diff --git a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
index abbf218f5f143d87a5897105dd229f35dc72d4d8..c80171fe60bbb3ece201a4ae1244115dc7e97175 100644
--- a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ if (ENABLE_VULKAN)
         renderer_vulkan/vk_image.h
         renderer_vulkan/vk_memory_manager.cpp
         renderer_vulkan/vk_memory_manager.h
+        renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.cpp
+        renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.h
         renderer_vulkan/vk_resource_manager.cpp
         renderer_vulkan/vk_resource_manager.h
         renderer_vulkan/vk_sampler_cache.cpp
@@ -176,7 +178,9 @@ if (ENABLE_VULKAN)
         renderer_vulkan/vk_stream_buffer.cpp
         renderer_vulkan/vk_stream_buffer.h
         renderer_vulkan/vk_swapchain.cpp
-        renderer_vulkan/vk_swapchain.h)
+        renderer_vulkan/vk_swapchain.h
+        renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.cpp
+        renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h)
 
     target_include_directories(video_core PRIVATE sirit ../../externals/Vulkan-Headers/include)
     target_compile_definitions(video_core PRIVATE HAS_VULKAN)
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93f5d7ba0f3a632ad0140bd6472d55a83da091bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// Copyright 2019 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/declarations.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/maxwell_to_vk.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_device.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.h"
+
+namespace Vulkan {
+
+VKRenderPassCache::VKRenderPassCache(const VKDevice& device) : device{device} {}
+
+VKRenderPassCache::~VKRenderPassCache() = default;
+
+vk::RenderPass VKRenderPassCache::GetRenderPass(const RenderPassParams& params) {
+    const auto [pair, is_cache_miss] = cache.try_emplace(params);
+    auto& entry = pair->second;
+    if (is_cache_miss) {
+        entry = CreateRenderPass(params);
+    }
+    return *entry;
+}
+
+UniqueRenderPass VKRenderPassCache::CreateRenderPass(const RenderPassParams& params) const {
+    std::vector<vk::AttachmentDescription> descriptors;
+    std::vector<vk::AttachmentReference> color_references;
+
+    for (std::size_t rt = 0; rt < params.color_attachments.size(); ++rt) {
+        const auto attachment = params.color_attachments[rt];
+        const auto format =
+            MaxwellToVK::SurfaceFormat(device, FormatType::Optimal, attachment.pixel_format);
+        ASSERT_MSG(format.attachable, "Trying to attach a non-attachable format with format={}",
+                   static_cast<u32>(attachment.pixel_format));
+
+        // TODO(Rodrigo): Add eMayAlias when it's needed.
+        const auto color_layout = attachment.is_texception
+                                      ? vk::ImageLayout::eGeneral
+                                      : vk::ImageLayout::eColorAttachmentOptimal;
+        descriptors.emplace_back(vk::AttachmentDescriptionFlagBits::eMayAlias, format.format,
+                                 vk::SampleCountFlagBits::e1, vk::AttachmentLoadOp::eLoad,
+                                 vk::AttachmentStoreOp::eStore, vk::AttachmentLoadOp::eDontCare,
+                                 vk::AttachmentStoreOp::eDontCare, color_layout, color_layout);
+        color_references.emplace_back(static_cast<u32>(rt), color_layout);
+    }
+
+    vk::AttachmentReference zeta_attachment_ref;
+    if (params.has_zeta) {
+        const auto format =
+            MaxwellToVK::SurfaceFormat(device, FormatType::Optimal, params.zeta_pixel_format);
+        ASSERT_MSG(format.attachable, "Trying to attach a non-attachable format with format={}",
+                   static_cast<u32>(params.zeta_pixel_format));
+
+        const auto zeta_layout = params.zeta_texception
+                                     ? vk::ImageLayout::eGeneral
+                                     : vk::ImageLayout::eDepthStencilAttachmentOptimal;
+        descriptors.emplace_back(vk::AttachmentDescriptionFlags{}, format.format,
+                                 vk::SampleCountFlagBits::e1, vk::AttachmentLoadOp::eLoad,
+                                 vk::AttachmentStoreOp::eStore, vk::AttachmentLoadOp::eLoad,
+                                 vk::AttachmentStoreOp::eStore, zeta_layout, zeta_layout);
+        zeta_attachment_ref =
+            vk::AttachmentReference(static_cast<u32>(params.color_attachments.size()), zeta_layout);
+    }
+
+    const vk::SubpassDescription subpass_description(
+        {}, vk::PipelineBindPoint::eGraphics, 0, nullptr, static_cast<u32>(color_references.size()),
+        color_references.data(), nullptr, params.has_zeta ? &zeta_attachment_ref : nullptr, 0,
+        nullptr);
+
+    vk::AccessFlags access;
+    vk::PipelineStageFlags stage;
+    if (!color_references.empty()) {
+        access |=
+            vk::AccessFlagBits::eColorAttachmentRead | vk::AccessFlagBits::eColorAttachmentWrite;
+        stage |= vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eColorAttachmentOutput;
+    }
+
+    if (params.has_zeta) {
+        access |= vk::AccessFlagBits::eDepthStencilAttachmentRead |
+                  vk::AccessFlagBits::eDepthStencilAttachmentWrite;
+        stage |= vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eLateFragmentTests;
+    }
+
+    const vk::SubpassDependency subpass_dependency(VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL, 0, stage, stage, {}, access,
+                                                   {});
+
+    const vk::RenderPassCreateInfo create_info({}, static_cast<u32>(descriptors.size()),
+                                               descriptors.data(), 1, &subpass_description, 1,
+                                               &subpass_dependency);
+
+    const auto dev = device.GetLogical();
+    const auto& dld = device.GetDispatchLoader();
+    return dev.createRenderPassUnique(create_info, nullptr, dld);
+}
+
+} // namespace Vulkan
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b49b2db48a7a33aa755fe3ea92e97c8dae97a713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_renderpass_cache.h
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+// Copyright 2019 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include <boost/container/static_vector.hpp>
+#include <boost/functional/hash.hpp>
+
+#include "video_core/engines/maxwell_3d.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/declarations.h"
+#include "video_core/surface.h"
+
+namespace Vulkan {
+
+class VKDevice;
+
+// TODO(Rodrigo): Optimize this structure for faster hashing
+
+struct RenderPassParams {
+    struct ColorAttachment {
+        u32 index = 0;
+        VideoCore::Surface::PixelFormat pixel_format = VideoCore::Surface::PixelFormat::Invalid;
+        bool is_texception = false;
+
+        std::size_t Hash() const noexcept {
+            return static_cast<std::size_t>(pixel_format) |
+                   static_cast<std::size_t>(is_texception) << 6 |
+                   static_cast<std::size_t>(index) << 7;
+        }
+
+        bool operator==(const ColorAttachment& rhs) const noexcept {
+            return std::tie(index, pixel_format, is_texception) ==
+                   std::tie(rhs.index, rhs.pixel_format, rhs.is_texception);
+        }
+    };
+
+    boost::container::static_vector<ColorAttachment,
+                                    Tegra::Engines::Maxwell3D::Regs::NumRenderTargets>
+        color_attachments{};
+    // TODO(Rodrigo): Unify has_zeta into zeta_pixel_format and zeta_component_type.
+    VideoCore::Surface::PixelFormat zeta_pixel_format = VideoCore::Surface::PixelFormat::Invalid;
+    bool has_zeta = false;
+    bool zeta_texception = false;
+
+    std::size_t Hash() const noexcept {
+        std::size_t hash = 0;
+        for (const auto& rt : color_attachments) {
+            boost::hash_combine(hash, rt.Hash());
+        }
+        boost::hash_combine(hash, zeta_pixel_format);
+        boost::hash_combine(hash, has_zeta);
+        boost::hash_combine(hash, zeta_texception);
+        return hash;
+    }
+
+    bool operator==(const RenderPassParams& rhs) const {
+        return std::tie(color_attachments, zeta_pixel_format, has_zeta, zeta_texception) ==
+               std::tie(rhs.color_attachments, rhs.zeta_pixel_format, rhs.has_zeta,
+                        rhs.zeta_texception);
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace Vulkan
+
+namespace std {
+
+template <>
+struct hash<Vulkan::RenderPassParams> {
+    std::size_t operator()(const Vulkan::RenderPassParams& k) const noexcept {
+        return k.Hash();
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace std
+
+namespace Vulkan {
+
+class VKRenderPassCache final {
+public:
+    explicit VKRenderPassCache(const VKDevice& device);
+    ~VKRenderPassCache();
+
+    vk::RenderPass GetRenderPass(const RenderPassParams& params);
+
+private:
+    UniqueRenderPass CreateRenderPass(const RenderPassParams& params) const;
+
+    const VKDevice& device;
+    std::unordered_map<RenderPassParams, UniqueRenderPass> cache;
+};
+
+} // namespace Vulkan
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e577b9ff583d9c65217a4f826eef4bbcd06a97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright 2019 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include <variant>
+#include <boost/container/static_vector.hpp>
+
+#include "common/assert.h"
+#include "common/logging/log.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/declarations.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_device.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h"
+
+namespace Vulkan {
+
+VKUpdateDescriptorQueue::VKUpdateDescriptorQueue(const VKDevice& device, VKScheduler& scheduler)
+    : device{device}, scheduler{scheduler} {}
+
+VKUpdateDescriptorQueue::~VKUpdateDescriptorQueue() = default;
+
+void VKUpdateDescriptorQueue::TickFrame() {
+    payload.clear();
+}
+
+void VKUpdateDescriptorQueue::Acquire() {
+    entries.clear();
+}
+
+void VKUpdateDescriptorQueue::Send(vk::DescriptorUpdateTemplate update_template,
+                                   vk::DescriptorSet set) {
+    if (payload.size() + entries.size() >= payload.max_size()) {
+        LOG_WARNING(Render_Vulkan, "Payload overflow, waiting for worker thread");
+        scheduler.WaitWorker();
+        payload.clear();
+    }
+
+    const auto payload_start = payload.data() + payload.size();
+    for (const auto& entry : entries) {
+        if (const auto image = std::get_if<vk::DescriptorImageInfo>(&entry)) {
+            payload.push_back(*image);
+        } else if (const auto buffer = std::get_if<Buffer>(&entry)) {
+            payload.emplace_back(*buffer->buffer, buffer->offset, buffer->size);
+        } else if (const auto texel = std::get_if<vk::BufferView>(&entry)) {
+            payload.push_back(*texel);
+        } else {
+            UNREACHABLE();
+        }
+    }
+
+    scheduler.Record([dev = device.GetLogical(), payload_start, set,
+                      update_template]([[maybe_unused]] auto cmdbuf, auto& dld) {
+        dev.updateDescriptorSetWithTemplate(set, update_template, payload_start, dld);
+    });
+}
+
+} // namespace Vulkan
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8c825aa29fb887023c56ec7b9cd5ff00d09536bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright 2019 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <variant>
+#include <boost/container/static_vector.hpp>
+
+#include "common/common_types.h"
+#include "video_core/renderer_vulkan/declarations.h"
+
+namespace Vulkan {
+
+class VKDevice;
+class VKScheduler;
+
+class DescriptorUpdateEntry {
+public:
+    explicit DescriptorUpdateEntry() : image{} {}
+
+    DescriptorUpdateEntry(vk::DescriptorImageInfo image) : image{image} {}
+
+    DescriptorUpdateEntry(vk::Buffer buffer, vk::DeviceSize offset, vk::DeviceSize size)
+        : buffer{buffer, offset, size} {}
+
+    DescriptorUpdateEntry(vk::BufferView texel_buffer) : texel_buffer{texel_buffer} {}
+
+private:
+    union {
+        vk::DescriptorImageInfo image;
+        vk::DescriptorBufferInfo buffer;
+        vk::BufferView texel_buffer;
+    };
+};
+
+class VKUpdateDescriptorQueue final {
+public:
+    explicit VKUpdateDescriptorQueue(const VKDevice& device, VKScheduler& scheduler);
+    ~VKUpdateDescriptorQueue();
+
+    void TickFrame();
+
+    void Acquire();
+
+    void Send(vk::DescriptorUpdateTemplate update_template, vk::DescriptorSet set);
+
+    void AddSampledImage(vk::Sampler sampler, vk::ImageView image_view) {
+        entries.emplace_back(vk::DescriptorImageInfo{sampler, image_view, {}});
+    }
+
+    void AddImage(vk::ImageView image_view) {
+        entries.emplace_back(vk::DescriptorImageInfo{{}, image_view, {}});
+    }
+
+    void AddBuffer(const vk::Buffer* buffer, u64 offset, std::size_t size) {
+        entries.push_back(Buffer{buffer, offset, size});
+    }
+
+    void AddTexelBuffer(vk::BufferView texel_buffer) {
+        entries.emplace_back(texel_buffer);
+    }
+
+    vk::ImageLayout* GetLastImageLayout() {
+        return &std::get<vk::DescriptorImageInfo>(entries.back()).imageLayout;
+    }
+
+private:
+    struct Buffer {
+        const vk::Buffer* buffer{};
+        u64 offset{};
+        std::size_t size{};
+    };
+    using Variant = std::variant<vk::DescriptorImageInfo, Buffer, vk::BufferView>;
+    // Old gcc versions don't consider this trivially copyable.
+    // static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<Variant>);
+
+    const VKDevice& device;
+    VKScheduler& scheduler;
+
+    boost::container::static_vector<Variant, 0x400> entries;
+    boost::container::static_vector<DescriptorUpdateEntry, 0x10000> payload;
+};
+
+} // namespace Vulkan