diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index 0fae68628b..72b11d378a 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ struct vk_device_struct {
     vk_queue transfer_queue;
     bool single_queue;
     bool support_async;
+    bool async_use_transfer_queue;
     uint32_t subgroup_size;
     uint32_t subgroup_size_log2;
     uint32_t shader_core_count;
@@ -1858,6 +1859,10 @@ struct ggml_backend_vk_context {
 
     vk_context_ref compute_ctx;
 
+    vk_context_ref transfer_ctx;
+    vk_semaphore transfer_semaphore;
+    uint64_t transfer_semaphore_last_submitted {};
+
     std::vector<vk_context_ref> tensor_ctxs;
 
     std::vector<vk::DescriptorPool> descriptor_pools;
@@ -1866,6 +1871,7 @@ struct ggml_backend_vk_context {
     uint32_t pipeline_descriptor_set_requirements {};
 
     vk_command_pool compute_cmd_pool;
+    vk_command_pool transfer_cmd_pool;
 
     // number of additional consecutive nodes that are being fused with the
     // node currently being processed
@@ -5391,13 +5397,19 @@ static vk_device ggml_vk_get_device(size_t idx) {
 
         ggml_vk_load_shaders(device);
 
+        const bool prefers_transfer_queue = device->vendor_id == VK_VENDOR_ID_AMD && device->architecture != AMD_GCN;
+
         if (!device->single_queue) {
             const uint32_t transfer_queue_index = compute_queue_family_index == transfer_queue_family_index ? 1 : 0;
             ggml_vk_create_queue(device, device->transfer_queue, transfer_queue_family_index, transfer_queue_index, { vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eTransfer }, true);
+
+            device->async_use_transfer_queue = prefers_transfer_queue || (getenv("GGML_VK_ASYNC_USE_TRANSFER_QUEUE") != nullptr);
         } else {
             // TODO: Use pointer or reference to avoid copy
             device->transfer_queue.copyFrom(device->compute_queue);
             device->transfer_queue.cmd_pool.init(device, &device->transfer_queue);
+
+            device->async_use_transfer_queue = false;
         }
 
         device->buffer_type = {
@@ -5871,6 +5883,15 @@ static void ggml_vk_init(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, size_t idx) {
     ctx->almost_ready_fence = ctx->device->device.createFence({});
 
     ctx->compute_cmd_pool.init(ctx->device, &ctx->device->compute_queue);
+    if (ctx->device->async_use_transfer_queue) {
+        vk::SemaphoreTypeCreateInfo tci{ vk::SemaphoreType::eTimeline, 0 };
+        vk::SemaphoreCreateInfo ci{};
+        ci.setPNext(&tci);
+        ctx->transfer_semaphore.s = ctx->device->device.createSemaphore(ci);
+        ctx->transfer_semaphore.value = 0;
+
+        ctx->transfer_cmd_pool.init(ctx->device, &ctx->device->transfer_queue);
+    }
 
     if (vk_perf_logger_enabled) {
         ctx->perf_logger = std::unique_ptr<vk_perf_logger>(new vk_perf_logger());
@@ -6419,6 +6440,47 @@ static void ggml_vk_ctx_begin(vk_device& device, vk_context& subctx) {
     subctx->s = subctx->seqs[subctx->seqs.size() - 1].data();
 }
 
+static vk_context ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx) {
+    if (!ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
+        return ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
+    }
+
+    vk_context result = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
+
+    ctx->compute_ctx = result;
+    ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, result);
+
+    if (ctx->device->async_use_transfer_queue && ctx->transfer_semaphore_last_submitted < ctx->transfer_semaphore.value) {
+        result->s->wait_semaphores.push_back(ctx->transfer_semaphore);
+        ctx->transfer_semaphore_last_submitted = ctx->transfer_semaphore.value;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+// Submit any pending transfer queue work and signal the transfer semaphore.
+// The next compute context created via ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx will wait on this semaphore.
+// Returns true if work was submitted.
+static bool ggml_vk_submit_transfer_ctx(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx) {
+    if (!ctx->device->async_use_transfer_queue || ctx->transfer_ctx.expired()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    vk_context cpy_ctx = ctx->transfer_ctx.lock();
+    ggml_vk_ctx_end(cpy_ctx);
+
+    for (auto& cpy : cpy_ctx->in_memcpys) {
+        memcpy(cpy.dst, cpy.src, cpy.n);
+    }
+
+    ctx->transfer_semaphore.value++;
+    cpy_ctx->seqs.back().back().signal_semaphores.push_back(ctx->transfer_semaphore);
+
+    ggml_vk_submit(cpy_ctx, {});
+    ctx->transfer_ctx.reset();
+    return true;
+}
+
 static size_t ggml_vk_align_size(size_t width, size_t align) {
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_vk_align_size(" << width << ", " << align << ")");
     return CEIL_DIV(width, align) * align;
@@ -12529,15 +12591,7 @@ static bool ggml_vk_build_graph(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, ggml_cgraph * cgr
         }
     }
 
-    vk_context compute_ctx;
-
-    if (ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
-        compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-        ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-        ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
-    } else {
-        compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
-    }
+    vk_context compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
 
     {
         // This logic detects dependencies between modes in the graph and calls ggml_vk_sync_buffers
@@ -13055,6 +13109,9 @@ static void ggml_vk_graph_cleanup(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx) {
     ctx->prealloc_x_need_sync = ctx->prealloc_y_need_sync = ctx->prealloc_split_k_need_sync = false;
 
     ggml_vk_command_pool_cleanup(ctx->device, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
+    if (ctx->device->async_use_transfer_queue) {
+        ggml_vk_command_pool_cleanup(ctx->device, ctx->transfer_cmd_pool);
+    }
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < ctx->gc.semaphores.size(); i++) {
         ctx->device->device.destroySemaphore({ ctx->gc.semaphores[i].s });
@@ -13116,6 +13173,11 @@ static void ggml_vk_cleanup(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx) {
     ctx->descriptor_sets.clear();
 
     ctx->compute_cmd_pool.destroy(ctx->device->device);
+    if (ctx->device->async_use_transfer_queue) {
+        ctx->device->device.destroySemaphore(ctx->transfer_semaphore.s);
+
+        ctx->transfer_cmd_pool.destroy(ctx->device->device);
+    }
     if (vk_perf_logger_enabled) {
         ctx->perf_logger->print_timings(true);
     }
@@ -13387,34 +13449,38 @@ static void ggml_backend_vk_set_tensor_async(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_tensor
 
     ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context *)tensor->buffer->context;
 
-    vk_context compute_ctx;
+    vk_context cpy_ctx;
 
-    if (ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
-        // Initialize new transfer context
-        compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-        ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-        ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
+    if (ctx->device->async_use_transfer_queue) {
+        if (ctx->transfer_ctx.expired()) {
+            // Initialize new transfer context
+            cpy_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->transfer_cmd_pool);
+            ctx->transfer_ctx = cpy_ctx;
+            ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, cpy_ctx);
+        } else {
+            cpy_ctx = ctx->transfer_ctx.lock();
+        }
     } else {
-        compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
+        cpy_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
     }
 
     vk_buffer buf = buf_ctx->dev_buffer;
 
     auto dst_offset = vk_tensor_offset(tensor) + tensor->view_offs + offset;
 
-    bool ret = ggml_vk_buffer_write_async(compute_ctx, buf, dst_offset, data, size);
+    bool ret = ggml_vk_buffer_write_async(cpy_ctx, buf, dst_offset, data, size);
 
     if (!ret) {
         ggml_vk_ensure_sync_staging_buffer(ctx, size);
-        ggml_vk_sync_buffers(nullptr, compute_ctx);
+        ggml_vk_sync_buffers(nullptr, cpy_ctx);
 
         vk::BufferCopy buffer_cpy;
         buffer_cpy.srcOffset = 0;
         buffer_cpy.dstOffset = dst_offset;
         buffer_cpy.size = size;
 
-        compute_ctx->s->buffer.copyBuffer(ctx->sync_staging->buffer, buf->buffer, { buffer_cpy });
-        deferred_memcpy(ctx->sync_staging->ptr, data, size, &compute_ctx->in_memcpys);
+        cpy_ctx->s->buffer.copyBuffer(ctx->sync_staging->buffer, buf->buffer, { buffer_cpy });
+        deferred_memcpy(ctx->sync_staging->ptr, data, size, &cpy_ctx->in_memcpys);
         ggml_vk_synchronize(ctx);
     }
 }
@@ -13426,16 +13492,7 @@ static void ggml_backend_vk_get_tensor_async(ggml_backend_t backend, const ggml_
 
     ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context * buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context *)tensor->buffer->context;
 
-    vk_context compute_ctx;
-
-    if (ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
-        // Initialize new transfer context
-        compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-        ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-        ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
-    } else {
-        compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
-    }
+    vk_context compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
 
     vk_buffer buf = buf_ctx->dev_buffer;
 
@@ -13458,31 +13515,60 @@ static void ggml_backend_vk_get_tensor_async(ggml_backend_t backend, const ggml_
     }
 }
 
-static bool ggml_backend_vk_cpy_tensor_async(ggml_backend_t backend, const ggml_tensor * src, ggml_tensor * dst) {
+static bool ggml_backend_vk_cpy_tensor_async(ggml_backend_t backend_src, ggml_backend_t backend_dst, const ggml_tensor * src, ggml_tensor * dst) {
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_backend_vk_cpy_tensor_async()");
-    ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_context *)backend->context;
-    if ((dst->buffer->buft == ggml_backend_vk_get_default_buffer_type(backend) || dst->buffer->buft == ggml_backend_vk_host_buffer_type()) && ggml_backend_buffer_is_vk(src->buffer)) {
+    ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_context *)backend_dst->context;
+
+    if (dst->buffer->buft != ggml_backend_vk_get_default_buffer_type(backend_dst)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context * dst_buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context *)dst->buffer->context;
+    vk_buffer dst_buf = dst_buf_ctx->dev_buffer;
+
+    if (ggml_backend_buffer_is_vk(src->buffer)) {
         ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context * src_buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context *)src->buffer->context;
-        ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context * dst_buf_ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_buffer_context *)dst->buffer->context;
 
-        vk_context compute_ctx;
-
-        if (ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
-            // Initialize new transfer context
-            compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-            ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-            ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
-        } else {
-            compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
+        // Async copy only works within the same device
+        if (src_buf_ctx->dev_buffer->device != dst_buf->device) {
+            return false;
         }
 
-        vk_buffer src_buf = src_buf_ctx->dev_buffer;
-        vk_buffer dst_buf = dst_buf_ctx->dev_buffer;
+        vk_context compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
 
-        ggml_vk_buffer_copy_async(compute_ctx, dst_buf, vk_tensor_offset(dst) + dst->view_offs, src_buf, vk_tensor_offset(src) + src->view_offs, ggml_nbytes(src));
+        ggml_vk_buffer_copy_async(compute_ctx, dst_buf, vk_tensor_offset(dst) + dst->view_offs,
+                                   src_buf_ctx->dev_buffer, vk_tensor_offset(src) + src->view_offs,
+                                   ggml_nbytes(src));
         return true;
     }
 
+    if (ggml_backend_buffer_is_host(src->buffer)) {
+        vk_buffer pinned_buf = nullptr;
+        size_t pinned_offset = 0;
+        ggml_vk_host_get(ctx->device, src->data, pinned_buf, pinned_offset);
+        if (pinned_buf == nullptr) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        vk_context cpy_ctx;
+        if (ctx->device->async_use_transfer_queue) {
+            if (ctx->transfer_ctx.expired()) {
+                cpy_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->transfer_cmd_pool);
+                ctx->transfer_ctx = cpy_ctx;
+                ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, cpy_ctx);
+            } else {
+                cpy_ctx = ctx->transfer_ctx.lock();
+            }
+        } else {
+            cpy_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
+        }
+
+        return ggml_vk_buffer_write_async(cpy_ctx, dst_buf,
+                                          vk_tensor_offset(dst) + dst->view_offs,
+                                          src->data, ggml_nbytes(src));
+    }
+
+    GGML_UNUSED(backend_src);
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -13491,6 +13577,10 @@ static void ggml_vk_synchronize(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx) {
 
     bool do_transfer = !ctx->compute_ctx.expired();
 
+    if (ggml_vk_submit_transfer_ctx(ctx)) {
+        ctx->submit_pending = true;
+    }
+
     vk_context compute_ctx;
     if (do_transfer) {
         compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
@@ -13506,7 +13596,22 @@ static void ggml_vk_synchronize(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx) {
     }
 
     if (ctx->submit_pending) {
-        {
+        if (ctx->device->async_use_transfer_queue && ctx->transfer_semaphore_last_submitted < ctx->transfer_semaphore.value) {
+            vk::TimelineSemaphoreSubmitInfo tl_info{
+                1, &ctx->transfer_semaphore.value,
+                0, nullptr,
+            };
+            vk::PipelineStageFlags stage = ctx->device->transfer_queue.stage_flags;
+            vk::SubmitInfo si{
+                1, &ctx->transfer_semaphore.s, &stage,
+                0, nullptr,
+                0, nullptr,
+            };
+            si.setPNext(&tl_info);
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(queue_mutex);
+            ctx->device->compute_queue.queue.submit({ si }, ctx->fence);
+            ctx->transfer_semaphore_last_submitted = ctx->transfer_semaphore.value;
+        } else {
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(queue_mutex);
             ctx->device->compute_queue.queue.submit({}, ctx->fence);
         }
@@ -13972,6 +14077,8 @@ static ggml_status ggml_backend_vk_graph_compute(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_cg
     bool first_node_in_batch = true; // true if next node will be first node in a batch
     int submit_node_idx = 0; // index to first node in a batch
 
+    ggml_vk_submit_transfer_ctx(ctx);
+
     vk_context compute_ctx;
     if (vk_perf_logger_enabled) {
         // allocate/resize the query pool
@@ -13997,9 +14104,7 @@ static ggml_status ggml_backend_vk_graph_compute(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_cg
         std::fill(ctx->query_node_idx.begin(), ctx->query_node_idx.end(), 0);
 
         GGML_ASSERT(ctx->compute_ctx.expired());
-        compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-        ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-        ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
+        compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
         ctx->query_idx = 0;
         compute_ctx->s->buffer.writeTimestamp(vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eAllCommands, ctx->query_pool, ctx->query_idx++);
     }
@@ -14009,13 +14114,7 @@ static ggml_status ggml_backend_vk_graph_compute(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_cg
 
     if (ctx->prealloc_size_add_rms_partials) {
         ggml_vk_preallocate_buffers(ctx, nullptr);
-        if (ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
-            compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-            ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-            ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
-        } else {
-            compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
-        }
+        compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
         // initialize partial sums to zero.
         ggml_vk_buffer_memset_async(compute_ctx, ctx->prealloc_add_rms_partials, 0, 0, ctx->prealloc_size_add_rms_partials);
         ggml_vk_sync_buffers(ctx, compute_ctx);
@@ -14238,13 +14337,7 @@ static ggml_status ggml_backend_vk_graph_compute(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_cg
         bool enqueued = ggml_vk_build_graph(ctx, cgraph, i, cgraph->nodes[submit_node_idx], submit_node_idx, i + ctx->num_additional_fused_ops >= last_node, almost_ready, submit);
 
         if (vk_perf_logger_enabled && enqueued) {
-            if (ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
-                compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-                ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-                ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
-            } else {
-                compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
-            }
+            compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
             if (!vk_perf_logger_concurrent) {
                 // track a single node/fusion for the current query
                 ctx->query_nodes[ctx->query_idx] = cgraph->nodes[i];
@@ -14579,16 +14672,9 @@ static void ggml_backend_vk_event_record(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_ev
     ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_context *)backend->context;
     vk_event *vkev = (vk_event *)event->context;
 
-    vk_context compute_ctx;
+    ggml_vk_submit_transfer_ctx(ctx);
 
-    if (ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
-        // Initialize new transfer context
-        compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-        ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-        ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
-    } else {
-        compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
-    }
+    vk_context compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
 
     // the backend interface doesn't have an explicit reset, so reset it here
     // before we record the command to set it
@@ -14609,16 +14695,7 @@ static void ggml_backend_vk_event_wait(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_even
     ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_context *)backend->context;
     vk_event *vkev = (vk_event *)event->context;
 
-    vk_context compute_ctx;
-
-    if (ctx->compute_ctx.expired()) {
-        // Initialize new transfer context
-        compute_ctx = ggml_vk_create_context(ctx, ctx->compute_cmd_pool);
-        ctx->compute_ctx = compute_ctx;
-        ggml_vk_ctx_begin(ctx->device, compute_ctx);
-    } else {
-        compute_ctx = ctx->compute_ctx.lock();
-    }
+    vk_context compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
 
     ggml_vk_wait_events(compute_ctx, {vkev->event});
     ggml_vk_ctx_end(compute_ctx);
@@ -14631,7 +14708,7 @@ static ggml_backend_i ggml_backend_vk_interface = {
     /* .free                    = */ ggml_backend_vk_free,
     /* .set_tensor_async        = */ ggml_backend_vk_set_tensor_async,
     /* .get_tensor_async        = */ ggml_backend_vk_get_tensor_async,
-    /* .cpy_tensor_async        = */ NULL,  // ggml_backend_vk_cpy_tensor_async,
+    /* .cpy_tensor_async        = */ ggml_backend_vk_cpy_tensor_async,
     /* .synchronize             = */ ggml_backend_vk_synchronize,
     /* .graph_plan_create       = */ NULL,
     /* .graph_plan_free         = */ NULL,
@@ -15367,11 +15444,25 @@ static bool ggml_backend_vk_device_supports_buft(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, ggml_ba
     return buft_ctx->device->idx == ctx->device;
 }
 
+static int64_t ggml_vk_get_op_batch_size(const ggml_tensor * op) {
+    switch (op->op) {
+        case GGML_OP_GET_ROWS:
+            return 0;
+        case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT:
+            return op->ne[1];
+        case GGML_OP_MUL_MAT_ID:
+        case GGML_OP_ROPE:
+        case GGML_OP_ROPE_BACK:
+            return op->ne[2];
+        default:
+            return ggml_nrows(op);
+    }
+}
+
 static bool ggml_backend_vk_device_offload_op(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, const ggml_tensor * op) {
     ggml_backend_vk_device_context * dev_ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_device_context *)dev->context;
 
-    return (op->ne[1] >= dev_ctx->op_offload_min_batch_size && op->op != GGML_OP_GET_ROWS) ||
-           (op->ne[2] >= dev_ctx->op_offload_min_batch_size && op->op == GGML_OP_MUL_MAT_ID);
+    return ggml_vk_get_op_batch_size(op) >= dev_ctx->op_offload_min_batch_size;
 }
 
 static ggml_backend_event_t ggml_backend_vk_device_event_new(ggml_backend_dev_t dev) {