New custom AMD driver improves game emulation on Exynos phones

An unofficial open-source Vulkan driver brings performance boosts and better compatibility for PC and Switch titles on Samsung devices with Exynos chips.

A developer named JimVulkan released a custom driver called radv-xclipse on GitHub, which ports the open-source RADV Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs to Samsung phones utilizing Exynos processors with Xclipse graphics. While Snapdragon chips have long dominated mobile emulation due to unofficial Turnip drivers, this new release gives Exynos users a viable alternative. Testing and user reports show mixed results across various games and apps. While some titles like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe still experienced stuttering and slowdowns, other games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom successfully loaded and ran when they previously failed or suffered from severe graphical glitches on standard system drivers.