--- title: PanVK now uses AFBC by default | daily.dev description: AFBC (ARM Frame Buffer Compression) support has been merged into PanVK, the Panfrost Vulkan driver. This reduces memory bandwidth usage and improves... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/panvk-now-uses-afbc-by-default-p8q5wrqkp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PanVK now uses AFBC by default | daily.dev og:description: AFBC (ARM Frame Buffer Compression) support has been merged into PanVK, the Panfrost Vulkan driver. This reduces memory bandwidth usage and improves... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/panvk-now-uses-afbc-by-default-p8q5wrqkp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/p8Q5wRQkp.png og:image:alt: PanVK now uses AFBC by default og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PanVK now uses AFBC by default **[Collabora Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/collabora)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AFBC (ARM Frame Buffer Compression) support has been merged into PanVK, the Panfrost Vulkan driver. This reduces memory bandwidth usage and improves performance in real-world applications. The feature will ship in Mesa 25.3, expected in a month or two. Users can test it now from the Mesa main branch, and opt out by setting the PANVK_DEBUG environment variable to 'noafbc'. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I disable AFBC in PanVK if it causes issues? AFBC can be disabled in PanVK by setting the PANVK_DEBUG environment variable to 'noafbc'. This opt-out mechanism is available for users who encounter problems with the new default AFBC support, which reduces memory bandwidth and improves performance but may have edge-case issues in some applications. _Developers running PanVK on ARM hardware track driver regressions like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [PanVK Mali Vulkan Driver Lands In-Memory Cache & On-Disk Shader Cache Support](https://daily.dev/posts/panvk-mali-vulkan-driver-lands-in-memory-cache-on-disk-shader-cache-support-y2z1wbliv) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Mesa PanVK Driver Seeing Up To 25.7x Speedup For MSAA](https://daily.dev/posts/mesa-panvk-driver-seeing-up-to-25-7x-speedup-for-msaa-xetj6fdto) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Enables Buffer Compression For Better Gaming Performance With DXVK](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-enables-buffer-compression-for-better-gaming-performance-with-dxvk-bqhkqqswb) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#arm](https://daily.dev/tags/arm), [#vulkan](https://daily.dev/tags/vulkan), [#mesa](https://daily.dev/tags/mesa) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/panvk-now-uses-afbc-by-default-p8q5wrqkp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PanVK now uses AFBC by default","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/panvk-now-uses-afbc-by-default-p8q5wrqkp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/panvk-now-uses-afbc-by-default-p8q5wrqkp"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:17.391Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:22:45.384Z","description":"AFBC (ARM Frame Buffer Compression) support has been merged into PanVK, the Panfrost Vulkan driver. 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