Example	rlgl	rlvk	rlvk speedup
shapes_basic_shapes	9549	10977	1.15x
textures_tiled_drawing	9519	10951	1.15x
textures_particles_blending	9423	10864	1.15x
shapes_starfield_effect	9445	10952	1.16x
models_loading	9465	10906	1.15x
models_heightmap_rendering	9480	11001	1.16x
models_skybox_rendering	5406	5069	0.94x
models_waving_cubes	501	1203	2.40x
models_first_person_maze	5420	5071	0.94x
core_3d_camera_free	5398	5053	0.94x
shaders_basic_lighting	8946	10848	1.21x
shaders_basic_pbr	8453	10736	1.27x
shaders_mandelbrot_set	5058	4621	0.91x
shaders_raymarching_rendering	2386	2500	1.05x
performance_stress_test	72	162	2.25x
performance_stress_test_direct	42	44	1.05x
bench_idle	9509	10950	1.15x
bench_drawcalls	184	1519	8.26x
bench_instanced	7036	9691	1.38x

Median frame time, ms (lower is better)

Median per-frame CPU wall time.
Example	rlgl	rlvk	rlvk speedup
shapes_basic_shapes	0.095	0.057	1.67x
textures_tiled_drawing	0.092	0.054	1.70x
textures_particles_blending	0.094	0.057	1.65x
shapes_starfield_effect	0.094	0.055	1.71x
models_loading	0.096	0.054	1.78x
models_heightmap_rendering	0.094	0.057	1.65x
models_skybox_rendering	0.179	0.191	0.94x
models_waving_cubes	1.969	0.826	2.38x
models_first_person_maze	0.179	0.191	0.94x
core_3d_camera_free	0.180	0.191	0.94x
shaders_basic_lighting	0.106	0.068	1.56x
shaders_basic_pbr	0.111	0.071	1.56x
shaders_mandelbrot_set	0.197	0.215	0.92x
shaders_raymarching_rendering	0.397	0.400	0.99x
performance_stress_test	13.781	6.177	2.23x
performance_stress_test_direct	23.519	22.659	1.04x
bench_idle	0.075	0.059	1.27x
bench_drawcalls	5.433	0.650	8.36x
bench_instanced	0.136	0.093	1.46x

Average frame time, ms (lower is better)

Mean per-frame wall time.
Example	rlgl	rlvk	rlvk speedup
shapes_basic_shapes	0.105	0.091	1.15x
textures_tiled_drawing	0.105	0.091	1.15x
textures_particles_blending	0.106	0.092	1.15x
shapes_starfield_effect	0.106	0.091	1.16x
models_loading	0.106	0.092	1.15x
models_heightmap_rendering	0.105	0.091	1.15x
models_skybox_rendering	0.185	0.197	0.94x
models_waving_cubes	1.995	0.831	2.40x
models_first_person_maze	0.184	0.197	0.93x
core_3d_camera_free	0.185	0.198	0.93x
shaders_basic_lighting	0.112	0.092	1.22x
shaders_basic_pbr	0.118	0.093	1.27x
shaders_mandelbrot_set	0.198	0.216	0.92x
shaders_raymarching_rendering	0.419	0.400	1.05x
performance_stress_test	13.850	6.172	2.24x
performance_stress_test_direct	23.553	22.754	1.04x
bench_idle	0.105	0.091	1.15x
bench_drawcalls	5.449	0.658	8.28x
bench_instanced	0.142	0.103	1.38x

CPU utilization, %

Average process CPU as percent of the whole machine.
Example	rlgl	rlvk	rlvk speedup
shapes_basic_shapes	4.0	4.4	0.91x
textures_tiled_drawing	3.4	4.2	0.81x
textures_particles_blending	3.8	4.3	0.88x
shapes_starfield_effect	3.7	4.3	0.86x
models_loading	3.9	4.1	0.95x
models_heightmap_rendering	3.4	4.0	0.85x
models_skybox_rendering	2.3	2.5	0.92x
models_waving_cubes	6.2	6.3	0.98x
models_first_person_maze	2.1	2.5	0.84x
core_3d_camera_free	2.6	2.6	1.00x
shaders_basic_lighting	5.9	5.2	1.13x
shaders_basic_pbr	6.0	5.3	1.13x
shaders_mandelbrot_set	2.4	2.1	1.14x
shaders_raymarching_rendering	1.0	1.2	0.83x
performance_stress_test	7.4	6.2	1.19x
performance_stress_test_direct	0.1	0.1	1.00x
bench_idle	2.7	3.8	0.71x
bench_drawcalls	9.9	6.3	1.57x
bench_instanced	5.7	6.1	0.93x

RAM, MB

Average working-set memory.
Example	rlgl	rlvk	rlvk speedup
shapes_basic_shapes	163.7	114.6	1.43x
textures_tiled_drawing	161.4	114.4	1.41x
textures_particles_blending	163.7	114.8	1.43x
shapes_starfield_effect	161.3	114.6	1.41x
models_loading	170.3	115.7	1.47x
models_heightmap_rendering	164.7	117.9	1.40x
models_skybox_rendering	172.6	159.9	1.08x
models_waving_cubes	161.1	114.2	1.41x
models_first_person_maze	162.4	114.9	1.41x
core_3d_camera_free	163.4	114.3	1.43x
shaders_basic_lighting	162.2	150.7	1.08x
shaders_basic_pbr	174.2	151.0	1.15x
shaders_mandelbrot_set	161.2	150.8	1.07x
shaders_raymarching_rendering	162.1	153.4	1.06x
performance_stress_test	162.9	151.3	1.08x
performance_stress_test_direct	166.1	150.6	1.10x
bench_idle	161.3	114.7	1.41x
bench_drawcalls	163.8	114.6	1.43x
bench_instanced	163.4	150.9	1.08x

GPU VRAM, MB