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AMD GPU not utilized by Firefox.

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Josh
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I am using an AMD RX 580 on a system with a Xeon processor. The latest stable KDE Manjaro. I'm testing using Basemark. When I run basemark on Chrome radeontop reports graphics card usage, as expected. When I run Basemark with Firefox, the GPU is not being utilized. I have tried changing the performance settings and "force enabled" in about:config to no avail. Any suggestions appreciated.

I am using an AMD RX 580 on a system with a Xeon processor. The latest stable KDE Manjaro. I'm testing using Basemark. When I run basemark on Chrome radeontop reports graphics card usage, as expected. When I run Basemark with Firefox, the GPU is not being utilized. I have tried changing the performance settings and "force enabled" in about:config to no avail. Any suggestions appreciated.

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the-edmeister
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Have you checked for updated drivers for that AMD RX 580 video card?

Josh
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I am running linux kernel 5.4.31-1. It is my understanding that the most up to date driver is already in the kernel and that installing an AMD driver makes performance worse. At one time I had tried using an AMD specific driver and the performance of the graphics card was much worse. Besides that, the card works with the same setup using Google Chrome.

Josh
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One of two things happened that resolved this...either Firefox 75 fixed this, or my installation of opencl-amd AUR from the Manjaro store fixed this. Either way...it's up and running now!