Vulkan Updated
ModpackVulkan renderer for 52% more performance (with shaders) than a Sodium on driver-bound systems. Zero-Bloat.
Type
Modpack
Modrinth Downloads
415
Modrinth ID
iiwFHk7P
Last Updated
Jul 25, 2026
Description
Sodium is fast... this is faster.
Video by Spidfight FR
Why Vulkan?
Most optimization packs tune Minecraft's OpenGL renderer. Vulkan Updated replaces it entirely, cutting CPU overhead and boosting frame rates on hardware where drivers hold OpenGL back (older AMD, Intel iGPUs, Nvidia).
If your GPU is the bottleneck, Vulkan makes a noticeable difference.
Requirements
Minimum Recommended GPU Vulkan 1.2 (GTX 900+, RX 400+, Intel Arc) Vulkan 1.4 (GTX 1060+, RX 5000+, Arc A-series) OS Windows 10+ / Linux (kernel 5.11+) Windows 11 / Linux (kernel 7.1, Wayland) RAM 4 GB 8 GB Storage HDD NVMe SSDCheck support with vulkaninfo (Linux) or GPU-Z (Windows). On Linux, Wayland outperforms X11. On Windows, keep GPU drivers up to date.
Included Mods
Renderer & Shaders
Performance Core
Rendering Boost
Limitations
NoShader support is here!- Some rendering bugs depending on hardware
Credits
VulkanMod and Beryl by xCollateral
Lithium, FerriteCore, and more by CaffeineMC
All other included mods belong to their respective authors.
Thank you to every developer who made this pack possible.
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Contained Mods (29)
Cloth Config API (Fabric/Forge/NeoForge)
Config Screen API for Minecraft
Mouse Tweaks
Enhances inventory management by adding various functions to the mouse buttons.
ImmediatelyFast
Speed up immediate mode rendering in Minecraft
Entity Culling Fabric/Forge
Using async path-tracing to hide Tiles/Entities that are not visible
Fabric API
Core API library for the Fabric toolchain
YetAnotherConfigLib
A builder-based configuration library for Minecraft.
FerriteCore
Memory usage optimizations
Packet Fixer
A simple mod to solve various problems with packets, NBTs and timeouts.
Fzzy Config
Config API with automatic GUIs, powerful validation options, server-client sync, and more!
No Chat Reports
Makes chat unreportable (where possible)
Lithium (Fabric/NeoForge)
An optimization mod for Minecraft which improves server performance significantly.
BadOptimizations
Optimization mod that focuses on things other than rendering
Mod Menu
Adds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Fabric Language Kotlin
Fabric language module for Kotlin
Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)
A Fabric mod designed to improve the chunk performance of Minecraft.
Dynamic FPS
Improve performance when Minecraft is in the background
MoreCulling
A mod that changes how multiple types of culling are handled in order to improve performance
Not Enough Vulkan
Not Enough Vulkan is a fork of Sodium Extra that is focused on improving VulkanMod
Beryl
Introducing an efficient shader pipeline for Vulkan.
Debugify
Fixes Minecraft bugs found on the bug tracker
Client Sort
Versatile and easy inventory sorting.
Fadeless
Remove fade out animations in Minecraft (1.20+)
ScalableLux
A Fabric mod based on Starlight that improves the performance of light updates in Minecraft.
Krypton
A mod to optimize the Minecraft networking stack
ModernFix-mVUS
A fork of ModernFix that adds minor version update support.
Fast Noise
This optimizes noise generation
Very Many Players (Fabric)
A Fabric mod designed to improve server performance at high playercounts.
VulkanMod
Vulkan renderer mod for Minecraft.
Zoomly
Lightweight zoom mod for Fabric 1.21.10. Hold C to zoom, scroll to adjust zoom level. Rebind in Controls settings. No de...