Adrenalin 20.4.2 Driver Performance Analysis – 49 Games using a RX 5600 XT

Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.4.2 Highlights

Support For

• • Gears Tactics™
  • Predator: Hunting Grounds™

Fixed Issues

• • Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system hang or black screen when running Folding@Home while also running an application using hardware acceleration of video content.
  • A system crash or hang may be experienced when using Edge browser to play Netflix™ content.
  • XSplit™ may experience an application hang or freeze when performing a scene switch.
  • Minor stuttering may occur when performing a task switch with performance metrics overlay open in some games.
  • Overwatch™ may experience an intermittent crash while entering a game or during extended gameplay sessions.
  • Radeon RX 5700 series graphics product system configurations may intermittently experience a display loss or black screen while gaming or on desktop with a limited number of displays.
  • Radeon Software may experience an application crash when playing games with non-alphanumeric characters in the game title.
  • Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience an application crash with Microsoft® Teams when hardware acceleration is enabled.
  • An ‘Unable to get requirements’ error message may intermittently occur when viewing the Upgrade Advisor tab in Radeon Software.
  • Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system crash or TDR when playing games with Instant Replay or Record Desktop enabled.
  • Resolved an install issue where Error 1603 could occur when an installation prerequisite for Visual C++ was not correctly detected as installed.

Known Issues

• • Enhanced Sync may cause a black screen to occur when enabled on some games and system configurations. Any users who may be experiencing issues with Enhanced Sync enabled should disable it as a temporary workaround.
  • Using Edge™ web browser to playback video content with a multi display system configuration may cause a system hang or crash after extended periods of use.
  • Performance Metrics Overlay and Radeon WattMan incorrectly report higher than expected idle clock speeds on Radeon RX 5700 series graphics products. Performance and power consumption are not impacted by this incorrect reporting.
  • Modifying the HDMI Scaling slider may cause FPS to become locked to 30.
  • Some games may exhibit stutter intermittently during gameplay on Radeon RX 5000 series graphics products.
  • Radeon RX Vega series graphics products may experience a system crash or TDR when performing multiple task switches using Alt+Tab.
  • Desktop or In-game corruption may occur intermittently when HDR is enabled.
  • Direct ML Media Filters are currently unavailable in Radeon Software Media gallery for video or image content.
  • Some users may still experience black screen or system hang issues during extended periods of gameplay. AMD will continue to monitor and investigate reports of these issues closely.
  • Some laptops may encounter a BSOD when installing Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition over an existing OEM graphics driver. To work around this issue, first uninstall the OEM graphics driver using Programs and Features within the Control Panel. Once complete, install the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition package and select the Factory Reset option during setup.

Important Notes

• • AMD Ryzen™ Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics FAQ for Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition can be found here.

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Let’s head to the charts to compare the driver changes from the January 20.1.3 Adrenalin Software Editions to the new Adrenalin 2020 Software 20.4.2 Edition which released last week.

The Performance Summary Charts with 49 Games

Below are the summary charts of 49 games. The games’ performance are charted to compare the RX 5600 XT driver’s performance progression from its launch drivers (20.1.3) in January to the current 20.4.2 drivers. The highest settings are chosen and the settings are listed on the charts. The benches are run at 1920×1080 and at 2560×1440. Open each chart in a separate window or tab for best viewing.

Results give average framerates and higher is better. Minimum framerates are next to the averages in italics and in a slightly smaller font. Games benched with OCAT show average framerates but the minimums are expressed by frametimes in ms where lower numbers are better.

Column one shows the latest Adrenalin 2020 20.4.2 driver performance and column two represents January’s 20.1.3 performance results. Performance ‘wins’ are denoted by yellow text, and if there is a tie both sets of numbers will be given in colored text.

The RX 5600 XT shows performance regression with some of the games since its January launch to the most recent 20.4.2 driver. Some regression may be explained by major patches and/or expansions but we couldn’t explain the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey steep performance drop or the large improvement with F1 2019. However, we mostly see minor performance improvements or some regressions with the 49 benchmarked DX11, DX12 and Vulkan games. The overall stability of the drivers has improved although we have noted some RX 5600 XT VR game issues.