FerriteCore vs Nvidium
FerriteCore
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| Figure | FerriteCore | Nvidium |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Minecraft Performance Mods | 8.3 (#3) | 7.8 (#8) |
| License | FerriteCore is distributed under the MIT License. | The project is licensed under LGPL-3.0-only. |
| Mod loaders | Supported platforms listed are Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. | The listed platforms are Fabric and Quilt. |
| Purpose | FerriteCore is a coremod that reduces Minecraft's memory usage through multiple optimizations. | Nvidium is a replacement rendering backend for Sodium that uses NVIDIA OpenGL extensions to increase Minecraft frame rates. |
| Support | The project links to GitHub for reporting issues and viewing source code. | The project links users to GitHub to report issues and to a Discord server for community discussion. |
| Supported loaders | The project is listed for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge, and Quilt. | The project lists Fabric and Quilt as supported platforms. |
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In their own words
FerriteCore
FerriteCore is a free, MIT-licensed coremod for Minecraft: Java Edition that targets RAM use. It reduces memory associated with block states, models, predicates, strings, voxel shapes and baked quads through a set of documented optimizations. Examples include replacing block-state neighbor tables with FastMaps, caching multipart model predicates, deduplicating model instances and reducing baked-quad memory. The project reports that individual techniques saved hundreds of megabytes in cited tests; one pack example showed post-garbage-collection memory moving from roughly 3.1 GB to 1.1–1.2 GB on the title screen. Several optimizations have no CPU impact during play, while some add load-time CPU cost. ThreadingDetector optimization is disabled by default because it may very rarely cause race conditions. FerriteCore supports Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt and is listed for Minecraft Java Edition versions 1.16.5 through 26.3, depending on loader builds. It is marked for both client and server use, and the maintainer recommends installing it on both because some optimizations apply server-side. Versions before 1.16 are not supported for backporting.
Nvidium
Nvidium is a free client-side rendering backend for Sodium in Minecraft: Java Edition. It uses NVIDIA mesh shaders for a largely GPU-driven rendering pipeline that culls terrain geometry. The project requires Sodium and an NVIDIA GTX 1600 series or newer GPU with Turing architecture or later. It is listed for Fabric and Quilt, and the supported platform is Linux. Listed Minecraft Java Edition versions include 26.3, 26.2, 26.1.x, 1.21.6–1.21.11, 1.21–1.21.1, 1.20.6, 1.20–1.20.4, and 1.19.4. Nvidium does not function on non-NVIDIA systems and disables itself there without affecting gameplay. It also switches itself off when Iris is actively using shaders. The project warns that mesh shader use may cause Minecraft to terminate unexpectedly. Nvidium is licensed under LGPL-3.0-only; GitHub is linked for issue reports and Discord for community discussion.