Unity-MeshDeformation-Samples

A collection of samples on how to deform a mesh in Unity:

• Single-threaded
• Job System
• MeshData API
• Compute shader
• Vertex shader

Performance Comparison

Configuration:

Intel Core i7-8750H CPU 2.20GHz (Coffee Lake), 1 CPU, 12 logical and 6 physical cores
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

Unity 2021.3.0f1

Windows standalone build.

The mesh under test has 160801 vertices and 320000 triangles.

Method	Median	Dev	StdDev	Min	Max
VertexShader	0,99 ms	0,44 ms	0,44 ms	0,79 ms	8,23 ms
ComputeShader	2,32 ms	1,97 ms	4,55 ms	1,48 ms	17,11 ms
MeshData	9,32 ms	0,09 ms	0,80 ms	8,21 ms	14,28 ms
JobSystem	10,27 ms	0,15 ms	1,50 ms	7,02 ms	19,65 ms
SingleThreaded	22,61 ms	0,03 ms	0,69 ms	22,00 ms	27,73 ms