Vulkan^® 1.1.101 - A Specification (with all published extensions)

physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the supported features.

pFeatures is a pointer to a VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure in which the physical device features are returned. For each feature, a value of VK_TRUE specifies that the feature is supported on this physical device, and VK_FALSE specifies that the feature is not supported.

physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the supported features.

pFeatures is a pointer to a VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 structure in which the physical device features are returned.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

features is a structure of type VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures describing the fine-grained features of the Vulkan 1.0 API.

robustBufferAccess specifies that accesses to buffers are bounds-checked against the range of the buffer descriptor (as determined by VkDescriptorBufferInfo::range, VkBufferViewCreateInfo::range, or the size of the buffer). Out of bounds accesses must not cause application termination, and the effects of shader loads, stores, and atomics must conform to an implementation-dependent behavior as described below.

fullDrawIndexUint32 specifies the full 32-bit range of indices is supported for indexed draw calls when using a VkIndexType of VK_INDEX_TYPE_UINT32. maxDrawIndexedIndexValue is the maximum index value that may be used (aside from the primitive restart index, which is always 2³²-1 when the VkIndexType is VK_INDEX_TYPE_UINT32). If this feature is supported, maxDrawIndexedIndexValue must be 2³²-1; otherwise it must be no smaller than 2²⁴-1. See maxDrawIndexedIndexValue.

imageCubeArray specifies whether image views with a VkImageViewType of VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_CUBE_ARRAY can be created, and that the corresponding SampledCubeArray and ImageCubeArray SPIR-V capabilities can be used in shader code.

independentBlend specifies whether the VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState settings are controlled independently per-attachment. If this feature is not enabled, the VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState settings for all color attachments must be identical. Otherwise, a different VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState can be provided for each bound color attachment.

geometryShader specifies whether geometry shaders are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT and VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT enum values must not be used. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the Geometry capability.

tessellationShader specifies whether tessellation control and evaluation shaders are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_BIT, VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_BIT, VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT, VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT, and VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_TESSELLATION_STATE_CREATE_INFO enum values must not be used. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the Tessellation capability.

sampleRateShading specifies whether Sample Shading and multisample interpolation are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the sampleShadingEnable member of the VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo structure must be set to VK_FALSE and the minSampleShading member is ignored. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the SampleRateShading capability.

dualSrcBlend specifies whether blend operations which take two sources are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC1_COLOR, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC1_COLOR, VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC1_ALPHA, and VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC1_ALPHA enum values must not be used as source or destination blending factors. See Dual-Source Blending.

logicOp specifies whether logic operations are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the logicOpEnable member of the VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo structure must be set to VK_FALSE, and the logicOp member is ignored.

multiDrawIndirect specifies whether multiple draw indirect is supported. If this feature is not enabled, the drawCount parameter to the vkCmdDrawIndirect and vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect commands must be 0 or 1. The maxDrawIndirectCount member of the VkPhysicalDeviceLimits structure must also be 1 if this feature is not supported. See maxDrawIndirectCount.

drawIndirectFirstInstance specifies whether indirect draw calls support the firstInstance parameter. If this feature is not enabled, the firstInstance member of all VkDrawIndirectCommand and VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand structures that are provided to the vkCmdDrawIndirect and vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect commands must be 0.

depthClamp specifies whether depth clamping is supported. If this feature is not enabled, the depthClampEnable member of the VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo structure must be set to VK_FALSE. Otherwise, setting depthClampEnable to VK_TRUE will enable depth clamping.

depthBiasClamp specifies whether depth bias clamping is supported. If this feature is not enabled, the depthBiasClamp member of the VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo structure must be set to 0.0 unless the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_BIAS dynamic state is enabled, and the depthBiasClamp parameter to vkCmdSetDepthBias must be set to 0.0.

fillModeNonSolid specifies whether point and wireframe fill modes are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the VK_POLYGON_MODE_POINT and VK_POLYGON_MODE_LINE enum values must not be used.

depthBounds specifies whether depth bounds tests are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the depthBoundsTestEnable member of the VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo structure must be set to VK_FALSE. When depthBoundsTestEnable is set to VK_FALSE, the minDepthBounds and maxDepthBounds members of the VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo structure are ignored.

wideLines specifies whether lines with width other than 1.0 are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the lineWidth member of the VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo structure must be set to 1.0 unless the VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_LINE_WIDTH dynamic state is enabled, and the lineWidth parameter to vkCmdSetLineWidth must be set to 1.0. When this feature is supported, the range and granularity of supported line widths are indicated by the lineWidthRange and lineWidthGranularity members of the VkPhysicalDeviceLimits structure, respectively.

largePoints specifies whether points with size greater than 1.0 are supported. If this feature is not enabled, only a point size of 1.0 written by a shader is supported. The range and granularity of supported point sizes are indicated by the pointSizeRange and pointSizeGranularity members of the VkPhysicalDeviceLimits structure, respectively.

alphaToOne specifies whether the implementation is able to replace the alpha value of the color fragment output from the fragment shader with the maximum representable alpha value for fixed-point colors or 1.0 for floating-point colors. If this feature is not enabled, then the alphaToOneEnable member of the VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo structure must be set to VK_FALSE. Otherwise setting alphaToOneEnable to VK_TRUE will enable alpha-to-one behavior.

multiViewport specifies whether more than one viewport is supported. If this feature is not enabled:

samplerAnisotropy specifies whether anisotropic filtering is supported. If this feature is not enabled, the anisotropyEnable member of the VkSamplerCreateInfo structure must be VK_FALSE.

textureCompressionETC2 specifies whether all of the ETC2 and EAC compressed texture formats are supported. If this feature is enabled, then the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT, VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT and VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT features must be supported in optimalTilingFeatures for the following formats:

textureCompressionASTC_LDR specifies whether all of the ASTC LDR compressed texture formats are supported. If this feature is enabled, then the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT, VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT and VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT features must be supported in optimalTilingFeatures for the following formats:

textureCompressionBC specifies whether all of the BC compressed texture formats are supported. If this feature is enabled, then the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT, VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT and VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT features must be supported in optimalTilingFeatures for the following formats:

occlusionQueryPrecise specifies whether occlusion queries returning actual sample counts are supported. Occlusion queries are created in a VkQueryPool by specifying the queryType of VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION in the VkQueryPoolCreateInfo structure which is passed to vkCreateQueryPool. If this feature is enabled, queries of this type can enable VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT in the flags parameter to vkCmdBeginQuery. If this feature is not supported, the implementation supports only boolean occlusion queries. When any samples are passed, boolean queries will return a non-zero result value, otherwise a result value of zero is returned. When this feature is enabled and VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT is set, occlusion queries will report the actual number of samples passed.

pipelineStatisticsQuery specifies whether the pipeline statistics queries are supported. If this feature is not enabled, queries of type VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS cannot be created, and none of the VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlagBits bits can be set in the pipelineStatistics member of the VkQueryPoolCreateInfo structure.

vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics specifies whether storage buffers and images support stores and atomic operations in the vertex, tessellation, and geometry shader stages. If this feature is not enabled, all storage image, storage texel buffers, and storage buffer variables used by these stages in shader modules must be decorated with the NonWritable decoration (or the readonly memory qualifier in GLSL).

fragmentStoresAndAtomics specifies whether storage buffers and images support stores and atomic operations in the fragment shader stage. If this feature is not enabled, all storage image, storage texel buffers, and storage buffer variables used by the fragment stage in shader modules must be decorated with the NonWritable decoration (or the readonly memory qualifier in GLSL).

shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize specifies whether the PointSize built-in decoration is available in the tessellation control, tessellation evaluation, and geometry shader stages. If this feature is not enabled, members decorated with the PointSize built-in decoration must not be read from or written to and all points written from a tessellation or geometry shader will have a size of 1.0. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the TessellationPointSize capability for tessellation control and evaluation shaders, or if the shader modules can declare the GeometryPointSize capability for geometry shaders. An implementation supporting this feature must also support one or both of the tessellationShader or geometryShader features.

shaderImageGatherExtended specifies whether the extended set of image gather instructions are available in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, the OpImage*Gather instructions do not support the Offset and ConstOffsets operands. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the ImageGatherExtended capability.

shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats specifies whether all the extended storage image formats are available in shader code. If this feature is enabled then the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT feature must be supported in optimalTilingFeatures for all of the extended formats. To query for additional properties, or if the feature is not enabled, vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties and vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties can be used to check for supported properties of individual formats as normal.

shaderStorageImageMultisample specifies whether multisampled storage images are supported. If this feature is not enabled, images that are created with a usage that includes VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT must be created with samples equal to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the StorageImageMultisample capability.

shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat specifies whether storage images require a format qualifier to be specified when reading from storage images. If this feature is not enabled, the OpImageRead instruction must not have an OpTypeImage of Unknown. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the StorageImageReadWithoutFormat capability.

shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat specifies whether storage images require a format qualifier to be specified when writing to storage images. If this feature is not enabled, the OpImageWrite instruction must not have an OpTypeImage of Unknown. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the StorageImageWriteWithoutFormat capability.

shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing specifies whether arrays of uniform buffers can be indexed by dynamically uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC must be indexed only by constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the UniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing capability.

shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing specifies whether arrays of samplers or sampled images can be indexed by dynamically uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE must be indexed only by constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the SampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing capability.

shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing specifies whether arrays of storage buffers can be indexed by dynamically uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC must be indexed only by constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the StorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing capability.

shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing specifies whether arrays of storage images can be indexed by dynamically uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE must be indexed only by constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the StorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing capability.

shaderClipDistance specifies whether clip distances are supported in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, any members decorated with the ClipDistance built-in decoration must not be read from or written to in shader modules. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the ClipDistance capability.

shaderCullDistance specifies whether cull distances are supported in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, any members decorated with the CullDistance built-in decoration must not be read from or written to in shader modules. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the CullDistance capability.

shaderFloat64 specifies whether 64-bit floats (doubles) are supported in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, 64-bit floating-point types must not be used in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the Float64 capability.

shaderInt64 specifies whether 64-bit integers (signed and unsigned) are supported in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, 64-bit integer types must not be used in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the Int64 capability.

shaderInt16 specifies whether 16-bit integers (signed and unsigned) are supported in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer types must not be used in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the Int16 capability.

shaderResourceResidency specifies whether image operations that return resource residency information are supported in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, the OpImageSparse* instructions must not be used in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the SparseResidency capability. The feature requires at least one of the sparseResidency* features to be supported.

shaderResourceMinLod specifies whether image operations that specify the minimum resource LOD are supported in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, the MinLod image operand must not be used in shader code. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the MinLod capability.

sparseBinding specifies whether resource memory can be managed at opaque sparse block level instead of at the object level. If this feature is not enabled, resource memory must be bound only on a per-object basis using the vkBindBufferMemory and vkBindImageMemory commands. In this case, buffers and images must not be created with VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT and VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT set in the flags member of the VkBufferCreateInfo and VkImageCreateInfo structures, respectively. Otherwise resource memory can be managed as described in Sparse Resource Features.

sparseResidencyBuffer specifies whether the device can access partially resident buffers. If this feature is not enabled, buffers must not be created with VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the flags member of the VkBufferCreateInfo structure.

sparseResidencyImage2D specifies whether the device can access partially resident 2D images with 1 sample per pixel. If this feature is not enabled, images with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and samples set to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT must not be created with VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the flags member of the VkImageCreateInfo structure.

sparseResidencyImage3D specifies whether the device can access partially resident 3D images. If this feature is not enabled, images with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D must not be created with VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the flags member of the VkImageCreateInfo structure.

sparseResidency2Samples specifies whether the physical device can access partially resident 2D images with 2 samples per pixel. If this feature is not enabled, images with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and samples set to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT must not be created with VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the flags member of the VkImageCreateInfo structure.

sparseResidency4Samples specifies whether the physical device can access partially resident 2D images with 4 samples per pixel. If this feature is not enabled, images with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and samples set to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT must not be created with VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the flags member of the VkImageCreateInfo structure.

sparseResidency8Samples specifies whether the physical device can access partially resident 2D images with 8 samples per pixel. If this feature is not enabled, images with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and samples set to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT must not be created with VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the flags member of the VkImageCreateInfo structure.

sparseResidency16Samples specifies whether the physical device can access partially resident 2D images with 16 samples per pixel. If this feature is not enabled, images with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and samples set to VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT must not be created with VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the flags member of the VkImageCreateInfo structure.

sparseResidencyAliased specifies whether the physical device can correctly access data aliased into multiple locations. If this feature is not enabled, the VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT and VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT enum values must not be used in flags members of the VkBufferCreateInfo and VkImageCreateInfo structures, respectively.

variableMultisampleRate specifies whether all pipelines that will be bound to a command buffer during a subpass with no attachments must have the same value for VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo::rasterizationSamples. If set to VK_TRUE, the implementation supports variable multisample rates in a subpass with no attachments. If set to VK_FALSE, then all pipelines bound in such a subpass must have the same multisample rate. This has no effect in situations where a subpass uses any attachments.

inheritedQueries specifies whether a secondary command buffer may be executed while a query is active.

variablePointersStorageBuffer specifies whether the implementation supports the SPIR-V VariablePointersStorageBuffer capability. When this feature is not enabled, shader modules must not declare the SPV_KHR_variable_pointers extension or the VariablePointersStorageBuffer capability.

variablePointers specifies whether the implementation supports the SPIR-V VariablePointers capability. When this feature is not enabled, shader modules must not declare the VariablePointers capability.

multiview specifies whether the implementation supports multiview rendering within a render pass. If this feature is not enabled, the view mask of each subpass must always be zero.

multiviewGeometryShader specifies whether the implementation supports multiview rendering within a render pass, with geometry shaders. If this feature is not enabled, then a pipeline compiled against a subpass with a non-zero view mask must not include a geometry shader.

multiviewTessellationShader specifies whether the implementation supports multiview rendering within a render pass, with tessellation shaders. If this feature is not enabled, then a pipeline compiled against a subpass with a non-zero view mask must not include any tessellation shaders.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

shaderBufferInt64Atomics indicates whether shaders can support 64-bit unsigned and signed integer atomic operations on buffers.

shaderSharedInt64Atomics indicates whether shaders can support 64-bit unsigned and signed integer atomic operations on shared memory.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

storageBuffer8BitAccess indicates whether objects in the StorageBuffer or PhysicalStorageBufferEXT storage class with the Block decoration can have 8-bit integer members. If this feature is not enabled, 8-bit integer members must not be used in such objects. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the StorageBuffer8BitAccess capability.

uniformAndStorageBuffer8BitAccess indicates whether objects in the Uniform storage class with the Block decoration and in the StorageBuffer or PhysicalStorageBufferEXT storage class with the same decoration can have 8-bit integer members. If this feature is not enabled, 8-bit integer members must not be used in such objects. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the UniformAndStorageBuffer8BitAccess capability.

storagePushConstant8 indicates whether objects in the PushConstant storage class can have 8-bit integer members. If this feature is not enabled, 8-bit integer members must not be used in such objects. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the StoragePushConstant8 capability.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

storageBuffer16BitAccess specifies whether objects in the StorageBuffer or PhysicalStorageBufferEXT storage class with the Block decoration can have 16-bit integer and 16-bit floating-point members. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer or 16-bit floating-point members must not be used in such objects. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the StorageBuffer16BitAccess capability.

uniformAndStorageBuffer16BitAccess specifies whether objects in the Uniform storage class with the Block decoration and in the StorageBuffer or PhysicalStorageBufferEXT storage class with the same decoration can have 16-bit integer and 16-bit floating-point members. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer or 16-bit floating-point members must not be used in such objects. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the UniformAndStorageBuffer16BitAccess capability.

storagePushConstant16 specifies whether objects in the PushConstant storage class can have 16-bit integer and 16-bit floating-point members. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer or floating-point members must not be used in such objects. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the StoragePushConstant16 capability.

storageInputOutput16 specifies whether objects in the Input and Output storage classes can have 16-bit integer and 16-bit floating-point members. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer or 16-bit floating-point members must not be used in such objects. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the StorageInputOutput16 capability.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

shaderFloat16 indicates whether 16-bit floats (halfs) are supported in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the Float16 capability.

shaderInt8 indicates whether 8-bit integers (signed and unsigned) are supported in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the Int8 capability.

samplerYcbcrConversion specifies whether the implementation supports sampler Y’C_BC_R conversion. If samplerYcbcrConversion is VK_FALSE, sampler Y’C_BC_R conversion is not supported, and samplers using sampler Y’C_BC_R conversion must not be used.

protectedMemory specifies whether protected memory is supported.

advancedBlendCoherentOperations specifies whether blending using advanced blend operations is guaranteed to execute atomically and in primitive order. If this is VK_TRUE, VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_NONCOHERENT_BIT_EXT is treated the same as VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_READ_BIT, and advanced blending needs no additional synchronization over basic blending. If this is VK_FALSE, then memory dependencies are required to guarantee order between two advanced blending operations that occur on the same sample.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

conditionalRendering specifies whether conditional rendering is supported.

inheritedConditionalRendering specifies whether a secondary command buffer can be executed while conditional rendering is active in the primary command buffer.

shaderDrawParameters specifies whether shader draw parameters are supported.

taskShader indicates whether the task shader stage is supported.

meshShader indicates whether the mesh shader stage is supported.

shaderInputAttachmentArrayDynamicIndexing indicates whether arrays of input attachments can be indexed by dynamically uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT must be indexed only by constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the InputAttachmentArrayDynamicIndexingEXT capability.

shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing indicates whether arrays of uniform texel buffers can be indexed by dynamically uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER must be indexed only by constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the UniformTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexingEXT capability.

shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexing indicates whether arrays of storage texel buffers can be indexed by dynamically uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER must be indexed only by constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the StorageTexelBufferArrayDynamicIndexingEXT capability.

shaderUniformBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing indicates whether arrays of uniform buffers can be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC must not be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the UniformBufferArrayNonUniformIndexingEXT capability.

shaderSampledImageArrayNonUniformIndexing indicates whether arrays of samplers or sampled images can be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE must not be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the SampledImageArrayNonUniformIndexingEXT capability.

shaderStorageBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing indicates whether arrays of storage buffers can be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC must not be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the StorageBufferArrayNonUniformIndexingEXT capability.

shaderStorageImageArrayNonUniformIndexing indicates whether arrays of storage images can be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE must not be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the StorageImageArrayNonUniformIndexingEXT capability.

shaderInputAttachmentArrayNonUniformIndexing indicates whether arrays of input attachments can be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT must not be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the InputAttachmentArrayNonUniformIndexingEXT capability.

shaderUniformTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing indicates whether arrays of uniform texel buffers can be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER must not be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the UniformTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexingEXT capability.

shaderStorageTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexing indicates whether arrays of storage texel buffers can be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions in shader code. If this feature is not enabled, resources with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER must not be indexed by non-uniform integer expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the StorageTexelBufferArrayNonUniformIndexingEXT capability.

descriptorBindingUniformBufferUpdateAfterBind indicates whether the implementation supports updating uniform buffer descriptors after a set is bound. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT must not be used with VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER.

descriptorBindingSampledImageUpdateAfterBind indicates whether the implementation supports updating sampled image descriptors after a set is bound. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT must not be used with VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE.

descriptorBindingStorageImageUpdateAfterBind indicates whether the implementation supports updating storage image descriptors after a set is bound. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT must not be used with VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE.

descriptorBindingStorageBufferUpdateAfterBind indicates whether the implementation supports updating storage buffer descriptors after a set is bound. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT must not be used with VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER.

descriptorBindingUniformTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind indicates whether the implementation supports updating uniform texel buffer descriptors after a set is bound. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT must not be used with VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER.

descriptorBindingStorageTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind indicates whether the implementation supports updating storage texel buffer descriptors after a set is bound. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT must not be used with VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER.

descriptorBindingUpdateUnusedWhilePending indicates whether the implementation supports updating descriptors while the set is in use. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_UNUSED_WHILE_PENDING_BIT_EXT must not be used.

descriptorBindingPartiallyBound indicates whether the implementation supports statically using a descriptor set binding in which some descriptors are not valid. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_PARTIALLY_BOUND_BIT_EXT must not be used.

descriptorBindingVariableDescriptorCount indicates whether the implementation supports descriptor sets with a variable-sized last binding. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT_EXT must not be used.

runtimeDescriptorArray indicates whether the implementation supports the SPIR-V RuntimeDescriptorArrayEXT capability. If this feature is not enabled, descriptors must not be declared in runtime arrays.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

vertexAttributeInstanceRateDivisor specifies whether vertex attribute fetching may be repeated in case of instanced rendering.

vertexAttributeInstanceRateZeroDivisor specifies whether a zero value for VkVertexInputBindingDivisorDescriptionEXT::divisor is supported.

decodeModeSharedExponent indicates whether the implementation supports decoding ASTC compressed formats to VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32 internal precision.

transformFeedback indicates whether the implementation supports transform feedback and shader modules can declare the TransformFeedback capability.

geometryStreams indicates whether the implementation supports the GeometryStreams SPIR-V capability.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

vulkanMemoryModel indicates whether the Vulkan Memory Model is supported, as defined in Vulkan Memory Model. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the VulkanMemoryModelKHR capability.

vulkanMemoryModelDeviceScope indicates whether the Vulkan Memory Model can use Device scope synchronization. This also indicates whether shader modules can declare the VulkanMemoryModelDeviceScopeKHR capability.

vulkanMemoryModelAvailabilityVisibilityChains indicates whether the Vulkan Memory Model can use availability and visibility chains with more than one element.

inlineUniformBlock indicates whether the implementation supports inline uniform block descriptors. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_EXT must not be used.

descriptorBindingInlineUniformBlockUpdateAfterBind indicates whether the implementation supports updating inline uniform block descriptors after a set is bound. If this feature is not enabled, VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT must not be used with VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_EXT.

representativeFragmentTest indicates whether the implementation supports the representative fragment test. See Representative Fragment Test.

exclusiveScissor indicates that the implementation supports the exclusive scissor test.

cornerSampledImage specifies whether images can be created with a VkImageCreateInfo::flags containing VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CORNER_SAMPLED_BIT_NV. See Corner-Sampled Images.

computeDerivativeGroupQuads indicates that the implementation supports the ComputeDerivativeGroupQuadsNV SPIR-V capability.

computeDerivativeGroupLinear indicates that the implementation supports the ComputeDerivativeGroupLinearNV SPIR-V capability.

fragmentShaderBarycentric indicates that the implementation supports the BaryCoordNV and BaryCoordNoPerspNV SPIR-V fragment shader built-ins and supports the PerVertexNV SPIR-V decoration on fragment shader input variables.

imageFootprint specifies whether the implementation supports the ImageFootprintNV SPIR-V capability.

shadingRateImage indicates that the implementation supports the use of a shading rate image to derive an effective shading rate for fragment processing. It also indicates that the implementation supports the ShadingRateNV SPIR-V execution mode.

shadingRateCoarseSampleOrder indicates that the implementation supports a user-configurable ordering of coverage samples in fragments larger than one pixel.

fragmentDensityMap specifies whether the implementation supports render passes with a fragment density map attachment. If this feature is not enabled and the pNext chain of VkRenderPassCreateInfo contains VkRenderPassFragmentDensityMapCreateInfoEXT, fragmentDensityMapAttachment must be VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED.

fragmentDensityMapDynamic specifies whether the implementation supports dynamic fragment density map image views. If this feature is not enabled, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_CREATE_FRAGMENT_DENSITY_MAP_DYNAMIC_BIT_EXT must not be included in VkImageViewCreateInfo::flags.

fragmentDensityMapNonSubsampledImages specifies whether the implementation supports regular non-subsampled image attachments with fragment density map render passes. If this feature is not enabled, render passes with a fragment density map attachment must only have subsampled attachments bound.

scalarBlockLayout indicates that the implementation supports the layout of resource blocks in shaders using scalar alignment.

depthClipEnable indicates that the implementation supports setting the depth clipping operation explicitly via the VkPipelineRasterizationDepthClipStateCreateInfoEXT pipeline state. Otherwise depth clipping is only enabled when VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo::depthClampEnable is set to VK_FALSE.

memoryPriority indicates that the implementation supports memory priorities specified at memory allocation time via VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT.

bufferDeviceAddress indicates that the implementation supports accessing buffer memory in shaders as storage buffers via an address queried from vkGetBufferDeviceAddressEXT.

bufferDeviceAddressCaptureReplay indicates that the implementation supports saving and reusing buffer addresses, e.g. for trace capture and replay.

bufferDeviceAddressMultiDevice indicates that the implementation supports the bufferDeviceAddress feature for logical devices created with multiple physical devices. If this feature is not supported, buffer addresses must not be queried on a logical device created with more than one physical device.

dedicatedAllocationImageAliasing indicates that the implementation supports aliasing of compatible image objects on a dedicated allocation.

cooperativeMatrix indicates that the implementation supports the CooperativeMatrixNV SPIR-V capability.

cooperativeMatrixRobustBufferAccess indicates that the implementation supports robust buffer access for SPIR-V OpCooperativeMatrixLoadNV and OpCooperativeMatrixStoreNV instructions.

maxImageDimension1D is the maximum dimension (width) supported for all images created with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D.

maxImageDimension2D is the maximum dimension (width or height) supported for all images created with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and without VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT set in flags.

maxImageDimension3D is the maximum dimension (width, height, or depth) supported for all images created with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D.

maxImageDimensionCube is the maximum dimension (width or height) supported for all images created with an imageType of VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and with VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT set in flags.

maxImageArrayLayers is the maximum number of layers (arrayLayers) for an image.

maxTexelBufferElements is the maximum number of addressable texels for a buffer view created on a buffer which was created with the VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT set in the usage member of the VkBufferCreateInfo structure.

maxUniformBufferRange is the maximum value that can be specified in the range member of any VkDescriptorBufferInfo structures passed to a call to vkUpdateDescriptorSets for descriptors of type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC.

maxStorageBufferRange is the maximum value that can be specified in the range member of any VkDescriptorBufferInfo structures passed to a call to vkUpdateDescriptorSets for descriptors of type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC.

maxPushConstantsSize is the maximum size, in bytes, of the pool of push constant memory. For each of the push constant ranges indicated by the pPushConstantRanges member of the VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo structure, (offset + size) must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxMemoryAllocationCount is the maximum number of device memory allocations, as created by vkAllocateMemory, which can simultaneously exist.

maxSamplerAllocationCount is the maximum number of sampler objects, as created by vkCreateSampler, which can simultaneously exist on a device.

bufferImageGranularity is the granularity, in bytes, at which buffer or linear image resources, and optimal image resources can be bound to adjacent offsets in the same VkDeviceMemory object without aliasing. See Buffer-Image Granularity for more details.

sparseAddressSpaceSize is the total amount of address space available, in bytes, for sparse memory resources. This is an upper bound on the sum of the size of all sparse resources, regardless of whether any memory is bound to them.

maxBoundDescriptorSets is the maximum number of descriptor sets that can be simultaneously used by a pipeline. All DescriptorSet decorations in shader modules must have a value less than maxBoundDescriptorSets. See Descriptor Sets.

maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers is the maximum number of samplers that can be accessible to a single shader stage in a pipeline layout. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. A descriptor is accessible to a shader stage when the stageFlags member of the VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See Sampler and Combined Image Sampler.

maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers is the maximum number of uniform buffers that can be accessible to a single shader stage in a pipeline layout. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. A descriptor is accessible to a shader stage when the stageFlags member of the VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See Uniform Buffer and Dynamic Uniform Buffer.

maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers is the maximum number of storage buffers that can be accessible to a single shader stage in a pipeline layout. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. A descriptor is accessible to a pipeline shader stage when the stageFlags member of the VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See Storage Buffer and Dynamic Storage Buffer.

maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages is the maximum number of sampled images that can be accessible to a single shader stage in a pipeline layout. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. A descriptor is accessible to a pipeline shader stage when the stageFlags member of the VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See Combined Image Sampler, Sampled Image, and Uniform Texel Buffer.

maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages is the maximum number of storage images that can be accessible to a single shader stage in a pipeline layout. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. A descriptor is accessible to a pipeline shader stage when the stageFlags member of the VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See Storage Image, and Storage Texel Buffer.

maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments is the maximum number of input attachments that can be accessible to a single shader stage in a pipeline layout. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. A descriptor is accessible to a pipeline shader stage when the stageFlags member of the VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding structure has the bit for that shader stage set. These are only supported for the fragment stage. See Input Attachment.

maxPerStageResources is the maximum number of resources that can be accessible to a single shader stage in a pipeline layout. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. For the fragment shader stage the framebuffer color attachments also count against this limit.

maxDescriptorSetSamplers is the maximum number of samplers that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. See Sampler and Combined Image Sampler.

maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers is the maximum number of uniform buffers that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. See Uniform Buffer and Dynamic Uniform Buffer.

maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic is the maximum number of dynamic uniform buffers that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. See Dynamic Uniform Buffer.

maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers is the maximum number of storage buffers that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. See Storage Buffer and Dynamic Storage Buffer.

maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic is the maximum number of dynamic storage buffers that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. See Dynamic Storage Buffer.

maxDescriptorSetSampledImages is the maximum number of sampled images that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. See Combined Image Sampler, Sampled Image, and Uniform Texel Buffer.

maxDescriptorSetStorageImages is the maximum number of storage images that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. See Storage Image, and Storage Texel Buffer.

maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments is the maximum number of input attachments that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptors with a type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT count against this limit. Only descriptors in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit. See Input Attachment.

maxVertexInputAttributes is the maximum number of vertex input attributes that can be specified for a graphics pipeline. These are described in the array of VkVertexInputAttributeDescription structures that are provided at graphics pipeline creation time via the pVertexAttributeDescriptions member of the VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo structure. See Vertex Attributes and Vertex Input Description.

maxVertexInputBindings is the maximum number of vertex buffers that can be specified for providing vertex attributes to a graphics pipeline. These are described in the array of VkVertexInputBindingDescription structures that are provided at graphics pipeline creation time via the pVertexBindingDescriptions member of the VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo structure. The binding member of VkVertexInputBindingDescription must be less than this limit. See Vertex Input Description.

maxVertexInputAttributeOffset is the maximum vertex input attribute offset that can be added to the vertex input binding stride. The offset member of the VkVertexInputAttributeDescription structure must be less than or equal to this limit. See Vertex Input Description.

maxVertexInputBindingStride is the maximum vertex input binding stride that can be specified in a vertex input binding. The stride member of the VkVertexInputBindingDescription structure must be less than or equal to this limit. See Vertex Input Description.

maxVertexOutputComponents is the maximum number of components of output variables which can be output by a vertex shader. See Vertex Shaders.

maxTessellationGenerationLevel is the maximum tessellation generation level supported by the fixed-function tessellation primitive generator. See Tessellation.

maxTessellationPatchSize is the maximum patch size, in vertices, of patches that can be processed by the tessellation control shader and tessellation primitive generator. The patchControlPoints member of the VkPipelineTessellationStateCreateInfo structure specified at pipeline creation time and the value provided in the OutputVertices execution mode of shader modules must be less than or equal to this limit. See Tessellation.

maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents is the maximum number of components of input variables which can be provided as per-vertex inputs to the tessellation control shader stage.

maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents is the maximum number of components of per-vertex output variables which can be output from the tessellation control shader stage.

maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents is the maximum number of components of per-patch output variables which can be output from the tessellation control shader stage.

maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents is the maximum total number of components of per-vertex and per-patch output variables which can be output from the tessellation control shader stage.

maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents is the maximum number of components of input variables which can be provided as per-vertex inputs to the tessellation evaluation shader stage.

maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents is the maximum number of components of per-vertex output variables which can be output from the tessellation evaluation shader stage.

maxGeometryShaderInvocations is the maximum invocation count supported for instanced geometry shaders. The value provided in the Invocations execution mode of shader modules must be less than or equal to this limit. See Geometry Shading.

maxGeometryInputComponents is the maximum number of components of input variables which can be provided as inputs to the geometry shader stage.

maxGeometryOutputComponents is the maximum number of components of output variables which can be output from the geometry shader stage.

maxGeometryOutputVertices is the maximum number of vertices which can be emitted by any geometry shader.

maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents is the maximum total number of components of output, across all emitted vertices, which can be output from the geometry shader stage.

maxFragmentInputComponents is the maximum number of components of input variables which can be provided as inputs to the fragment shader stage.

maxFragmentOutputAttachments is the maximum number of output attachments which can be written to by the fragment shader stage.

maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments is the maximum number of output attachments which can be written to by the fragment shader stage when blending is enabled and one of the dual source blend modes is in use. See Dual-Source Blending and dualSrcBlend.

maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources is the total number of storage buffers, storage images, and output buffers which can be used in the fragment shader stage.

maxComputeSharedMemorySize is the maximum total storage size, in bytes, available for variables declared with the Workgroup storage class in shader modules (or with the shared storage qualifier in GLSL) in the compute shader stage. The amount of storage consumed by the variables declared with the Workgroup storage class is implementation-dependent. However, the amount of storage consumed may not exceed the largest block size that would be obtained if all active variables declared with Workgroup storage class were assigned offsets in an arbitrary order by successively taking the smallest valid offset according to the Standard Storage Buffer Layout rules. (This is equivalent to using the GLSL std430 layout rules.)

maxComputeWorkGroupCount[3] is the maximum number of local workgroups that can be dispatched by a single dispatch command. These three values represent the maximum number of local workgroups for the X, Y, and Z dimensions, respectively. The workgroup count parameters to the dispatch commands must be less than or equal to the corresponding limit. See Dispatching Commands.

maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations is the maximum total number of compute shader invocations in a single local workgroup. The product of the X, Y, and Z sizes as specified by the LocalSize execution mode in shader modules and by the object decorated by the WorkgroupSize decoration must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxComputeWorkGroupSize[3] is the maximum size of a local compute workgroup, per dimension. These three values represent the maximum local workgroup size in the X, Y, and Z dimensions, respectively. The x, y, and z sizes specified by the LocalSize execution mode and by the object decorated by the WorkgroupSize decoration in shader modules must be less than or equal to the corresponding limit.

subPixelPrecisionBits is the number of bits of subpixel precision in framebuffer coordinates x_f and y_f. See Rasterization.

subTexelPrecisionBits is the number of bits of precision in the division along an axis of an image used for minification and magnification filters. 2^{subTexelPrecisionBits} is the actual number of divisions along each axis of the image represented. Sub-texel values calculated during image sampling will snap to these locations when generating the filtered results.

mipmapPrecisionBits is the number of bits of division that the LOD calculation for mipmap fetching get snapped to when determining the contribution from each mip level to the mip filtered results. 2^{mipmapPrecisionBits} is the actual number of divisions.

maxDrawIndexedIndexValue is the maximum index value that can be used for indexed draw calls when using 32-bit indices. This excludes the primitive restart index value of 0xFFFFFFFF. See fullDrawIndexUint32.

maxDrawIndirectCount is the maximum draw count that is supported for indirect draw calls. See multiDrawIndirect.

maxSamplerLodBias is the maximum absolute sampler LOD bias. The sum of the mipLodBias member of the VkSamplerCreateInfo structure and the Bias operand of image sampling operations in shader modules (or 0 if no Bias operand is provided to an image sampling operation) are clamped to the range [-maxSamplerLodBias,+maxSamplerLodBias]. See [samplers-mipLodBias].

maxSamplerAnisotropy is the maximum degree of sampler anisotropy. The maximum degree of anisotropic filtering used for an image sampling operation is the minimum of the maxAnisotropy member of the VkSamplerCreateInfo structure and this limit. See [samplers-maxAnisotropy].

maxViewports is the maximum number of active viewports. The viewportCount member of the VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo structure that is provided at pipeline creation must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxViewportDimensions[2] are the maximum viewport dimensions in the X (width) and Y (height) dimensions, respectively. The maximum viewport dimensions must be greater than or equal to the largest image which can be created and used as a framebuffer attachment. See Controlling the Viewport.

viewportBoundsRange[2] is the [minimum, maximum] range that the corners of a viewport must be contained in. This range must be at least [-2 × size, 2 × size - 1], where size = max(maxViewportDimensions[0], maxViewportDimensions[1]). See Controlling the Viewport.

viewportSubPixelBits is the number of bits of subpixel precision for viewport bounds. The subpixel precision that floating-point viewport bounds are interpreted at is given by this limit.

minMemoryMapAlignment is the minimum required alignment, in bytes, of host visible memory allocations within the host address space. When mapping a memory allocation with vkMapMemory, subtracting offset bytes from the returned pointer will always produce an integer multiple of this limit. See Host Access to Device Memory Objects.

minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment is the minimum required alignment, in bytes, for the offset member of the VkBufferViewCreateInfo structure for texel buffers. When a buffer view is created for a buffer which was created with VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT set in the usage member of the VkBufferCreateInfo structure, the offset must be an integer multiple of this limit.

minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment is the minimum required alignment, in bytes, for the offset member of the VkDescriptorBufferInfo structure for uniform buffers. When a descriptor of type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC is updated, the offset must be an integer multiple of this limit. Similarly, dynamic offsets for uniform buffers must be multiples of this limit.

minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment is the minimum required alignment, in bytes, for the offset member of the VkDescriptorBufferInfo structure for storage buffers. When a descriptor of type VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC is updated, the offset must be an integer multiple of this limit. Similarly, dynamic offsets for storage buffers must be multiples of this limit.

minTexelOffset is the minimum offset value for the ConstOffset image operand of any of the OpImageSample* or OpImageFetch* image instructions.

maxTexelOffset is the maximum offset value for the ConstOffset image operand of any of the OpImageSample* or OpImageFetch* image instructions.

minTexelGatherOffset is the minimum offset value for the Offset or ConstOffsets image operands of any of the OpImage*Gather image instructions.

maxTexelGatherOffset is the maximum offset value for the Offset or ConstOffsets image operands of any of the OpImage*Gather image instructions.

minInterpolationOffset is the minimum negative offset value for the offset operand of the InterpolateAtOffset extended instruction.

maxInterpolationOffset is the maximum positive offset value for the offset operand of the InterpolateAtOffset extended instruction.

subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits is the number of subpixel fractional bits that the x and y offsets to the InterpolateAtOffset extended instruction may be rounded to as fixed-point values.

maxFramebufferWidth is the maximum width for a framebuffer. The width member of the VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxFramebufferHeight is the maximum height for a framebuffer. The height member of the VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxFramebufferLayers is the maximum layer count for a layered framebuffer. The layers member of the VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure must be less than or equal to this limit.

framebufferColorSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the color sample counts that are supported for all framebuffer color attachments with floating- or fixed-point formats. There is no limit that specifies the color sample counts that are supported for all color attachments with integer formats.

framebufferDepthSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the supported depth sample counts for all framebuffer depth/stencil attachments, when the format includes a depth component.

framebufferStencilSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the supported stencil sample counts for all framebuffer depth/stencil attachments, when the format includes a stencil component.

framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the supported sample counts for a framebuffer with no attachments.

maxColorAttachments is the maximum number of color attachments that can be used by a subpass in a render pass. The colorAttachmentCount member of the VkSubpassDescription structure must be less than or equal to this limit.

sampledImageColorSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the sample counts supported for all 2D images created with VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, usage containing VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT, and a non-integer color format.

sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the sample counts supported for all 2D images created with VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, usage containing VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT, and an integer color format.

sampledImageDepthSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the sample counts supported for all 2D images created with VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, usage containing VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT, and a depth format.

sampledImageStencilSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the sample supported for all 2D images created with VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, usage containing VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT, and a stencil format.

storageImageSampleCounts is a bitmask¹ of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the sample counts supported for all 2D images created with VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, and usage containing VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT.

maxSampleMaskWords is the maximum number of array elements of a variable decorated with the SampleMask built-in decoration.

timestampComputeAndGraphics specifies support for timestamps on all graphics and compute queues. If this limit is set to VK_TRUE, all queues that advertise the VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT or VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT in the VkQueueFamilyProperties::queueFlags support VkQueueFamilyProperties::timestampValidBits of at least 36. See Timestamp Queries.

timestampPeriod is the number of nanoseconds required for a timestamp query to be incremented by 1. See Timestamp Queries.

maxClipDistances is the maximum number of clip distances that can be used in a single shader stage. The size of any array declared with the ClipDistance built-in decoration in a shader module must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxCullDistances is the maximum number of cull distances that can be used in a single shader stage. The size of any array declared with the CullDistance built-in decoration in a shader module must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances is the maximum combined number of clip and cull distances that can be used in a single shader stage. The sum of the sizes of any pair of arrays declared with the ClipDistance and CullDistance built-in decoration used by a single shader stage in a shader module must be less than or equal to this limit.

discreteQueuePriorities is the number of discrete priorities that can be assigned to a queue based on the value of each member of VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo::pQueuePriorities. This must be at least 2, and levels must be spread evenly over the range, with at least one level at 1.0, and another at 0.0. See Queue Priority.

pointSizeRange[2] is the range [minimum,maximum] of supported sizes for points. Values written to variables decorated with the PointSize built-in decoration are clamped to this range.

lineWidthRange[2] is the range [minimum,maximum] of supported widths for lines. Values specified by the lineWidth member of the VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo or the lineWidth parameter to vkCmdSetLineWidth are clamped to this range.

pointSizeGranularity is the granularity of supported point sizes. Not all point sizes in the range defined by pointSizeRange are supported. This limit specifies the granularity (or increment) between successive supported point sizes.

lineWidthGranularity is the granularity of supported line widths. Not all line widths in the range defined by lineWidthRange are supported. This limit specifies the granularity (or increment) between successive supported line widths.

strictLines specifies whether lines are rasterized according to the preferred method of rasterization. If set to VK_FALSE, lines may be rasterized under a relaxed set of rules. If set to VK_TRUE, lines are rasterized as per the strict definition. See Basic Line Segment Rasterization.

standardSampleLocations specifies whether rasterization uses the standard sample locations as documented in Multisampling. If set to VK_TRUE, the implementation uses the documented sample locations. If set to VK_FALSE, the implementation may use different sample locations.

optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment is the optimal buffer offset alignment in bytes for vkCmdCopyBufferToImage and vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer. The per texel alignment requirements are enforced, but applications should use the optimal alignment for optimal performance and power use.

optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment is the optimal buffer row pitch alignment in bytes for vkCmdCopyBufferToImage and vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer. Row pitch is the number of bytes between texels with the same X coordinate in adjacent rows (Y coordinates differ by one). The per texel alignment requirements are enforced, but applications should use the optimal alignment for optimal performance and power use.

nonCoherentAtomSize is the size and alignment in bytes that bounds concurrent access to host-mapped device memory.

VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT specifies an image with one sample per pixel.

VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT specifies an image with 2 samples per pixel.

VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT specifies an image with 4 samples per pixel.

VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT specifies an image with 8 samples per pixel.

VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT specifies an image with 16 samples per pixel.

VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_32_BIT specifies an image with 32 samples per pixel.

VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_64_BIT specifies an image with 64 samples per pixel.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxPushDescriptors is the maximum number of descriptors that can be used in a descriptor set created with VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_BIT_KHR set.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxMultiviewViewCount is one greater than the maximum view index that can be used in a subpass.

maxMultiviewInstanceIndex is the maximum valid value of instance index allowed to be generated by a drawing command recorded within a subpass of a multiview render pass instance.

separateDenormSettings is a boolean value indicating whether the implementation supports separate settings for 16-bit and 64-bit denormals.

separateRoundingModeSettings is a boolean value indicating whether the implementation supports separate rounding modes for 16-bit and 64-bit floating point instructions.

shaderSignedZeroInfNanPreserveFloat16 is a boolean value indicating whether sign of a zero, Nans and \(\pm\infty\) can be preserved in 16-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the SignedZeroInfNanPreserve execution mode can be used for 16-bit floating-point types.

shaderSignedZeroInfNanPreserveFloat32 is a boolean value indicating whether sign of a zero, Nans and \(\pm\infty\) can be preserved in 32-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the SignedZeroInfNanPreserve execution mode can be used for 32-bit floating-point types.

shaderSignedZeroInfNanPreserveFloat64 is a boolean value indicating whether sign of a zero, Nans and \(\pm\infty\) can be preserved in 64-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the SignedZeroInfNanPreserve execution mode can be used for 64-bit floating-point types.

shaderDenormPreserveFloat16 is a boolean value indicating whether denormals can be preserved in 16-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the DenormPreserve execution mode can be used for 16-bit floating-point types.

shaderDenormPreserveFloat32 is a boolean value indicating whether denormals can be preserved in 32-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the DenormPreserve execution mode can be used for 32-bit floating-point types.

shaderDenormPreserveFloat64 is a boolean value indicating whether denormals can be preserved in 64-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the DenormPreserve execution mode can be used for 64-bit floating-point types.

shaderDenormFlushToZeroFloat16 is a boolean value indicating whether denormals can be flushed to zero in 16-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the DenormFlushToZero execution mode can be used for 16-bit floating-point types.

shaderDenormFlushToZeroFloat32 is a boolean value indicating whether denormals can be flushed to zero in 32-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the DenormFlushToZero execution mode can be used for 32-bit floating-point types.

shaderDenormFlushToZeroFloat64 is a boolean value indicating whether denormals can be flushed to zero in 64-bit floating-point computations. It also indicates whether the DenormFlushToZero execution mode can be used for 64-bit floating-point types.

shaderRoundingModeRTEFloat16 is a boolean value indicating whether an implementation supports the round-to-nearest-even rounding mode for 16-bit floating-point arithmetic and conversion instructions. It also indicates whether the RoundingModeRTE execution mode can be used for 16-bit floating-point types.

shaderRoundingModeRTEFloat32 is a boolean value indicating whether an implementation supports the round-to-nearest-even rounding mode for 32-bit floating-point arithmetic and conversion instructions. It also indicates whether the RoundingModeRTE execution mode can be used for 32-bit floating-point types.

shaderRoundingModeRTEFloat64 is a boolean value indicating whether an implementation supports the round-to-nearest-even rounding mode for 64-bit floating-point arithmetic and conversion instructions. It also indicates whether the RoundingModeRTE execution mode can be used for 64-bit floating-point types.

shaderRoundingModeRTZFloat16 is a boolean value indicating whether an implementation supports the round-towards-zero rounding mode for 16-bit floating-point arithmetic and conversion instructions. It also indicates whether the RoundingModeRTZ execution mode can be used for 16-bit floating-point types.

shaderRoundingModeRTZFloat32 is a boolean value indicating whether an implementation supports the round-towards-zero rounding mode for 32-bit floating-point arithmetic and conversion instructions. It also indicates whether the RoundingModeRTZ execution mode can be used for 32-bit floating-point types.

shaderRoundingModeRTZFloat64 is a boolean value indicating whether an implementation supports the round-towards-zero rounding mode for 64-bit floating-point arithmetic and conversion instructions. It also indicates whether the RoundingModeRTZ execution mode can be used for 64-bit floating-point types.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxDiscardRectangles is the maximum number of active discard rectangles that can be specified.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

sampleLocationSampleCounts is a bitmask of VkSampleCountFlagBits indicating the sample counts supporting custom sample locations.

maxSampleLocationGridSize is the maximum size of the pixel grid in which sample locations can vary that is supported for all sample counts in sampleLocationSampleCounts.

sampleLocationCoordinateRange[2] is the range of supported sample location coordinates.

sampleLocationSubPixelBits is the number of bits of subpixel precision for sample locations.

variableSampleLocations specifies whether the sample locations used by all pipelines that will be bound to a command buffer during a subpass must match. If set to VK_TRUE, the implementation supports variable sample locations in a subpass. If set to VK_FALSE, then the sample locations must stay constant in each subpass.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

minImportedHostPointerAlignment is the minimum required alignment, in bytes, for the base address and size of host pointers that can be imported to a Vulkan memory object.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

perViewPositionAllComponents is VK_TRUE if the implementation supports per-view position values that differ in components other than the X component.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

pointClippingBehavior is the point clipping behavior supported by the implementation, and is of type VkPointClippingBehavior.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

subgroupSize is the number of invocations in each subgroup. This will match any SubgroupSize decorated variable used in any shader module created on this device. subgroupSize is at least 1 if any of the physical device’s queues support VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT or VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT.

supportedStages is a bitfield of VkShaderStageFlagBits describing the shader stages that subgroup operations are supported in. supportedStages will have the VK_SHADER_STAGE_COMPUTE_BIT bit set if any of the physical device’s queues support VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT.

supportedOperations is a bitmask of VkSubgroupFeatureFlagBits specifying the sets of subgroup operations supported on this device. supportedOperations will have the VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_BASIC_BIT bit set if any of the physical device’s queues support VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT or VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT.

quadOperationsInAllStages is a boolean that specifies whether quad subgroup operations are available in all stages, or are restricted to fragment and compute stages.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_BASIC_BIT specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniform capability.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_VOTE_BIT specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniformVote capability.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_ARITHMETIC_BIT specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniformArithmetic capability.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_BALLOT_BIT specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniformBallot capability.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_SHUFFLE_BIT specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniformShuffle capability.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_SHUFFLE_RELATIVE_BIT specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniformShuffleRelative capability.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_CLUSTERED_BIT specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniformClustered capability.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_QUAD_BIT specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniformQuad capability.

VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_PARTITIONED_BIT_NV specifies the device will accept SPIR-V shader modules that contain the GroupNonUniformPartitionedNV capability.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

advancedBlendMaxColorAttachments is one greater than the highest color attachment index that can be used in a subpass, for a pipeline that uses an advanced blend operation.

advancedBlendIndependentBlend specifies whether advanced blend operations can vary per-attachment.

advancedBlendNonPremultipliedSrcColor specifies whether the source color can be treated as non-premultiplied. If this is VK_FALSE, then VkPipelineColorBlendAdvancedStateCreateInfoEXT::srcPremultiplied must be VK_TRUE.

advancedBlendNonPremultipliedDstColor specifies whether the destination color can be treated as non-premultiplied. If this is VK_FALSE, then VkPipelineColorBlendAdvancedStateCreateInfoEXT::dstPremultiplied must be VK_TRUE.

advancedBlendCorrelatedOverlap specifies whether the overlap mode can be treated as correlated. If this is VK_FALSE, then VkPipelineColorBlendAdvancedStateCreateInfoEXT::blendOverlap must be VK_BLEND_OVERLAP_UNCORRELATED_EXT.

advancedBlendAllOperations specifies whether all advanced blend operation enums are supported. See the valid usage of VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxVertexAttribDivisor is the maximum value of the number of instances that will repeat the value of vertex attribute data when instanced rendering is enabled.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

filterMinmaxSingleComponentFormats is a boolean value indicating whether a minimum set of required formats support min/max filtering.

filterMinmaxImageComponentMapping is a boolean value indicating whether the implementation supports non-identity component mapping of the image when doing min/max filtering.

VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM

VK_FORMAT_R8_SNORM

VK_FORMAT_R16_UNORM

VK_FORMAT_R16_SNORM

VK_FORMAT_R16_SFLOAT

VK_FORMAT_R32_SFLOAT

VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM

VK_FORMAT_X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32

VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT

VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT

VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT

VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

protectedNoFault specifies whether the undefined behavior may include process termination or device loss. If protectedNoFault is VK_FALSE, undefined behavior may include process termination or device loss. If protectedNoFault is VK_TRUE, undefined behavior will not include process termination or device loss.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxPerSetDescriptors is a maximum number of descriptors (summed over all descriptor types) in a single descriptor set that is guaranteed to satisfy any implementation-dependent constraints on the size of a descriptor set itself. Applications can query whether a descriptor set that goes beyond this limit is supported using vkGetDescriptorSetLayoutSupport.

maxMemoryAllocationSize is the maximum size of a memory allocation that can be created, even if there is more space available in the heap.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxDrawMeshTasksCount is the maximum number of local workgroups that can be launched by a single draw mesh tasks command. See Programmable Mesh Shading.

maxTaskWorkGroupInvocations is the maximum total number of task shader invocations in a single local workgroup. The product of the X, Y, and Z sizes as specified by the LocalSize execution mode in shader modules and by the object decorated by the WorkgroupSize decoration must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxTaskWorkGroupSize[3] is the maximum size of a local task workgroup. These three values represent the maximum local workgroup size in the X, Y, and Z dimensions, respectively. The x, y, and z sizes specified by the LocalSize execution mode and by the object decorated by the WorkgroupSize decoration in shader modules must be less than or equal to the corresponding limit.

maxTaskTotalMemorySize is the maximum number of bytes that the task shader can use in total for shared and output memory combined.

maxTaskOutputCount is the maximum number of output tasks a single task shader workgroup can emit.

maxMeshWorkGroupInvocations is the maximum total number of mesh shader invocations in a single local workgroup. The product of the X, Y, and Z sizes as specified by the LocalSize execution mode in shader modules and by the object decorated by the WorkgroupSize decoration must be less than or equal to this limit.

maxMeshWorkGroupSize[3] is the maximum size of a local mesh workgroup. These three values represent the maximum local workgroup size in the X, Y, and Z dimensions, respectively. The x, y, and z sizes specified by the LocalSize execution mode and by the object decorated by the WorkgroupSize decoration in shader modules must be less than or equal to the corresponding limit.

maxMeshTotalMemorySize is the maximum number of bytes that the mesh shader can use in total for shared and output memory combined.

maxMeshOutputVertices is the maximum number of vertices a mesh shader output can store.

maxMeshOutputPrimitives is the maximum number of primitives a mesh shader output can store.

maxMeshMultiviewViewCount is the maximum number of multi-view views a mesh shader can use.

meshOutputPerVertexGranularity is the granularity with which mesh vertex outputs are allocated. The value can be used to compute the memory size used by the mesh shader, which must be less than or equal to maxMeshTotalMemorySize.

meshOutputPerPrimitiveGranularity is the granularity with which mesh outputs qualified as per-primitive are allocated. The value can be used to compute the memory size used by the mesh shader, which must be less than or equal to maxMeshTotalMemorySize.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxUpdateAfterBindDescriptorsInAllPools is the maximum number of descriptors (summed over all descriptor types) that can be created across all pools that are created with the VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT_EXT bit set. Pool creation may fail when this limit is exceeded, or when the space this limit represents is unable to satisfy a pool creation due to fragmentation.

shaderUniformBufferArrayNonUniformIndexingNative is a boolean value indicating whether uniform buffer descriptors natively support nonuniform indexing. If this is VK_FALSE, then a single dynamic instance of an instruction that nonuniformly indexes an array of uniform buffers may execute multiple times in order to access all the descriptors.

shaderSampledImageArrayNonUniformIndexingNative is a boolean value indicating whether sampler and image descriptors natively support nonuniform indexing. If this is VK_FALSE, then a single dynamic instance of an instruction that nonuniformly indexes an array of samplers or images may execute multiple times in order to access all the descriptors.

shaderStorageBufferArrayNonUniformIndexingNative is a boolean value indicating whether storage buffer descriptors natively support nonuniform indexing. If this is VK_FALSE, then a single dynamic instance of an instruction that nonuniformly indexes an array of storage buffers may execute multiple times in order to access all the descriptors.

shaderStorageImageArrayNonUniformIndexingNative is a boolean value indicating whether storage image descriptors natively support nonuniform indexing. If this is VK_FALSE, then a single dynamic instance of an instruction that nonuniformly indexes an array of storage images may execute multiple times in order to access all the descriptors.

shaderInputAttachmentArrayNonUniformIndexingNative is a boolean value indicating whether input attachment descriptors natively support nonuniform indexing. If this is VK_FALSE, then a single dynamic instance of an instruction that nonuniformly indexes an array of input attachments may execute multiple times in order to access all the descriptors.

robustBufferAccessUpdateAfterBind is a boolean value indicating whether robustBufferAccess can be enabled in a device simultaneously with descriptorBindingUniformBufferUpdateAfterBind, descriptorBindingStorageBufferUpdateAfterBind, descriptorBindingUniformTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind, and/or descriptorBindingStorageTexelBufferUpdateAfterBind. If this is VK_FALSE, then either robustBufferAccess must be disabled or all of these update-after-bind features must be disabled.

quadDivergentImplicitLod is a boolean value indicating whether implicit level of detail calculations for image operations have well-defined results when the image and/or sampler objects used for the instruction are not uniform within a quad. See Derivative Image Operations.

maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindSamplers is similar to maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindUniformBuffers is similar to maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindStorageBuffers is similar to maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindSampledImages is similar to maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindStorageImages is similar to maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindInputAttachments is similar to maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxPerStageUpdateAfterBindResources is similar to maxPerStageResources but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindSamplers is similar to maxDescriptorSetSamplers but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindUniformBuffers is similar to maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindUniformBuffersDynamic is similar to maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindStorageBuffers is similar to maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindStorageBuffersDynamic is similar to maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindSampledImages is similar to maxDescriptorSetSampledImages but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindStorageImages is similar to maxDescriptorSetStorageImages but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindInputAttachments is similar to maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments but counts descriptors from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxInlineUniformBlockSize is the maximum size in bytes of an inline uniform block binding.

maxPerStageDescriptorInlineUniformBlock is the maximum number of inline uniform block bindings that can be accessible to a single shader stage in a pipeline layout. Descriptor bindings with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_EXT count against this limit. Only descriptor bindings in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit.

maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindInlineUniformBlocks is similar to maxPerStageDescriptorInlineUniformBlocks but counts descriptor bindings from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

maxDescriptorSetInlineUniformBlocks is the maximum number of inline uniform block bindings that can be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers. Descriptor bindings with a descriptor type of VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_EXT count against this limit. Only descriptor bindings in descriptor set layouts created without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set count against this limit.

maxDescriptorSetUpdateAfterBindInlineUniformBlocks is similar to maxDescriptorSetInlineUniformBlocks but counts descriptor bindings from descriptor sets created with or without the VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT_EXT bit set.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

primitiveOverestimationSize is the size in pixels the generating primitive is increased at each of its edges during conservative rasterization overestimation mode. Even with a size of 0.0, conservative rasterization overestimation rules still apply and if any part of the pixel rectangle is covered by the generating primitive, fragments are generated for the entire pixel. However implementations may make the pixel coverage area even more conservative by increasing the size of the generating primitive.

maxExtraPrimitiveOverestimationSize is the maximum size in pixels of extra overestimation the implementation supports in the pipeline state. A value of 0.0 means the implementation does not support any additional overestimation of the generating primitive during conservative rasterization. A value above 0.0 allows the application to further increase the size of the generating primitive during conservative rasterization overestimation.

extraPrimitiveOverestimationSizeGranularity is the granularity of extra overestimation that can be specified in the pipeline state between 0.0 and maxExtraPrimitiveOverestimationSize inclusive. A value of 0.0 means the implementation can use the smallest representable non-zero value in the screen space pixel fixed-point grid.

primitiveUnderestimation is true if the implementation supports the VK_CONSERVATIVE_RASTERIZATION_MODE_UNDERESTIMATE_EXT conservative rasterization mode in addition to VK_CONSERVATIVE_RASTERIZATION_MODE_OVERESTIMATE_EXT. Otherwise the implementation only supports VK_CONSERVATIVE_RASTERIZATION_MODE_OVERESTIMATE_EXT.

conservativePointAndLineRasterization is true if the implementation supports conservative rasterization of point and line primitives as well as triangle primitives. Otherwise the implementation only supports triangle primitives.

degenerateTrianglesRasterized is false if the implementation culls primitives generated from triangles that become zero area after they are quantized to the fixed-point rasterization pixel grid. degenerateTrianglesRasterized is true if these primitives are not culled and the provoking vertex attributes and depth value are used for the fragments. The primitive area calculation is done on the primitive generated from the clipped triangle if applicable. Zero area primitives are backfacing and the application can enable backface culling if desired.

degenerateLinesRasterized is false if the implementation culls lines that become zero length after they are quantized to the fixed-point rasterization pixel grid. degenerateLinesRasterized is true if zero length lines are not culled and the provoking vertex attributes and depth value are used for the fragments.

fullyCoveredFragmentShaderInputVariable is true if the implementation supports the SPIR-V builtin fragment shader input variable FullyCoveredEXT which specifies that conservative rasterization is enabled and the fragment area is fully covered by the generating primitive.

conservativeRasterizationPostDepthCoverage is true if the implementation supports conservative rasterization with the PostDepthCoverage execution mode enabled. When supported the SampleMask built-in input variable will reflect the coverage after the early per-fragment depth and stencil tests are applied even when conservative rasterization is enabled. Otherwise PostDepthCoverage execution mode must not be used when conservative rasterization is enabled.

minFragmentDensityTexelSize is the minimum fragment density texel size.

maxFragmentDensityTexelSize is the maximum fragment density texel size.

fragmentDensityInvocations specifies whether the implementation may invoke additional fragment shader invocations for each covered sample.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

shaderEngineCount is an unsigned integer value indicating the number of shader engines found inside the shader core of the physical device.

shaderArraysPerEngineCount is an unsigned integer value indicating the number of shader arrays inside a shader engine. Each shader array has its own scan converter, set of compute units, and a render back end (color and depth buffers). Shader arrays within a shader engine share shader processor input (wave launcher) and shader export (export buffer) units. Currently, a shader engine can have one or two shader arrays.

computeUnitsPerShaderArray is an unsigned integer value indicating the number of compute units within a shader array. A compute unit houses a set of SIMDs along with a sequencer module and a local data store.

simdPerComputeUnit is an unsigned integer value indicating the number of SIMDs inside a compute unit. Each SIMD processes a single instruction at a time.

wavefrontSize is an unsigned integer value indicating the number of channels (or threads) in a wavefront.

sgprsPerSimd is an unsigned integer value indicating the number of physical Scalar General Purpose Registers (SGPRs) per SIMD.

minSgprAllocation is an unsigned integer value indicating the minimum number of SGPRs allocated for a wave.

maxSgprAllocation is an unsigned integer value indicating the maximum number of SGPRs allocated for a wave.

sgprAllocationGranularity is an unsigned integer value indicating the granularity of SGPR allocation for a wave.

vgprsPerSimd is an unsigned integer value indicating the number of physical Vector General Purpose Registers (VGPRs) per SIMD.

minVgprAllocation is an unsigned integer value indicating the minimum number of VGPRs allocated for a wave.

maxVgprAllocation is an unsigned integer value indicating the maximum number of VGPRs allocated for a wave.

vgprAllocationGranularity is an unsigned integer value indicating the granularity of VGPR allocation for a wave.

supportedDepthResolveModes is a bitmask of VkResolveModeFlagBitsKHR indicating the set of supported depth resolve modes. VK_RESOLVE_MODE_SAMPLE_ZERO_BIT_KHR must be included in the set but implementations may support additional modes.

supportedStencilResolveModes is a bitmask of VkResolveModeFlagBitsKHR indicating the set of supported stencil resolve modes. VK_RESOLVE_MODE_SAMPLE_ZERO_BIT_KHR must be included in the set but implementations may support additional modes. VK_RESOLVE_MODE_AVERAGE_BIT_KHR must not be included in the set.

independentResolveNone is VK_TRUE if the implementation supports setting the depth and stencil resolve modes to different values when one of those modes is VK_RESOLVE_MODE_NONE_KHR. Otherwise the implementation only supports setting both modes to the same value.

independentResolve is VK_TRUE if the implementation supports all combinations of the supported depth and stencil resolve modes.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

shadingRateTexelSize indicates the width and height of the portion of the framebuffer corresponding to each texel in the shading rate image.

shadingRatePaletteSize indicates the maximum number of palette entries supported for the shading rate image.

shadingRateMaxCoarseSamples specifies the maximum number of coverage samples supported in a single fragment. If the product of the fragment size derived from the base shading rate and the number of coverage samples per pixel exceeds this limit, the final shading rate will be adjusted so that its product does not exceed the limit.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

maxTransformFeedbackStreams is the maximum number of vertex streams that can be output from geometry shaders declared with the GeometryStreams capability. If the implementation does not support VkPhysicalDeviceTransformFeedbackFeaturesEXT::geometryStreams then maxTransformFeedbackStreams must be set to 1.

maxTransformFeedbackBuffers is the maximum number of transform feedback buffers that can be bound for capturing shader outputs from the last vertex processing stage.

maxTransformFeedbackBufferSize is the maximum size that can be specified when binding a buffer for transform feedback in vkCmdBindTransformFeedbackBuffersEXT.

maxTransformFeedbackStreamDataSize is the maximum amount of data in bytes for each vertex that captured to one or more transform feedback buffers associated with a specific vertex stream.

maxTransformFeedbackBufferDataSize is the maximum amount of data in bytes for each vertex that can be captured to a specific transform feedback buffer.

maxTransformFeedbackBufferDataStride is the maximum stride between each capture of vertex data to the buffer.

transformFeedbackQueries is true if the implementation supports the VK_QUERY_TYPE_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_STREAM_EXT query type. transformFeedbackQueries is false if queries of this type cannot be created.

transformFeedbackStreamsLinesTriangles is true if the implementation supports the geometry shader OpExecutionMode of OutputLineStrip and OutputTriangleStrip in addition to OutputPoints when more than one vertex stream is output. If transformFeedbackStreamsLinesTriangles is false the implementation only supports an OpExecutionMode of OutputPoints when more than one vertex stream is output from the geometry shader.

transformFeedbackRasterizationStreamSelect is true if the implementation supports the GeometryStreams SPIR-V capability and the application can use VkPipelineRasterizationStateStreamCreateInfoEXT to modify which vertex stream output is used for rasterization. Otherwise vertex stream 0 must always be used for rasterization.

transformFeedbackDraw is true if the implementation supports the vkCmdDrawIndirectByteCountEXT function otherwise the function must not be called.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

shaderGroupHandleSize size in bytes of the shader header.

maxRecursionDepth is the maximum number of levels of recursion allowed in a trace command.

maxShaderGroupStride is the maximum stride in bytes allowed between shader groups in the SBT.

shaderGroupBaseAlignment is the required alignment in bytes for the base of the SBTs.

maxGeometryCount is the maximum number of geometries in the bottom level acceleration structure.

maxInstanceCount is the maximum number of instances in the top level acceleration structure.

maxTriangleCount is the maximum number of triangles in all geometries in the bottom level acceleration structure.

maxDescriptorSetAccelerationStructures is the maximum number of acceleration structure descriptors that are allowed in a descriptor set.

sType is the type of this structure.

pNext is NULL or a pointer to an extension-specific structure.

cooperativeMatrixSupportedStages is a bitfield of VkShaderStageFlagBits describing the shader stages that cooperative matrix instructions are supported in. cooperativeMatrixSupportedStages will have the VK_SHADER_STAGE_COMPUTE_BIT bit set if any of the physical device’s queues support VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT.