VK_EXT_image_tiling_control

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2026-06-19

Interactions and External Dependencies

• Interacts with VK_KHR_maintenance4
• Interacts with VK_KHR_maintenance5
• Interacts with VK_EXT_image_drm_format_modifier

IP Status

No known IP claims.

Contributors

• Noah Fredriks, AMD
• Stu Smith, AMD
• Tobias Hector, AMD
• Hans-Kristian Arntzen, Valve
• Ralph Potter, Samsung
• James Jones, NVIDIA
• Lionel Landwerlin, Intel
• Daniel Story, Nintendo

Description

This extension provides per-image selection of optimal tiling arrangements by extending VkImageCreateInfo with VkImageTilingControlCreateInfoEXT when multiple arrangements are supported by the implementation.

VK_IMAGE_TILING_CONTROL_DEFAULT_EXT can be set to use the tiling arrangement that is the same selection as with the VkImageTilingControlCreateInfoEXT structure omitted.

VK_IMAGE_TILING_CONTROL_MIN_SIZE_EXT can be set to minimize memory size requirements with reduced consideration for memory access performance.

VK_IMAGE_TILING_CONTROL_MAX_PERFORMANCE_EXT can be set to maximize memory access performance with reduced consideration for increases in memory size requirements.

New Structures

• Extending VkImageCreateInfo:
  • VkImageTilingControlCreateInfoEXT
• Extending VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, VkDeviceCreateInfo:
  • VkPhysicalDeviceImageTilingControlFeaturesEXT

New Enums

• VkImageTilingControlEXT

New Enum Constants

• VK_EXT_IMAGE_TILING_CONTROL_EXTENSION_NAME
• VK_EXT_IMAGE_TILING_CONTROL_SPEC_VERSION
• Extending VkStructureType:
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_TILING_CONTROL_CREATE_INFO_EXT
  • VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_IMAGE_TILING_CONTROL_FEATURES_EXT

Version History

• Revision 1, 2026-06-19 (Noah Fredriks)
  • Initial revision