Optimize for better performance

If the performance of your Universal Render Pipeline (URP) project seems slow, you can analyze your project and adjust settings to increase performance.

Use the Unity Profiler to analyze your project

You can use the Unity Profiler to get data on the performance of your project in areas such as the CPU and memory.

Profiler markers

The following table lists markers that appear in the Unity Profiler for a URP frame and have a significant effect on performance.

The table doesn't include a marker if it's deep in the Profiler hierarchy, or the label already describes what URP does.

Marker	Sub-marker	Description
Inl_UniversalRenderPipeline. RenderSingleCameraInternal		URP builds a list of rendering commands in the `ScriptableRenderContext`, for a single camera. URP only records rendering commands in this marker, but doesn't yet execute them. The marker includes the camera name, for example Main Camera.
	Inl_ScriptableRenderer.Setup	URP prepares for rendering, for example preparing render textures for the camera and shadow maps.
	CullScriptable	URP generates a list of GameObjects and lights to render, and culls (excludes) any that are outside the camera's view. The time this takes depends on the number of GameObjects and lights in your scene.
Inl_ScriptableRenderContext.Submit		URP submits the list of commands in the `ScriptableRenderContext` to the graphics API. This marker might appear more than once if URP submits commands more than once per frame, or you call `ScriptableRenderContext.Submit` in your own code.
	MainLightShadow	URP renders a shadow map for the main Directional Light.
	AdditionalLightsShadow	URP renders shadow maps for other lights.
	UberPostProcess	URP renders post-processing effects you enable. This marker contains separate markers for some post-processing effects.
	RenderLoop.DrawSRPBatcher	URP uses the Scriptable Render Pipeline Batcher to render one or more batches of objects.
CopyColor		URP copies the color buffer from one render texture to another. You can disable Opaque Texture in the URP Asset, so that URP only copies the color buffer if it needs to.
CopyDepth		URP copies the depth buffer from one render texture to another. You can disable Depth Texture in the URP Asset unless you need the depth texture (for example, if you use a shader that uses scene depth).
FinalBlit		URP copies a render texture to the current camera render target.

Use a GPU profiler to analyze your project

You can use a platform GPU profiler such as Xcode to get data on the performance of the GPU during rendering. You can also use a profiler such as RenderDoc, but it might provide less accurate performance data.

Data from a GPU profiler includes URP markers for rendering events, such as different render passes.

Use other tools to analyze your project

You can also use the following tools to analyze the performance of your project:

Adjust settings

Based on your analysis, you can adjust the following settings in the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) Asset or the Universal Renderer asset to improve the performance of your project.

Depending on your project or the platforms you target, some settings might not have a significant effect. There might also be other settings that have an effect on performance in your project.

Setting	Where the setting is	What to do for better performance
Accurate G-buffer normals	Universal Renderer > Rendering	Disable if you use the Deferred rendering path
Additional Lights > Cast Shadows	URP Asset > Lighting	Disable
Additional Lights > Cookie Atlas Format	URP Asset > Lighting	Set to Color Low
Additional Lights > Cookie Atlas Resolution	URP Asset > Lighting	Set to the lowest you can accept
Additional Lights > Per Object Limit	URP Asset > Lighting	Set to the lowest you can accept. This setting has no effect if you use the Deferred or Forward+ rendering paths.
Additional Lights > Shadow Atlas Resolution	URP Asset > Lighting	Set to the lowest you can accept
Additional Lights > Shadow Resolution	URP Asset > Lighting	Set to the lowest you can accept
Cascade Count	URP Asset > Shadows	Set to the lowest you can accept
Conservative Enclosing Sphere	URP Asset > Shadows	Enable
Technique	Decal Renderer Feature	Set to Screen Space, and set Normal Blend to Low or Medium
Fast sRGB/Linear conversion	URP Asset > Post Processing	Enable
Grading Mode	URP Asset > Post Processing	Set to Low Dynamic Range
LOD Cross Fade Dither	URP Asset > Quality	Set to Bayer Matrix
LUT size	URP Asset > Post Processing	Set to the lowest you can accept
Main Light > Cast Shadows	URP Asset > Lighting	Disable
Max Distance	URP Asset > Shadows	Reduce
Opaque Downsampling	URP Asset > Rendering	If Opaque Texture is enabled in the URP Asset, set to 4x Bilinear
Render Scale	URP Asset > Quality	Set to below 1.0
Soft Shadows	URP Asset > Shadows	Disable, or set to Low
Upscaling Filter	URP Asset > Quality	Set to Bilinear or Nearest-Neighbor

Refer to the following for more information on the settings: