Features

Features describe functionality which is not supported on all implementations. Features are properties of the physical device. Features are optional, and must be explicitly enabled before use. Support for features is reported and enabled on a per-feature basis.

Features are reported via the basic VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure, as well as the extensible structure VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, which was added in the VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 extension and included in Vulkan 1.1. When new features are added in future Vulkan versions or extensions, each extension should introduce one new feature structure, if needed. This structure can be added to the pNext chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 structure.

For convenience, new core versions of Vulkan may introduce new unified feature structures for features promoted from extensions. At the same time, the extension’s original feature structure (if any) is also promoted to the core API, and is an alias of the extension’s structure. This results in multiple names for the same feature: in the original extension’s feature structure and the promoted structure alias, in the unified feature structure. When a feature was implicitly supported and enabled in the extension, but an explicit name was added during promotion, then the extension itself acts as an alias for the feature as listed in the table below.

All aliases of the same feature in the core API must be reported consistently: either all must be reported as supported, or none of them. When a promoted extension is available, any corresponding feature aliases must be supported.

vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeaturesReports capabilities of a physical device

Fine-grained features used by a logical device must be enabled at VkDevice creation time. If a feature is enabled that the physical device does not support, VkDevice creation will fail and return VK_ERROR_FEATURE_NOT_PRESENT.

The fine-grained features are enabled by passing a pointer to the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure via the pEnabledFeatures member of the VkDeviceCreateInfo structure that is passed into the vkCreateDevice call. If a member of pEnabledFeatures is set to VK_TRUE or VK_FALSE, then the device will be created with the indicated feature enabled or disabled, respectively. Features can also be enabled by using the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 structure.

If an application wishes to enable all features supported by a device, it can simply pass in the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure that was previously returned by vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures. To disable an individual feature, the application can set the desired member to VK_FALSE in the same structure. Setting pEnabledFeatures to NULL and not including a VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 in the pNext chain of VkDeviceCreateInfo is equivalent to setting all members of the structure to VK_FALSE.

Some features, such as robustBufferAccess, may incur a runtime performance cost. Application writers should carefully consider the implications of enabling all supported features.

vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2Reports capabilities of a physical device

VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2Structure describing the fine-grained features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceFeaturesStructure describing the fine-grained features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceVariablePointersFeaturesStructure describing variable pointers features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceMultiviewFeaturesStructure describing multiview features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderAtomicFloatFeaturesEXTStructure describing features supported by VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderAtomicFloat2FeaturesEXTStructure describing features supported by VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float2

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderAtomicInt64FeaturesStructure describing features supported by VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderImageAtomicInt64FeaturesEXTStructure describing features supported by VK_EXT_shader_image_atomic_int64

VkPhysicalDevice8BitStorageFeaturesStructure describing features supported by VK_KHR_8bit_storage

VkPhysicalDevice16BitStorageFeaturesStructure describing features supported by VK_KHR_16bit_storage

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloat16Int8FeaturesStructure describing features supported by VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderClockFeaturesKHRStructure describing features supported by VK_KHR_shader_clock

VkPhysicalDeviceSamplerYcbcrConversionFeaturesStructure describing Y′C<subscript>B</subscript>C<subscript>R</subscript> conversion features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceBlendOperationAdvancedFeaturesEXTStructure describing advanced blending features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceConditionalRenderingFeaturesEXTStructure describing if a secondary command buffer can be executed if conditional rendering is active in the primary command buffer

VkPhysicalDeviceMeshShaderFeaturesNVStructure describing mesh shading features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceMeshShaderFeaturesEXTStructure describing mesh shading features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryDecompressionFeaturesNVStructure describing if memory decompression is supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorIndexingFeaturesStructure describing descriptor indexing features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceCopyMemoryIndirectFeaturesNVStructure describing indirect copy features supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceVertexAttributeDivisorFeaturesKHRStructure describing if fetching of vertex attribute may be repeated for instanced rendering

VkPhysicalDeviceASTCDecodeFeaturesEXTStructure describing ASTC decode mode features

VkPhysicalDeviceTransformFeedbackFeaturesEXTStructure describing transform feedback features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceVulkanMemoryModelFeaturesStructure describing features supported by the memory model

VkPhysicalDeviceInlineUniformBlockFeaturesStructure describing inline uniform block features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRepresentativeFragmentTestFeaturesNVStructure describing the representative fragment test features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceExclusiveScissorFeaturesNVStructure describing exclusive scissor features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceCornerSampledImageFeaturesNVStructure describing corner sampled image features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceComputeShaderDerivativesFeaturesNVStructure describing compute shader derivative features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentShaderBarycentricFeaturesKHRStructure describing barycentric support in fragment shaders that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderImageFootprintFeaturesNVStructure describing shader image footprint features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShadingRateImageFeaturesNVStructure describing shading rate image features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentDensityMapFeaturesEXTStructure describing fragment density map features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentDensityMap2FeaturesEXTStructure describing additional fragment density map features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentDensityMapOffsetFeaturesQCOMStructure describing fragment density map offset features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceInvocationMaskFeaturesHUAWEIStructure describing invocation mask features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceScalarBlockLayoutFeaturesStructure indicating support for scalar block layouts

VkPhysicalDeviceUniformBufferStandardLayoutFeaturesStructure indicating support for std430-like packing in uniform buffers

VkPhysicalDeviceDepthClipEnableFeaturesEXTStructure indicating support for explicit enable of depth clip

VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryPriorityFeaturesEXTStructure describing memory priority features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceBufferDeviceAddressFeaturesStructure describing buffer address features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceBufferDeviceAddressFeaturesEXTStructure describing buffer address features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDedicatedAllocationImageAliasingFeaturesNVStructure describing dedicated allocation image aliasing features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceImagelessFramebufferFeaturesStructure indicating support for imageless framebuffers

VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentShaderInterlockFeaturesEXTStructure describing fragment shader interlock features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceCooperativeMatrixFeaturesNVStructure describing cooperative matrix features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceCooperativeMatrixFeaturesKHRStructure describing cooperative matrix features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceYcbcrImageArraysFeaturesEXTStructure describing extended Y′C<subscript>B</subscript>C<subscript>R</subscript> image creation features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceHostQueryResetFeaturesStructure describing whether queries can be reset from the host

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderIntegerFunctions2FeaturesINTELStructure describing shader integer functions that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceCoverageReductionModeFeaturesNVStructure describing the coverage reduction mode features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceTimelineSemaphoreFeaturesStructure describing timeline semaphore features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceExternalMemoryScreenBufferFeaturesQNXStructure describing QNX Screen Buffer features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceIndexTypeUint8FeaturesKHRStructure describing whether uint8 index type can be used

VkPhysicalDevicePrimitiveTopologyListRestartFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether list type primitives can support primitive restart

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderSMBuiltinsFeaturesNVStructure describing the shader SM Builtins features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceSeparateDepthStencilLayoutsFeaturesStructure describing whether the implementation can do depth and stencil image barriers separately

VkPhysicalDevicePipelineExecutablePropertiesFeaturesKHRStructure describing whether pipeline executable properties are available

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderDemoteToHelperInvocationFeaturesStructure describing the shader demote to helper invocations features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceTexelBufferAlignmentFeaturesEXTStructure describing the texel buffer alignment features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceAttachmentFeedbackLoopDynamicStateFeaturesEXTStructure describing if dynamic feedback loops can be used

VkPhysicalDeviceTextureCompressionASTCHDRFeaturesStructure describing ASTC HDR features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceLineRasterizationFeaturesKHRStructure describing the line rasterization features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupSizeControlFeaturesStructure describing the subgroup size control features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceCoherentMemoryFeaturesAMDStructure describing whether device coherent memory can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceAccelerationStructureFeaturesKHRStructure describing the acceleration structure features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPipelineFeaturesKHRStructure describing the ray tracing features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRayQueryFeaturesKHRStructure describing the ray query features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingMaintenance1FeaturesKHRStructure describing the ray tracing maintenance features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceVideoMaintenance1FeaturesKHRStructure describing the video maintenance features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedDynamicStateFeaturesEXTStructure describing what extended dynamic state can be used

VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedDynamicState2FeaturesEXTStructure describing what extended dynamic state can be used

VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedDynamicState3FeaturesEXTStructure describing what extended dynamic state is supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDeviceGeneratedCommandsFeaturesNVStructure describing the device-generated commands features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDeviceGeneratedCommandsComputeFeaturesNVStructure describing the device-generated compute features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDiagnosticsConfigFeaturesNVStructure describing the device-generated diagnostic configuration features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDeviceMemoryReportFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether device memory report callback can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceGlobalPriorityQueryFeaturesKHRStructure describing whether global priority query can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDevicePipelineCreationCacheControlFeaturesStructure describing whether pipeline cache control can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceZeroInitializeWorkgroupMemoryFeaturesStructure describing support for zero initialization of workgroup memory by an implementation

VkPhysicalDevicePrivateDataFeaturesStructure specifying physical device support

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderSubgroupUniformControlFlowFeaturesKHRStructure describing support for shader subgroup uniform control flow by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRobustness2FeaturesEXTStructure describing the out-of-bounds behavior for an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceImageRobustnessFeaturesStructure describing the out-of-bounds behavior for an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderTerminateInvocationFeaturesStructure describing support for the SPIR-V SPV_KHR_terminate_invocation extension

VkPhysicalDeviceCustomBorderColorFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether custom border colors can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceBorderColorSwizzleFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether samplers with custom border colors require the component swizzle specified in order to have defined behavior

VkPhysicalDevicePortabilitySubsetFeaturesKHRStructure describing the features that may not be supported by an implementation of the Vulkan 1.0 Portability Subset

VkPhysicalDevicePerformanceQueryFeaturesKHRStructure describing performance query support for an implementation

VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXTStructure describing additional 4444 formats supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceMutableDescriptorTypeFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether the mutable descriptor type is supported

VkPhysicalDeviceDepthClipControlFeaturesEXTStructure describing additional depth clip control supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutFeaturesKHRStructure describing the workgroup storage explicit layout features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceSynchronization2FeaturesStructure describing whether the implementation supports v2 synchronization commands

VkPhysicalDeviceVertexInputDynamicStateFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether the dynamic vertex input state can be used

VkPhysicalDevicePrimitivesGeneratedQueryFeaturesEXTStructure describing support for primitives generated query

VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentShadingRateFeaturesKHRStructure indicating support for variable rate fragment shading

VkPhysicalDeviceLegacyDitheringFeaturesEXTStructure describing support for legacy dithering

VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentShadingRateEnumsFeaturesNVStructure indicating support for fragment shading rate enums

VkPhysicalDeviceInheritedViewportScissorFeaturesNVStructure describing the viewport scissor inheritance behavior for an implementation

VkPhysicalDevicePipelineProtectedAccessFeaturesEXTStructure describing support for specifying protected access on individual pipelines

VkPhysicalDeviceYcbcr2Plane444FormatsFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether the implementation supports additional 2-plane 444 Y′C<subscript>B</subscript>C<subscript>R</subscript> formats

VkPhysicalDeviceColorWriteEnableFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether writes to color attachments can be enabled and disabled dynamically

VkPhysicalDevicePipelinePropertiesFeaturesEXTStructure describing what pipeline properties are supported

VkPhysicalDeviceProvokingVertexFeaturesEXTStructure describing the provoking vertex features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorBufferFeaturesEXTStructure describing the descriptor buffer features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDevicePageableDeviceLocalMemoryFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether the implementation supports pageable device-local memory

VkPhysicalDeviceMultiDrawFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether the implementation supports multi draw functionality

VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingMotionBlurFeaturesNVStructure describing the ray tracing motion blur features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceOpacityMicromapFeaturesEXTStructure describing the ray tracing opacity micromap features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDisplacementMicromapFeaturesNVStructure describing the ray tracing displacement micromap features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingValidationFeaturesNVStructure describing the ray tracing validation features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceSubpassShadingFeaturesHUAWEIStructure describing whether subpass shading is enabled

VkPhysicalDeviceExternalMemoryRDMAFeaturesNVStructure describing the external memory RDMA features supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDevicePresentIdFeaturesKHRStructure indicating support for present id

VkPhysicalDevicePresentWaitFeaturesKHRStructure indicating support for present wait

VkPhysicalDeviceHostImageCopyFeaturesEXTStructure indicating support for copies to or from images from host memory

VkPhysicalDevicePresentBarrierFeaturesNVStructure indicating support for VK_NV_present_barrier extension

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderIntegerDotProductFeaturesStructure describing integer dot product features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceMaintenance4FeaturesStructure describing whether the implementation supports maintenance4 functionality

VkPhysicalDeviceMaintenance5FeaturesKHRStructure describing whether the implementation supports maintenance5 functionality

VkPhysicalDeviceMaintenance6FeaturesKHRStructure describing whether the implementation supports maintenance6 functionality

VkPhysicalDeviceDynamicRenderingFeaturesStructure indicating support for dynamic render pass instances

VkPhysicalDeviceRGBA10X6FormatsFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether rendering to VK_FORMAT_R10X6G10X6B10X6A10X6_UNORM_4PACK16 formats can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDevicePipelineRobustnessFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether an implementation supports robustness requests on a per-pipeline stage granularity

VkPhysicalDeviceImageViewMinLodFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether clamping the min LOD of a image view is supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRasterizationOrderAttachmentAccessFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether rasterization order attachment access can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceSubpassMergeFeedbackFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether subpass merging feedback can be supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceLinearColorAttachmentFeaturesNVStructure describing whether Linear Color Attachment rendering is supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceAttachmentFeedbackLoopLayoutFeaturesEXTStructure indicating support for a render feedback loop image layout

VkPhysicalDeviceNestedCommandBufferFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether nested command buffers are supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceGraphicsPipelineLibraryFeaturesEXTStructure describing support for graphics pipeline libraries

VkPhysicalDeviceMultisampledRenderToSingleSampledFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether multisampled rendering to single-sampled attachments is supported

VkPhysicalDeviceImage2DViewOf3DFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether single-slice 2D views of 3D images can be used in image descriptors

VkPhysicalDeviceImageSlicedViewOf3DFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether slice-based views of 3D images can be used in storage image descriptors

VkPhysicalDeviceImageCompressionControlFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether image compression controls can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceImageCompressionControlSwapchainFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether per-swapchain image compression controls can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingPositionFetchFeaturesKHRStructure describing support for fetching vertex positions of hit triangles

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderFloatControls2FeaturesKHRStructure describing shader float controls 2 features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderEarlyAndLateFragmentTestsFeaturesAMDStructure describing whether early and late fragment tests can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceNonSeamlessCubeMapFeaturesEXTStructure describing features to disable seamless cube maps

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderModuleIdentifierFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether querying and providing an identifier of a shader module is supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceTilePropertiesFeaturesQCOMStructure describing tile properties features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceImageProcessingFeaturesQCOMStructure describing image processing features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceImageProcessing2FeaturesQCOMStructure describing image processing features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDepthClampZeroOneFeaturesEXTStructure describing feature to control zero to one depth clamping

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderTileImageFeaturesEXTStructure describing tile image features supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDepthBiasControlFeaturesEXTStructure indicating support for depth bias scaling and representation control

VkPhysicalDeviceAddressBindingReportFeaturesEXTStructure describing the virtual allocation reporting feature supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceOpticalFlowFeaturesNVStructure describing the optical flow features supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceFaultFeaturesEXTStructure indicating support for device fault reporting

VkPhysicalDevicePipelineLibraryGroupHandlesFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether querying shader group handles from a pipeline library is supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderObjectFeaturesEXTStructure describing whether shader objects can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderCoreBuiltinsFeaturesARMStructure describing the shader core builtins features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceFrameBoundaryFeaturesEXTStructure describing the frame boundary features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceSwapchainMaintenance1FeaturesEXTStructure describing whether implementation supports swapchain maintenance1 functionality

VkPhysicalDeviceDynamicRenderingUnusedAttachmentsFeaturesEXTStructure describing the dynamic rendering unused attachment features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingInvocationReorderFeaturesNVStructure describing feature to control ray tracing invocation reordering

VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedSparseAddressSpaceFeaturesNVStructure describing feature to use extended sparse address space

VkPhysicalDeviceMultiviewPerViewViewportsFeaturesQCOMStructure describing multiview per view viewports features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceMultiviewPerViewRenderAreasFeaturesQCOMStructure describing multiview per view render areas features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceClusterCullingShaderFeaturesHUAWEIStructure describing whether cluster culling shader is enabled

VkPhysicalDeviceClusterCullingShaderVrsFeaturesHUAWEIStructure describing whether cluster culling shader support VRS

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderEnqueueFeaturesAMDXStructure describing whether shader enqueue within execution graphs are supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceCubicClampFeaturesQCOMStructure describing cubic clamp features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceYcbcrDegammaFeaturesQCOMStructure describing Y′C<subscript>B</subscript>C<subscript>R</subscript> degamma features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceCubicWeightsFeaturesQCOMStructure describing cubic weight selection features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDescriptorPoolOverallocationFeaturesNVStructure describing feature to allow descriptor pool overallocation

VkPhysicalDevicePerStageDescriptorSetFeaturesNVStructure describing feature to allow descriptor set layout bindings to be per-stage

VkPhysicalDeviceCudaKernelLaunchFeaturesNVStructure describing whether cuda kernel launch is supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderMaximalReconvergenceFeaturesKHRStructure describing support for shader maximal reconvergence by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceExternalFormatResolveFeaturesANDROIDStructure describing whether external format resolves are supported

VkPhysicalDeviceSchedulingControlsFeaturesARMStructure describing scheduling controls features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRelaxedLineRasterizationFeaturesIMGStructure describing relaxed line rasterization features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceRenderPassStripedFeaturesARMStructure describing whether striped rendering can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderSubgroupRotateFeaturesKHRStructure describing whether subgroup rotation is enabled

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderExpectAssumeFeaturesKHRStructure describing shader expect assume features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceDynamicRenderingLocalReadFeaturesKHRStructure indicating support for local reads in dynamic render pass instances

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderQuadControlFeaturesKHRStructure describing whether quad scopes are supported by the implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceMapMemoryPlacedFeaturesEXTStructure describing placed memory map features that can be supported by an implementation

VkPhysicalDeviceShaderAtomicFloat16VectorFeaturesNVStructure describing features supported by VK_NV_shader_atomic_float16_vector

VkPhysicalDeviceRawAccessChainsFeaturesNVStructure describing shader raw access chains features that can be supported by an implementation

Feature Requirements

All Vulkan graphics implementations must support the following features:

robustBufferAccess, unless the VK_KHR_portability_subset extension is enabled.
uniformBufferStandardLayout, if Vulkan 1.2 or the VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout extension is supported.
variablePointersStorageBuffer, if the VK_KHR_variable_pointers extension is supported.
storageBuffer8BitAccess, if the VK_KHR_8bit_storage extension is supported.
storageBuffer8BitAccess, if uniformAndStorageBuffer8BitAccess is enabled.
If the VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing extension is supported:
- shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing
- shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing
- shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing
- shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing
- shaderSampledImageArrayNonUniformIndexing
- shaderStorageBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing
- shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing
- descriptorBindingSampledImageUpdateAfterBind
- descriptorBindingStorageImageUpdateAfterBind
- descriptorBindingStorageBufferUpdateAfterBind (see also robustBufferAccessUpdateAfterBind)
- descriptorBindingUniformTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind (see also robustBufferAccessUpdateAfterBind)
- descriptorBindingStorageTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind (see also robustBufferAccessUpdateAfterBind)
- descriptorBindingUpdateUnusedWhilePending
- descriptorBindingPartiallyBound
- runtimeDescriptorArray
inlineUniformBlock, if the VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block extension is supported.
descriptorBindingInlineUniformBlockUpdateAfterBind, if the VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block extension is supported; and if the VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing extension is supported.
scalarBlockLayout, if the VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout extension is supported.
subgroupSizeControl, if the VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control extension is supported.
computeFullSubgroups, if the VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control extension is supported.
deviceMemoryReport, if the VK_EXT_device_memory_report extension is supported.
globalPriorityQuery, if the VK_EXT_global_priority_query extension is supported.
globalPriorityQuery, if the VK_KHR_global_priority extension is supported.
imagelessFramebuffer, if Vulkan 1.2 or the VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer extension is supported.
separateDepthStencilLayouts, if Vulkan 1.2 or the VK_KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts extension is supported.
hostQueryReset, if Vulkan 1.2 or the VK_EXT_host_query_reset extension is supported.
timelineSemaphore, if Vulkan 1.2 or the VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore extension is supported.
If the VK_KHR_acceleration_structure extension is supported:
- accelerationStructure
- All the features required by the VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing extension.
- descriptorBindingAccelerationStructureUpdateAfterBind
- bufferDeviceAddress from the VK_KHR_buffer_device_address extension.
If the VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline extension is supported:
- rayTracingPipeline
- rayTracingPipelineTraceRaysIndirect
- rayTraversalPrimitiveCulling, if rayQuery is supported
- the VK_KHR_pipeline_library extension must be supported.
rayQuery, if the VK_KHR_ray_query extension is supported.
pipelineCreationCacheControl, if the VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control extension is supported.
shaderSubgroupExtendedTypes, if Vulkan 1.2 or the VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types extension is supported.
samplerYcbcrConversion, if the VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion extension is supported.
pipelineExecutableInfo, if the VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties extension is supported.
textureCompressionASTC_HDR, if the VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_hdr extension is supported.
depthClipEnable, if the VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable extension is supported.
memoryPriority, if the VK_EXT_memory_priority extension is supported.
ycbcrImageArrays, if the VK_EXT_ycbcr_image_arrays extension is supported.
indexTypeUint8, if the VK_KHR_index_type_uint8 or VK_EXT_index_type_uint8 extension is supported.
indexTypeUint8, if the VK_KHR_index_type_uint8 extension is supported.
primitiveTopologyListRestart, if the VK_EXT_primitive_topology_list_restart extension is supported.
shaderDemoteToHelperInvocation, if the VK_EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation extension is supported.
texelBufferAlignment, if the VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment extension is supported.
vulkanMemoryModel, if the VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model extension is supported.
bufferDeviceAddress, if the VK_KHR_buffer_device_address extension is supported.
performanceCounterQueryPools, if the VK_KHR_performance_query extension is supported.
transformFeedback, if the VK_EXT_transform_feedback extension is supported.
conditionalRendering, if the VK_EXT_conditional_rendering extension is supported.
vertexAttributeInstanceRateDivisor, if the VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor extension or the VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor extension is supported.
fragmentDensityMap, if the VK_EXT_fragment_density_map extension is supported.
shaderSubgroupClock, if the VK_KHR_shader_clock extension is supported.
shaderBufferInt64Atomics, if the VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64 extension is supported.
shaderInt64, if the shaderSharedInt64Atomics or shaderBufferInt64Atomics features are supported.
shaderFloat16 or shaderInt8, if the VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 extension is supported.
fragmentShaderSampleInterlock or fragmentShaderPixelInterlock or fragmentShaderShadingRateInterlock, if the VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock extension is supported.
rectangularLines or bresenhamLines or smoothLines or stippledRectangularLines or stippledBresenhamLines or stippledSmoothLines, if the VK_KHR_line_rasterization extension is supported.
rectangularLines or bresenhamLines or smoothLines or stippledRectangularLines or stippledBresenhamLines or stippledSmoothLines, if the VK_EXT_line_rasterization extension is supported.
storageBuffer16BitAccess, if the VK_KHR_16bit_storage extension is supported.
storageBuffer16BitAccess, if uniformAndStorageBuffer16BitAccess is enabled.
robustImageAccess, if the VK_EXT_image_robustness extension is supported.
formatA4R4G4B4, if the VK_EXT_4444_formats extension is supported.
mutableDescriptorType, if the VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type or VK_VALVE_mutable_descriptor_type extension is supported.
shaderInt64 and shaderImageInt64Atomics, if the VK_EXT_shader_image_atomic_int64 extension is supported.
shaderImageInt64Atomics, if the sparseImageInt64Atomics feature is supported.
shaderImageFloat32Atomics, if the sparseImageFloat32Atomics feature is supported.
shaderImageFloat32AtomicAdd, if the sparseImageFloat32AtomicAdd feature is supported.
primitivesGeneratedQuery, if the VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query extension is supported.
pipelineFragmentShadingRate, if the VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate extension is supported.
pipelineProtectedAccess, if the VK_EXT_pipeline_protected_access extension is supported.
legacyDithering, if the VK_EXT_legacy_dithering extension is supported.
shaderTerminateInvocation if the VK_KHR_shader_terminate_invocation extension is supported.
shaderZeroInitializeWorkgroupMemory, if the VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory extension is supported.
workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout, if the VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout extension is supported.
vertexInputDynamicState, if the VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state extension is supported.
synchronization2 if the VK_KHR_synchronization2 extension is supported.
provokingVertexLast, if the VK_EXT_provoking_vertex extension is supported.
descriptorBuffer, if the xref::name::VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer extension is supported.
shaderSubgroupUniformControlFlow, if the VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_uniform_control_flow extension is supported.
borderColorSwizzle if the VK_EXT_border_color_swizzle extension is supported.
multiDraw, if the VK_EXT_multi_draw extension is supported.
shaderImageFloat32AtomicMinMax, if the sparseImageFloat32AtomicMinMax feature is supported.
presentId, if the VK_KHR_present_id extension is supported.
presentWait, if the VK_KHR_present_wait extension is supported.
hostImageCopy, if the xref::name::VK_EXT_host_image_copy extension is supported.
shaderIntegerDotProduct if the VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product extension is supported.
maintenance4, if the VK_KHR_maintenance4 extension is supported.
maintenance5, if the VK_KHR_maintenance5 extension is supported.
maintenance6, if the VK_KHR_maintenance6 extension is supported.
image2DViewOf3D, if the VK_EXT_image_2d_view_of_3d extension is supported.
imageSlicedViewOf3D, if the VK_EXT_image_sliced_view_of_3d extension is supported.
privateData, if the VK_EXT_private_data extension is supported.
extendedDynamicState, if the VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state extension is supported.
extendedDynamicState2, if the VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2 extension is supported.
depthClipControl, if the VK_EXT_depth_clip_control extension is supported.
minLod, if the VK_EXT_image_view_min_lod extension is supported.
linearColorAttachment, if the VK_NV_linear_color_attachment extension is supported.
presentBarrier, if the VK_NV_present_barrier extension is supported.
graphicsPipelineLibrary, if the VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library extension is supported.
dynamicRendering, if the VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering extension is supported.
nestedCommandBuffer, if the VK_EXT_nested_command_buffer extension is supported.
taskShader and meshShader, if the VK_EXT_mesh_shader extension is supported.
primitiveFragmentShadingRate if primitiveFragmentShadingRateMeshShader feature is supported.
subpassMergeFeedback, if the VK_EXT_subpass_merge_feedback extension is supported.
rayTracingMaintenance1, if the VK_KHR_ray_tracing_maintenance1 extension is supported.
videoMaintenance1, if the VK_KHR_video_maintenance1 extension is supported.
colorWriteEnable, if the VK_EXT_color_write_enable extension is supported.
multisampledRenderToSingleSampled, if the VK_EXT_multisampled_render_to_single_sampled extension is supported.
imageCompressionControl, if the VK_EXT_image_compression_control extension is supported.
imageCompressionControlSwapchain, if the VK_EXT_image_compression_control_swapchain extension is supported.
shaderEarlyAndLateFragmentTests, if the VK_AMD_shader_early_and_late_fragment_tests extension is supported.
nonSeamlessCubeMap, if the VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map extension is supported.
shaderModuleIdentifier, if VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier extension is supported.
pipelineRobustness, if the VK_EXT_pipeline_robustness extension is supported.
textureSampleWeighted, TextureBlockMatch, and TextureBoxFilter if VK_QCOM_image_processing extension is supported.
TextureBlockMatch2 if VK_QCOM_image_processing2 extension is supported.
tileProperties if VK_QCOM_tile_properties extension is supported.
attachmentFeedbackLoopLayout, if the VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout extension is supported.
depthClampZeroOne, if the VK_EXT_depth_clamp_zero_one extension is supported.
deviceFault, if the VK_EXT_device_fault extension is supported.
reportAddressBinding, if the VK_EXT_device_address_binding_report extension is supported.
micromap, if the VK_EXT_opacity_micromap extension is supported.
frameBoundary, if the VK_EXT_frame_boundary extension is supported.
displacementMicromap, if the VK_NV_displacement_micromap extension is supported.
pipelineLibraryGroupHandles, if the VK_EXT_pipeline_library_group_handles extension is supported.
swapchainMaintenance1, if the VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1 extension is supported.
tessellationShader, if the extendedDynamicState3TessellationDomainOrigin feature is supported.
depthClamp, if the extendedDynamicState3DepthClampEnable feature is supported.
fillModeNonSolid, if the extendedDynamicState3PolygonMode feature is supported.
alphaToOne, if the extendedDynamicState3AlphaToOneEnable feature is supported.
logicOp, if the extendedDynamicState3LogicOpEnable feature is supported.
geometryStreams, if the extendedDynamicState3RasterizationStream feature is supported.
VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization extension, if the extendedDynamicState3ConservativeRasterizationMode feature is supported.
VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization extension, if the extendedDynamicState3ExtraPrimitiveOverestimationSize feature is supported.
VK_EXT_sample_locations extension, if the extendedDynamicState3SampleLocationsEnable feature is supported.
VK_EXT_blend_operation_advanced extension, if the extendedDynamicState3ColorBlendAdvanced feature is supported.
provokingVertexLast, if the extendedDynamicState3ProvokingVertexMode feature is supported.
VK_KHR_line_rasterization or VK_EXT_line_rasterization extension, if the extendedDynamicState3LineRasterizationMode feature is supported.
VK_KHR_line_rasterization or VK_EXT_line_rasterization extension, if the extendedDynamicState3LineStippleEnable feature is supported.
depthClipControl, if the extendedDynamicState3DepthClipNegativeOneToOne feature is supported.
VK_NV_clip_space_w_scaling extension, if the extendedDynamicState3ViewportWScalingEnable feature is supported.
VK_NV_viewport_swizzle extension, if the extendedDynamicState3ViewportSwizzle feature is supported.
VK_NV_fragment_coverage_to_color extension, if the extendedDynamicState3CoverageToColorEnable feature is supported.
VK_NV_fragment_coverage_to_color extension, if the extendedDynamicState3CoverageToColorLocation feature is supported.
VK_NV_framebuffer_mixed_samples extension, if the extendedDynamicState3CoverageModulationMode feature is supported.
VK_NV_framebuffer_mixed_samples extension, if the extendedDynamicState3CoverageModulationTableEnable feature is supported.
VK_NV_framebuffer_mixed_samples extension, if the extendedDynamicState3CoverageModulationTable feature is supported.
coverageReductionMode, if the extendedDynamicState3CoverageReductionMode feature is supported.
representativeFragmentTest, if the extendedDynamicState3RepresentativeFragmentTestEnable feature is supported.
shadingRateImage, if the extendedDynamicState3ShadingRateImageEnable feature is supported.
multiviewPerViewViewports, if the VK_QCOM_multiview_per_view_viewports extension is supported.
attachmentFeedbackLoopDynamicState, if the VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_dynamic_state extension is supported.
rayTracingPositionFetch, if the VK_KHR_ray_tracing_position_fetch extension is supported.
shaderObject, if the VK_EXT_shader_object extension is supported.
shaderTileImageColorReadAccess, if the VK_EXT_shader_tile_image extension is supported.
depthBiasControl, if the VK_EXT_depth_bias_control extension is supported.
deviceGeneratedCompute, if the VK_NV_device_generated_commands_compute extension is supported.
shaderEnqueue if the VK_AMDX_shader_enqueue extension is supported.
cooperativeMatrix if the VK_KHR_cooperative_matrix extension is supported.
ycbcrDegamma, if the VK_QCOM_ycbcr_degamma extension is supported.
descriptorPoolOverallocation, if the VK_NV_descriptor_pool_overallocation extension is supported.
externalFormatResolve, if the VK_ANDROID_external_format_resolve extension is supported.
extendedSparseAddressSpace, if the VK_NV_extended_sparse_address_space extension is supported.
schedulingControls, if the VK_ARM_scheduling_controls extension is supported.
relaxedLineRasterization, if the VK_IMG_relaxed_line_rasterization extension is supported.
renderPassStriped, if the VK_ARM_render_pass_striped extension is supported.
perStageDescriptorSet, if the VK_NV_per_stage_descriptor_set extension is supported.
shaderMaximalReconvergence, if the VK_KHR_shader_maximal_reconvergence extension is supported.
shaderSubgroupRotate, if the xref::name::VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_rotate extension is supported.
shaderExpectAssume, if the VK_KHR_shader_expect_assume extension is supported.
shaderFloatControls2, if the VK_KHR_shader_float_controls2 extension is supported.
dynamicRenderingLocalRead, if the VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering_local_read extension is supported.
shaderQuadControl, if the VK_KHR_shader_quad_control extension is supported.
shaderFloat16VectorAtomics, if the VK_NV_shader_atomic_float16_vector extension is supported.
memoryMapPlaced if the VK_EXT_map_memory_placed extension is supported.
shaderRawAccessChains, if the VK_NV_raw_access_chains extension is supported.
customBorderColors, if the VK_EXT_custom_border_color extension is supported.

All other features defined in the Specification are optional.