diff --git a/Common/Data/Collections/FastVec.h b/Common/Data/Collections/FastVec.h
index 626090395cd3..41e18e3eac8d 100644
--- a/Common/Data/Collections/FastVec.h
+++ b/Common/Data/Collections/FastVec.h
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ class FastVec {
 		size_ += newItems;
 	}
 
+	void resize(size_t size) {
+		if (size < size_) {
+			size_ = size;
+		} else {
+			// TODO
+		}
+	}
+
 private:
 	void IncreaseCapacityTo(size_t newCapacity) {
 		if (newCapacity <= capacity_)
@@ -123,7 +131,7 @@ class FastVec {
 		capacity_ = newCapacity;
 	}
 
-	T *data_ = nullptr;
 	size_t size_ = 0;
 	size_t capacity_ = 0;
+	T *data_ = nullptr;
 };
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.cpp
index 2dde7b0527cd..e7670e99445f 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.cpp
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ void VulkanQueueRunner::PerformRenderPass(const VKRStep &step, VkCommandBuffer c
 	VKRGraphicsPipeline *lastGraphicsPipeline = nullptr;
 	VKRComputePipeline *lastComputePipeline = nullptr;
 
-	auto &commands = step.commands;
+	const auto &commands = step.commands;
 
 	// We can do a little bit of state tracking here to eliminate some calls into the driver.
 	// The stencil ones are very commonly mostly redundant so let's eliminate them where possible.
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.h b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.h
index b92198053a5a..45af407cf538 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.h
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanQueueRunner.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "Common/Thread/Promise.h"
 #include "Common/Data/Collections/Hashmaps.h"
+#include "Common/Data/Collections/FastVec.h"
 #include "Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanContext.h"
 #include "Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanBarrier.h"
 #include "Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanFrameData.h"
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ struct VKRStep {
 	~VKRStep() {}
 
 	VKRStepType stepType;
-	std::vector<VkRenderData> commands;
+	FastVec<VkRenderData> commands;
 	TinySet<TransitionRequest, 4> preTransitions;
 	TinySet<VKRFramebuffer *, 8> dependencies;
 	const char *tag;
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
index 193bb8af51c8..287eaf236575 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ void VulkanRenderManager::CopyImageToMemorySync(VkImage image, int mipLevel, int
 	queueRunner_.CopyReadbackBuffer(frameData_[vulkan_->GetCurFrame()], nullptr, w, h, destFormat, destFormat, pixelStride, pixels);
 }
 
-static void RemoveDrawCommands(std::vector<VkRenderData> *cmds) {
+static void RemoveDrawCommands(FastVec<VkRenderData> *cmds) {
 	// Here we remove any DRAW type commands when we hit a CLEAR.
 	for (auto &c : *cmds) {
 		if (c.cmd == VKRRenderCommand::DRAW || c.cmd == VKRRenderCommand::DRAW_INDEXED) {
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ static void RemoveDrawCommands(std::vector<VkRenderData> *cmds) {
 	}
 }
 
-static void CleanupRenderCommands(std::vector<VkRenderData> *cmds) {
+static void CleanupRenderCommands(FastVec<VkRenderData> *cmds) {
 	size_t lastCommand[(int)VKRRenderCommand::NUM_RENDER_COMMANDS];
 	memset(lastCommand, -1, sizeof(lastCommand));
 
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h
index a48e82a6696c..c1bb34234aca 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ class VulkanRenderManager {
 	void BindPipeline(VKRGraphicsPipeline *pipeline, PipelineFlags flags, VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == VKRStepType::RENDER);
 		_dbg_assert_(pipeline != nullptr);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::BIND_GRAPHICS_PIPELINE };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::BIND_GRAPHICS_PIPELINE;
 		pipelinesToCheck_.push_back(pipeline);
 		data.graphics_pipeline.pipeline = pipeline;
 		data.graphics_pipeline.pipelineLayout = pipelineLayout;
@@ -249,24 +250,24 @@ class VulkanRenderManager {
 		//     DebugBreak();
 		// }
 		curPipelineFlags_ |= flags;
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 	}
 
 	void BindPipeline(VKRComputePipeline *pipeline, PipelineFlags flags, VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == VKRStepType::RENDER);
 		_dbg_assert_(pipeline != nullptr);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::BIND_COMPUTE_PIPELINE };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::BIND_COMPUTE_PIPELINE;
 		data.compute_pipeline.pipeline = pipeline;
 		data.compute_pipeline.pipelineLayout = pipelineLayout;
 		curPipelineFlags_ |= flags;
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 	}
 
 	void SetViewport(const VkViewport &vp) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == VKRStepType::RENDER);
 		_dbg_assert_((int)vp.width >= 0);
 		_dbg_assert_((int)vp.height >= 0);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::VIEWPORT };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::VIEWPORT;
 		data.viewport.vp.x = vp.x;
 		data.viewport.vp.y = vp.y;
 		data.viewport.vp.width = vp.width;
@@ -276,7 +277,6 @@ class VulkanRenderManager {
 		// TODO: This should be fixed at the source.
 		data.viewport.vp.minDepth = clamp_value(vp.minDepth, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 		data.viewport.vp.maxDepth = clamp_value(vp.maxDepth, 0.0f, 1.0f);
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 		curStepHasViewport_ = true;
 	}
 
@@ -318,37 +318,37 @@ class VulkanRenderManager {
 
 		curRenderArea_.Apply(rc);
 
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::SCISSOR };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::SCISSOR;
 		data.scissor.scissor = rc;
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 		curStepHasScissor_ = true;
 	}
 
 	void SetStencilParams(uint8_t writeMask, uint8_t compareMask, uint8_t refValue) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == VKRStepType::RENDER);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::STENCIL };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::STENCIL;
 		data.stencil.stencilWriteMask = writeMask;
 		data.stencil.stencilCompareMask = compareMask;
 		data.stencil.stencilRef = refValue;
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 	}
 
 	void SetBlendFactor(uint32_t color) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == VKRStepType::RENDER);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::BLEND };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::BLEND;
 		data.blendColor.color = color;
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 	}
 
 	void PushConstants(VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout, VkShaderStageFlags stages, int offset, int size, void *constants) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == VKRStepType::RENDER);
 		_dbg_assert_(size + offset < 40);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::PUSH_CONSTANTS };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::PUSH_CONSTANTS;
 		data.push.stages = stages;
 		data.push.offset = offset;
 		data.push.size = size;
 		memcpy(data.push.data, constants, size);
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 	}
 
 	void Clear(uint32_t clearColor, float clearZ, int clearStencil, int clearMask);
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ class VulkanRenderManager {
 
 	void Draw(VkDescriptorSet descSet, int numUboOffsets, const uint32_t *uboOffsets, VkBuffer vbuffer, int voffset, int count, int offset = 0) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == VKRStepType::RENDER && curStepHasViewport_ && curStepHasScissor_);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::DRAW };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::DRAW;
 		data.draw.count = count;
 		data.draw.offset = offset;
 		data.draw.ds = descSet;
@@ -390,13 +391,13 @@ class VulkanRenderManager {
 		_dbg_assert_(numUboOffsets <= ARRAY_SIZE(data.draw.uboOffsets));
 		for (int i = 0; i < numUboOffsets; i++)
 			data.draw.uboOffsets[i] = uboOffsets[i];
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 		curRenderStep_->render.numDraws++;
 	}
 
 	void DrawIndexed(VkDescriptorSet descSet, int numUboOffsets, const uint32_t *uboOffsets, VkBuffer vbuffer, int voffset, VkBuffer ibuffer, int ioffset, int count, int numInstances, VkIndexType indexType) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == VKRStepType::RENDER && curStepHasViewport_ && curStepHasScissor_);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::DRAW_INDEXED };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::DRAW_INDEXED;
 		data.drawIndexed.count = count;
 		data.drawIndexed.instances = numInstances;
 		data.drawIndexed.ds = descSet;
@@ -409,7 +410,6 @@ class VulkanRenderManager {
 		for (int i = 0; i < numUboOffsets; i++)
 			data.drawIndexed.uboOffsets[i] = uboOffsets[i];
 		data.drawIndexed.indexType = indexType;
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 		curRenderStep_->render.numDraws++;
 	}
 
@@ -417,9 +417,9 @@ class VulkanRenderManager {
 	// in the debugger.
 	void DebugAnnotate(const char *annotation) {
 		_dbg_assert_(curRenderStep_);
-		VkRenderData data{ VKRRenderCommand::DEBUG_ANNOTATION };
+		VkRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
+		data.cmd = VKRRenderCommand::DEBUG_ANNOTATION;
 		data.debugAnnotation.annotation = annotation;
-		curRenderStep_->commands.push_back(data);
 	}
 
 	VkCommandBuffer GetInitCmd();
diff --git a/unittest/UnitTest.cpp b/unittest/UnitTest.cpp
index fccc21983430..4b4b1b6e5052 100644
--- a/unittest/UnitTest.cpp
+++ b/unittest/UnitTest.cpp
@@ -392,6 +392,16 @@ bool TestFastVec() {
 	EXPECT_EQ_INT(b[4], 80);
 	EXPECT_EQ_INT(b[5], 9);
 
+	b.resize(2);
+	b.insert(b.end(), items, items + 4);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT(b[0], 8);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT(b[1], 50);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT(b[2], 50);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT(b[3], 60);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT(b[4], 70);
+	EXPECT_EQ_INT(b[5], 80);
+
+
 	return true;
 }