AMD has published a new graphics driver (with beta status) for all Radeon graphics cards for Windows 10 and Windows 7/8. Adrenalin 21.2.1 brings the following changes and fixes:
Support For
– Medium: up to 9% increase in performance in The Medium @ 4K High settings, with Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.2.1 on the 16GB Radeon RX 6800XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver edition 21.1.1. RS-351Fixed Issues
– Display flicker or corruption may be experienced when two displays are connected to Radeon RX Vega series graphics products with at least one display set to a high refresh rate.
– Screen flickering might be observed when using MSI Afterburner.
– Radeon recording and streaming features may fail to enable on AMD Radeon HD 7800 series graphics products.
– Some models may fail to render or may render incorrectly when using SketchUp on Radeon RDNA graphics products.
– Some Samsung CRG9 series displays may experience a black screen when waking from sleep.
– Metro Exodus may experience intermittent application crashes with DirectX Raytracing enabled.
– Video playback on secondary displays may experience stutter while playing Doom Eternal on the primary display.
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 21.2.2 is a bugfix driver that brings the following fixes:
Fixed Issues
– Objects may fail to render correctly when using EEVEE render in Blender on Radeon RX 400 and Radeon RX 500 series graphics products.
– Quake III Arena may experience corruption during loading or gameplay.
– Performance may be lower than expected in Wolfenstein: Youngblood when a system is AMD Smart Access Memory enabled.
AMD Radeon Adrenalin 21.2.3 brings the following changes:
Support For
– DIRT 5 Energy Content PackFixed Issues
– HDMI Audio Devices may fail to install on Radeon RX 400 and Radeon RX 500 series graphics products.
– Hot plugging HDMI TV displays in multi monitor system configurations may sometimes cause a system crash or hang.
– An application crash or hang may occur in Substance Painter™ on Radeon RX 6000 series graphics products.
– A system crash or hang may occur on the HP Reverb G2™ when connected to Radeon RX 6900 series graphics products.
– Radeon Software may sometimes fail to gather the latest available Radeon Software versions when performing or checking for updates.
Radeon Adrenalin 2020 Downloads
- latest version for win10 64-bit @ Geeks3D
- latest version for win7 64-bit @ Geeks3D
- v21.2.3 downloads + release notes @ AMD
- v21.2.2 downloads + release notes @ AMD
- v21.2.1 downloads + release notes @ AMD
Quick driver information
Adrenalin 21.2.1
Adrenalin 21.2.3
OpenGL support
Adrenalin 21.2.1
Adrenalin 21.2.1 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 328 extensions for a Radeon RX 6800 XT or a Radeon RX 5700. The OpenGL support is similar to Adrenalin 20.5.1.
- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc. - GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - GL_VERSION: 4.6.14758 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 21.2.1 27.20.14533.1000 - GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60 - OpenGL Extensions: 329 extensions (GL=304 and WGL=25) - OpenGL SPIR-V Extensions: 17
Adrenalin 21.2.2
Adrenalin 21.2.2 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 328 extensions for a Radeon RX 6800 XT or a Radeon RX 5700. The OpenGL support is similar to Adrenalin 20.5.1.
- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc. - GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - GL_VERSION: 4.6.14758 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 21.2.2 27.20.14535.1000 - GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60 - OpenGL Extensions: 329 extensions (GL=304 and WGL=25) - OpenGL SPIR-V Extensions: 17
Adrenalin 21.2.3
Adrenalin 21.2.3 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 328 extensions for a Radeon RX 6800 XT or a Radeon RX 5700. The OpenGL support is similar to Adrenalin 20.5.1.
- GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc. - GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - GL_VERSION: 4.6.14760 Compatibility Profile/Debug Context 21.2.3 27.20.14535.3005 - GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 4.60 - OpenGL Extensions: 329 extensions (GL=304 and WGL=25) - OpenGL SPIR-V Extensions: 17
Vulkan support
Adrenalin 21.2.1
Adrenalin 21.2.1 exposes Vulkan 1.2.162 API.
- [Vulkan device 0]: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT ------------------
- API version: 1.2.162
- vendorID: 4098
- deviceID: 29631
- driver version: 8388776
- memory heap count: 3
- heap1: 16112MB
- heap2: 7901MB
- heap3: 256MB
- memory type count: 8
- mem type 0 - heap index : 0 - property flag : 1
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
- mem type 1 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 6
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
- mem type 2 - heap index : 2 - property flag : 7
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
- mem type 3 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 14
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_CACHED_BIT
- mem type 4 - heap index : 0 - property flag : 193
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
- mem type 5 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 198
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
- mem type 6 - heap index : 2 - property flag : 199
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
- mem type 7 - heap index : 1 - property flag : 206
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT
> mem property: VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_CACHED_BIT
- extensions: 114
- VK_KHR_16bit_storage (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_8bit_storage (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_acceleration_structure (version: 11)
- VK_KHR_bind_memory2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_buffer_device_address (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_create_renderpass2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation (version: 3)
- VK_KHR_deferred_host_operations (version: 4)
- VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_device_group (version: 4)
- VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_driver_properties (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_fence (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_fence_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_memory (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_memory_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_semaphore (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_image_format_list (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_maintenance1 (version: 2)
- VK_KHR_maintenance2 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_maintenance3 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_multiview (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_pipeline_library (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_ray_query (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge (version: 3)
- VK_KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_clock (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_float_controls (version: 4)
- VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_shader_terminate_invocation (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_spirv_1_4 (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_swapchain (version: 70)
- VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore (version: 2)
- VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_variable_pointers (version: 1)
- VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model (version: 3)
- VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_calibrated_timestamps (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_depth_range_unrestricted (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing (version: 2)
- VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_external_memory_host (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive (version: 4)
- VK_EXT_global_priority (version: 2)
- VK_EXT_hdr_metadata (version: 2)
- VK_EXT_host_query_reset (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_image_robustness (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_line_rasterization (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_memory_budget (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_memory_priority (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control (version: 3)
- VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_post_depth_coverage (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_private_data (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_robustness2 (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax (version: 2)
- VK_EXT_sample_locations (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_image_atomic_int64 (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_stencil_export (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_vote (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control (version: 2)
- VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_tooling_info (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_transform_feedback (version: 1)
- VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor (version: 3)
- VK_AMD_buffer_marker (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_calibrated_timestamps (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_device_coherent_memory (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_display_native_hdr (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_draw_indirect_count (version: 2)
- VK_AMD_gcn_shader (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_gpa_interface (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float (version: 2)
- VK_AMD_gpu_shader_int16 (version: 2)
- VK_AMD_memory_overallocation_behavior (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_mixed_attachment_samples (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_negative_viewport_height (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_pipeline_compiler_control (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_ballot (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_core_properties (version: 2)
- VK_AMD_shader_core_properties2 (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_explicit_vertex_parameter (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_fragment_mask (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_image_load_store_lod (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_info (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_shader_trinary_minmax (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_texture_gather_bias_lod (version: 1)
- VK_AMD_wave_limits (version: 1)
- VK_GOOGLE_decorate_string (version: 1)
- VK_GOOGLE_hlsl_functionality1 (version: 1)
- VK_GOOGLE_user_type (version: 1)
- device layers: 1
- VK_LAYER_AMD_switchable_graphics (version: 1.2.162, impl: 1)
- device features:
- robustBufferAccess: true
- fullDrawIndexUint32: true
- imageCubeArray: true
- independentBlend: true
- geometryShader: true
- tessellationShader: true
- sampleRateShading: true
- dualSrcBlend: true
- logicOp: true
- multiDrawIndirect: true
- drawIndirectFirstInstance: true
- depthClamp: true
- depthBiasClamp: true
- fillModeNonSolid: true
- depthBounds: true
- wideLines: true
- largePoints: true
- alphaToOne: false
- multiViewport: true
- samplerAnisotropy: true
- textureCompressionETC2: false
- textureCompressionASTC_LDR: false
- textureCompressionBC: true
- occlusionQueryPrecise: true
- pipelineStatisticsQuery: true
- vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics: true
- fragmentStoresAndAtomics: true
- shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize: true
- shaderImageGatherExtended: true
- shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats: true
- shaderStorageImageMultisample: true
- shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat: true
- shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat: true
- shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing: true
- shaderClipDistance: true
- shaderCullDistance: true
- shaderFloat64: true
- shaderInt64: true
- shaderInt16: true
- shaderResourceResidency: true
- shaderResourceMinLod: true
- sparseBinding: true
- sparseResidencyBuffer: true
- sparseResidencyImage2D: true
- sparseResidencyImage3D: true
- sparseResidency2Samples: false
- sparseResidency4Samples: true
- sparseResidency8Samples: false
- sparseResidency16Samples: false
- sparseResidencyAliased: true
- variableMultisampleRate: true
- inheritedQueries: true
- device limits
- maxImageDimension1D: 16384
- maxImageDimension2D: 16384
- maxImageDimension3D: 2048
- maxImageDimensionCube: 16384
- maxImageArrayLayers: 8192
- maxTexelBufferElements: 4294967295
- maxUniformBufferRange: 4294967295
- maxStorageBufferRange: 4294967295
- maxPushConstantsSize: 128
- maxMemoryAllocationCount: 4096
- maxSamplerAllocationCount: 1048576
- bufferImageGranularity: 1
- sparseAddressSpaceSize: 17562121273344
- maxBoundDescriptorSets: 32
- maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers: 4294967295
- maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers: 4294967295
- maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages: 4294967295
- maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages: 4294967295
- maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments: 4294967295
- maxPerStageResources: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetSamplers: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic: 8
- maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic: 8
- maxDescriptorSetSampledImages: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetStorageImages: 4294967295
- maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments: 4294967295
- maxVertexInputAttributes: 64
- maxVertexInputBindings: 32
- maxVertexInputAttributeOffset: 4294967295
- maxVertexInputBindingStride: 16383
- maxVertexOutputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationGenerationLevel: 64
- maxTessellationPatchSize: 32
- maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents: 120
- maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents: 4096
- maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents: 128
- maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryShaderInvocations: 127
- maxGeometryInputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryOutputComponents: 128
- maxGeometryOutputVertices: 1024
- maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents: 16384
- maxFragmentInputComponents: 128
- maxFragmentOutputAttachments: 8
- maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments: 1
- maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources: 4294967295
- maxComputeSharedMemorySize: 65536
- maxComputeWorkGroupCount: [65535; 65535; 65535]
- maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations: 1024
- maxComputeWorkGroupSize: [1024; 1024; 1024]
- subPixelPrecisionBits: 8
- subTexelPrecisionBits: 8
- mipmapPrecisionBits: 8
- maxDrawIndexedIndexValue: 4294967295
- maxDrawIndirectCount: 4294967295
- maxSamplerLodBias: 15.996094
- maxSamplerAnisotropy: 16.000000
- maxViewports: 16
- maxViewportDimensions: [16384; 16384]
- viewportBoundsRange: [-32768.000000 ; 32767.000000]
- viewportSubPixelBits: 8
- minMemoryMapAlignment: 64
- minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment: 4
- minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment: 16
- minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment: 4
- minTexelOffset: 4294967232
- maxTexelOffset: 63
- minTexelGatherOffset: 4294967264
- maxTexelGatherOffset: 31
- minInterpolationOffset: -2.000000
- maxInterpolationOffset: 1.000000
- subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits: 8
- maxFramebufferWidth: 16384
- maxFramebufferHeight: 16384
- maxFramebufferLayers: 2048
- framebufferColorSampleCounts: 15
- framebufferDepthSampleCounts: 15
- framebufferStencilSampleCounts: 15
- framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts: 15
- maxColorAttachments: 8
- sampledImageColorSampleCounts: 15
- sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts: 15
- sampledImageDepthSampleCounts: 15
- sampledImageStencilSampleCounts: 15
- storageImageSampleCounts: 15
- maxSampleMaskWords: 1
- timestampComputeAndGraphics: 1
- timestampPeriod: 10.000000
- maxClipDistances: 8
- maxCullDistances: 8
- maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances: 8
- discreteQueuePriorities: 2
- pointSizeRange: [0.000000 ; 8191.875000]
- lineWidthRange: [0.000000 ; 8191.875000]
- pointSizeGranularity: 0.125000
- lineWidthGranularity: 0.125000
- strictLines: 0
- standardSampleLocations: 1
- optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment: 1
- optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment: 1
- nonCoherentAtomSize: 128
More Vulkan information from GeeXLab log file:
- VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline: 09:38:53:797(0000122) [info ] [Vulkan2] - shaderGroupHandleSize: 32 09:38:53:797(0000123) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxRayRecursionDepth: 1 09:38:53:797(0000124) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxShaderGroupStride: 4096 09:38:53:797(0000125) [info ] [Vulkan2] - shaderGroupBaseAlignment: 64 09:38:53:797(0000126) [info ] [Vulkan2] - shaderGroupHandleCaptureReplaySize: 32 09:38:53:797(0000127) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxRayDispatchInvocationCount: 1073741824 09:38:53:797(0000128) [info ] [Vulkan2] - shaderGroupHandleAlignment: 0 09:38:53:797(0000129) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxRayHitAttributeSize: 32 09:38:53:797(0000130) [info ] [Vulkan2] - VK_KHR_acceleration_structure: 09:38:53:797(0000131) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxGeometryCount: 16777216 09:38:53:797(0000132) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxInstanceCount: 16777216 09:38:53:797(0000133) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxPrimitiveCount: 536870912 09:38:53:797(0000134) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxPerStageDescriptorAccelerationStructures: 1048576 09:38:53:797(0000135) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindAccelerationStructures: 1048576 09:38:53:797(0000136) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxDescriptorSetAccelerationStructures: 1048576 09:38:53:797(0000137) [info ] [Vulkan2] - maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindAccelerationStructures: 1048576 09:38:53:797(0000138) [info ] [Vulkan2] - minAccelerationStructureScratchOffsetAlignment: 256 09:38:53:797(0000139) [info ] [Vulkan2] - VK_KHR_driver_properties: 09:38:53:797(0000140) [info ] [Vulkan2] - driver name: AMD proprietary driver 09:38:53:797(0000141) [info ] [Vulkan2] - driver ID: VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_PROPRIETARY_KHR (1) 09:38:53:797(0000142) [info ] [Vulkan2] - driver conformance version: 1.2.2.0: 09:38:53:797(0000143) [info ] [Vulkan2] - driver info: 21.2.1 09:38:53:797(0000144) [info ] [Vulkan2] - VK_AMD_shader_core_properties: 09:38:53:797(0000145) [info ] [Vulkan2] - shader engines: 4 09:38:53:797(0000146) [info ] [Vulkan2] - compute units per shader engine: 10 09:38:53:797(0000147) [info ] [Vulkan2] - SIMD per compute unit: 2 09:38:53:797(0000148) [info ] [Vulkan2] - wavefronts per SIMD: 16 09:38:53:797(0000149) [info ] [Vulkan2] - threads per wavefront: 64 09:38:53:797(0000150) [info ] [Vulkan2] - scalar registers per SIMD: 2560 09:38:53:797(0000151) [info ] [Vulkan2] - vector registers per SIMD: 256
Adrenalin 21.2.2
Adrenalin 21.2.2 exposes Vulkan 1.2.162 API.
- [Vulkan device 0]: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
- API version: 1.2.162
- vendorID: 4098
- deviceID: 29631
- driver version: 8388776
- extensions: 114
Additional Vulkan information from GeeXLab log file:
13:10:54:696(0000061) [info ] [Vulkan2] - VK_KHR_driver_properties: 13:10:54:696(0000062) [info ] [Vulkan2] - driver name: AMD proprietary driver 13:10:54:696(0000063) [info ] [Vulkan2] - driver ID: VK_DRIVER_ID_AMD_PROPRIETARY_KHR (1) 13:10:54:696(0000064) [info ] [Vulkan2] - driver conformance version: 1.2.2.0: 13:10:54:696(0000065) [info ] [Vulkan2] - driver info: 21.2.2
Adrenalin 21.2.3
Adrenalin 21.2.3 exposes Vulkan 1.2.162 API. No change compared to previous version.
- [Vulkan device 0]: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT ------------------
- API version: 1.2.162
- vendorID: 4098
- deviceID: 29631
- driver version: 8388776
- extensions: 114