GPUcraft

GPUcraft is an experimental client-side optimization mod for Minecraft.

It makes Minecraft rendering more GPU-friendly by improving chunk rendering, particles, visibility culling, render cache, and draw submission.

Features

- GPU-friendly chunk rendering

- Reduced CPU render overhead

- Smarter visibility culling

- Optimized particles

- Render cache

- Debug overlay

- Performance presets

- Client-side only

Before GPUcraft

After GPUcraft

Performance

With GPUcraft enabled, FPS can reach up to 500 FPS depending on your hardware, GPU, render distance, shaders, resource packs, and modpack.

Actual performance may vary.

Mod Settings

To configure GPUcraft, install Mod Menu.

GPUcraft has a simple settings menu with two options:

- GPU Selection

- Max FPS

GPU Selection

Click the button and select your graphics card from the list.

Example:

- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

- AMD Radeon RX 6600

- Intel UHD Graphics

This option helps Minecraft use the selected GPU for rendering.

Max FPS

Set the maximum FPS limit for Minecraft.

Default value:

- Unlimited

You can keep it unlimited for maximum performance or set a custom FPS limit for smoother gameplay and lower GPU usage.

Recommended

- Fabric API

- Mod Menu

Note

GPUcraft does not move the whole Minecraft engine to the GPU. It only optimizes the rendering pipeline.