Does anyone have any ideas why hybrid mode performance seems to be lacking?
I recently decided to check out linux again after several years of solely Win10 use. I used to use Sabyon(Gentoo) over a decade ago and had fun with it but just don’t have time to be always building from source these days!
After checking Distrowatch and seeing Garuda so high on the list I thought I’d give it a shot. While I liked several things about it, I had issues with it I won’t get into here.
So with that said; I just installed Endeavor and I’m trying to figure out why hybrid graphics mode is working sub par.
This is a fresh install. I have an AMD RX580 and an NVIDIA GT710. The proprietary drivers on the LiveUSB don’t work so I installed with nouveau. After install I then installed the linux-zen kernel, the nvidia-470xx-dkms drivers, the optimus-manager, and hardware acceleration packages for VAAPI, VDPAU, and Vulkan.
The Optimus-Manager switches between Hybrid, AMD, and Nvidia just fine and well with no issues. However, when I run my benchmarks the performance seems lacking. I’ve been using Unigine Superpostion for reference. In Windows I get a score of about 2400 with and average 18fps. In Garuda with Hybrid I was getting a score of about 2000 with 16-17fps, and In Endeavor Hybrid I’m getting a score of about 1800 with 15fps. If I switch to solely AMD it will bump back up to about 2000.
I didn’t try glmark2 in Garuda and doubt it’s available in Windows. However, I just tried it as well in case it was something related to Unigine that might be causing it. In Hybrid mode I get a score of about 800 and in AMD only mode I get a score of about 10,000 which seems in line with other’s: Graphic performance i5-1035G4 v.s. Ryzen 5 3500U
See below for system info and let me know if any other config files might be useful.
(not sure how the text blocks are deciding what gets colorized or not…)
inxi -Faz --no-host
System: Kernel: 5.15.5-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=81fb4ef3-a903-4a96-8f2b-efd1be7a4af9 rw quiet pci=nommconf
loglevel=3 nowatchdog
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.4 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7B85 v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85) v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.F6 date: 09/30/2021
Battery: ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 27% condition: N/A volts: 3.7 min: N/A
model: Logitech G903 Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A serial: <filter> status: Discharging
CPU: Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen family: 17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1
microcode: 8001138 cache: L1: 576 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 16 MiB
flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 76795
Speed: 2138 MHz min/max: 1550/3200 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2388 2: 1374 3: 3194 4: 1360 5: 1359
6: 1360 7: 3218 8: 1366 9: 2784 10: 1277 11: 1313 12: 1358
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 470.86
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:128b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: XFX Pine
driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus-ID: 26:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2.2:4 chip-ID: 046d:082d
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting,nvidia display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4880x2560 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1291x677mm (50.8x26.7") s-diag: 1458mm (57.4")
Monitor-1: DP-3 res: 3440x1440 hz: 144 dpi: 109 size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.2") diag: 867mm (34.1")
Monitor-2: DVI-D-1-0 res: 1440x2560 hz: 60
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.42.0 5.15.5-zen1-1-zen LLVM 13.0.0) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.5
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 25:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: XFX Pine driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 26:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 28:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Device-4: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2.2:4 chip-ID: 046d:082d
class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Device-5: C-Media Storm HP-USB500 5.1 Headset type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-2.3:12
chip-ID: 0d8c:0006 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-6: Logitech PRO X Wireless Gaming Headset type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
bus-ID: 1-8.4:11 chip-ID: 046d:0aba class-ID: 0300
Device-7: Logitech G560 Gaming Speaker type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1:2
chip-ID: 046d:0a78 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.5-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: no
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl bus-ID: 21:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igb v: kernel port: e000 bus-ID: 22:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-4:5 chip-ID: 8087:0025
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: disabled rfk-block: hardware: no software: no
address: see --recommends
Drives: Local Storage: total: 4.17 TiB used: 24.65 GiB (0.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: HP model: SSD EX920 1TB size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: SVN139B temp: 53.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD2001FASS-00W2B0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 0101
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Smart Modular Tech. model: SHGS31-1000GS-2 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0Q00 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer size: 57.33 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 898.97 GiB size: 883.79 GiB (98.31%) used: 24.65 GiB (2.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 32.03 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: 39.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 58.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 1310 fan-3: 812 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 806 fan-6: 1042 gpu: amdgpu fan: 830
Info: Processes: 301 Uptime: 32m wakeups: 2 Memory: 31.34 GiB used: 2.75 GiB (8.8%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1069 lib: 307 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.12 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.09
xrandr –listproviders
Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x49 cap: 0xf, Source Output, Sink Output, Source Offload, Sink Offload crtcs: 6 outputs: 5 associated providers: 1 name:modesetting
Provider 1: id: 0x35e cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 4 outputs: 3 associated providers: 1 name:NVIDIA-G0
glxinfo | grep -i opengl
OpenGL vendor string: AMD
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10, DRM 3.42.0, 5.15.5-zen1-1-zen, LLVM 13.0.0)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 21.2.5
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 21.2.5
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 21.2.5
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
OpenGL ES profile extensions:
paru -Qs amd
local/amd-ucode 20211027.1d00989-1
Microcode update image for AMD CPUs
local/amdvlk 2021.Q4.1-1
AMD's standalone Vulkan driver
local/lib32-amdvlk 2021.Q4.1-1
AMD's standalone Vulkan driver
local/lib32-opencl-mesa 21.2.5-1
OpenCL support for AMD/ATI Radeon mesa drivers (32-bit)
local/opencl-mesa 21.2.5-1
OpenCL support for AMD/ATI Radeon mesa drivers
local/systemd-vgaswitcheroo-units 1.3-1
Disable discrete GPU at boot for AMD/NVIDIA & Intel dual stuff. This is based on the old AUR package that was not migrated to AUR4.
local/xf86-video-amdgpu 21.0.0-2 (xorg-drivers)
X.org amdgpu video driver
paru -Qs nvidia
local/egl-wayland 2:1.1.9+r3+g582b2d3-1
EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.4-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/lib32-nvidia-470xx-utils 470.86-1
NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-nvidia 495.44-1
OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA (32-bit)
local/libvdpau 1.4-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl-470xx 470.86-1
NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/nvidia-470xx-dkms 470.86-3
NVIDIA drivers - module sources
local/nvidia-470xx-settings 470.86-1
Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-470xx-utils 470.86-3
NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/nvidia-installer-db 2.5.1-2
Database for the script to setup nvidia drivers in EndeavourOS
local/nvidia-installer-dkms 3.3.11-1
Script to setup nvidia drivers (dkms version) in EndeavourOS
local/nvidia-prime 1.0-4
NVIDIA Prime Render Offload configuration and utilities
local/nvtop 1.2.2-1
An htop like monitoring tool for NVIDIA GPUs
local/opencl-nvidia 495.44-6
OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA
local/systemd-vgaswitcheroo-units 1.3-1
Disable discrete GPU at boot for AMD/NVIDIA & Intel dual stuff. This is based on the old AUR package that was not migrated to AUR4.
paru -Qs mesa
local/glu 9.0.2-1
Mesa OpenGL Utility library
local/lib32-libva-mesa-driver 21.2.5-1
VA-API implementation for gallium (32-bit)
local/lib32-mesa 21.2.5-1
An open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification (32-bit)
local/lib32-mesa-vdpau 21.2.5-1
Mesa VDPAU drivers (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-mesa 21.2.5-1
OpenCL support for AMD/ATI Radeon mesa drivers (32-bit)
local/lib32-vulkan-mesa-layers 21.2.5-1
Mesa's Vulkan layers (32-bit)
local/lib32-vulkan-radeon 21.2.5-1
Radeon's Vulkan mesa driver (32-bit)
local/libva-mesa-driver 21.2.5-1
VA-API implementation for gallium
local/mesa 21.2.5-1
An open-source implementation of the OpenGL specification
local/mesa-demos 8.4.0-6
Mesa demos
local/mesa-utils 8.4.0-6
essential Mesa utilities
local/mesa-vdpau 21.2.5-1
Mesa VDPAU drivers
local/opencl-mesa 21.2.5-1
OpenCL support for AMD/ATI Radeon mesa drivers
local/vulkan-mesa-layers 21.2.5-1
Mesa's Vulkan layers
local/vulkan-radeon 21.2.5-1
Radeon's Vulkan mesa driver
