Arm Performance Studio vs GFXReconstruct

Arm Performance Studio is a free profiling suite for applications running on devices with Arm CPUs and GPUs. Streamline records CPU, GPU, and application activity from a device, and Performance Advisor turns those captures into reports highlighting potential problems and optimization advice. Frame Advisor examines API calls and rendering data for a problem frame and provides geometry metrics. Mali Offline Compiler estimates shader and compute-kernel performance across Arm GPUs, including register usage, cycle cost, and stage-specific recommendations. The suite also includes RenderDoc for Arm GPUs, an Arm fork of the graphics API debugger with support for Arm GPU extensions and Android features. Tools can run without a graphical interface in continuous-integration workflows and export machine-readable data for custom reporting; Unity and Godot integrations can add application markers or counters. The product describes profiling Android and Linux applications and lists Android 11 or later for Streamline, Performance Advisor, Frame Advisor, and RenderDoc for Arm GPUs. Graphics profiling supports Mali GPUs from the Mali-T700 series onward, but not Mali-400 or Mali-T600 products. Community support is provided through Arm’s Gaming, Graphics, and VR forum.

GFXReconstruct is a free toolkit for capturing and replaying graphics API activity, including Vulkan and Direct3D 12. Capture records API calls, parameters, and state in a file; replay can run without the application that created it. The repository includes capture layers and libraries, replay, capture information, compression, SPIR-V extraction, conversion, and optimization tools. Listed uses include reproducing defects, examining API usage, profiling performance, regression testing, and platform bring-up. Vulkan capture and replay are listed for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android, while Direct3D 12 capture and replay are listed for Windows only. The maker names Samsung Sokatoa, Arm Frame Advisor, Google Android Performance Analyzer, and Qualcomm Snapdragon Profiler as tools powered by GFXReconstruct. Vulkan users can also use it alongside Vulkan validation layers and the Vulkan Configurator. OpenXR support is experimental, covers limited features and a small number of apps, and is not enabled in the SDK-built version. Cross-operating-system replay may work in some cases, but is not generally supported unless specified. The project uses the MIT License.