Core Revisions (Informative)

New minor versions of the Vulkan API are defined periodically by the Khronos Vulkan Working Group. These consist of some amount of additional functionality added to the core API, potentially including both new functionality and functionality promoted from extensions.

It is possible to build the specification for earlier versions, but to aid readability of the latest versions, this appendix gives an overview of the changes as compared to earlier versions.

Vulkan Version 1.3

Vulkan Version 1.3 promoted a number of key extensions into the core API:

All differences in behavior between these extensions and the corresponding Vulkan 1.3 functionality are summarized below.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_4444_formats

If the VK_EXT_4444_formats extension is not supported, support for all formats defined by it are optional in Vulkan 1.3. There are no members in the VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan13Features structure corresponding to the VkPhysicalDevice4444FormatsFeaturesEXT structure.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state

All dynamic state enumerants and commands defined by VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state are required in Vulkan 1.3. There are no members in the VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan13Features structure corresponding to the VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedDynamicStateFeaturesEXT structure.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2

The optional dynamic state enumerants and commands defined by VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2 for patch control points and logic op are not promoted in Vulkan 1.3. There are no members in the VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan13Features structure corresponding to the VkPhysicalDeviceExtendedDynamicState2FeaturesEXT structure.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment

The more specific alignment requirements defined by VkPhysicalDeviceTexelBufferAlignmentProperties are required in Vulkan 1.3. There are no members in the VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan13Features structure corresponding to the VkPhysicalDeviceTexelBufferAlignmentFeaturesEXT structure. The texelBufferAlignment feature is enabled if using a Vulkan 1.3 instance.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_hdr

If the VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_hdr extension is not supported, support for all formats defined by it are optional in Vulkan 1.3. The textureCompressionASTC_HDR member of VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan13Features indicates whether a Vulkan 1.3 implementation supports these formats.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats

If the VK_EXT_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats extension is not supported, support for all formats defined by it are optional in Vulkan 1.3. There are no members in the VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan13Features structure corresponding to the VkPhysicalDeviceYcbcr2Plane444FormatsFeaturesEXT structure.

Additional Vulkan 1.3 Feature Support

In addition to the promoted extensions described above, Vulkan 1.3 added required support for:

SPIR-V version 1.6
- SPIR-V 1.6 deprecates (but does not remove) the WorkgroupSize decoration.
The bufferDeviceAddress feature which indicates support for accessing memory in shaders as storage buffers via vkGetBufferDeviceAddress.
The vulkanMemoryModel and vulkanMemoryModelDeviceScope features, which indicate support for the corresponding Vulkan Memory Model capabilities.
The maxInlineUniformTotalSize limit is added to provide the total size of all inline uniform block bindings in a pipeline layout.

New Macros

VK_API_VERSION_1_3

New Base Types

VkFlags64

New Object Types

VkPrivateDataSlot

New Commands

New Structures

New Enums

New Bitmasks

New Enum Constants

Extending VkAccessFlagBits:
- VK_ACCESS_NONE
Extending VkAttachmentStoreOp:
- VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_NONE
Extending VkDescriptorType:
- VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK
Extending VkDynamicState:
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_CULL_MODE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_BIAS_ENABLE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_BOUNDS_TEST_ENABLE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_COMPARE_OP
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_TEST_ENABLE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_DEPTH_WRITE_ENABLE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_FRONT_FACE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_PRIMITIVE_RESTART_ENABLE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_RASTERIZER_DISCARD_ENABLE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_SCISSOR_WITH_COUNT
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_STENCIL_OP
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_STENCIL_TEST_ENABLE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VERTEX_INPUT_BINDING_STRIDE
- VK_DYNAMIC_STATE_VIEWPORT_WITH_COUNT
Extending VkEventCreateFlagBits:
- VK_EVENT_CREATE_DEVICE_ONLY_BIT
Extending VkFormat:
- VK_FORMAT_A4B4G4R4_UNORM_PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_A4R4G4B4_UNORM_PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_SFLOAT_BLOCK
- VK_FORMAT_G10X6_B10X6R10X6_2PLANE_444_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G12X4_B12X4R12X4_2PLANE_444_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G16_B16R16_2PLANE_444_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G8_B8R8_2PLANE_444_UNORM
Extending VkImageAspectFlagBits:
- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_NONE
Extending VkImageLayout:
- VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL
- VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL
Extending VkObjectType:
- VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PRIVATE_DATA_SLOT
Extending VkPipelineCacheCreateFlagBits:
- VK_PIPELINE_CACHE_CREATE_EXTERNALLY_SYNCHRONIZED_BIT
Extending VkPipelineCreateFlagBits:
- VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_EARLY_RETURN_ON_FAILURE_BIT
- VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_FAIL_ON_PIPELINE_COMPILE_REQUIRED_BIT
Extending VkPipelineShaderStageCreateFlagBits:
- VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_ALLOW_VARYING_SUBGROUP_SIZE_BIT
- VK_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_REQUIRE_FULL_SUBGROUPS_BIT
Extending VkPipelineStageFlagBits:
- VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_NONE
Extending VkResult:
- VK_PIPELINE_COMPILE_REQUIRED
Extending VkStructureType:
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BLIT_IMAGE_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_COPY_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_IMAGE_COPY_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_MEMORY_BARRIER_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_INHERITANCE_RENDERING_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_SUBMIT_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COPY_BUFFER_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COPY_BUFFER_TO_IMAGE_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COPY_IMAGE_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COPY_IMAGE_TO_BUFFER_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEPENDENCY_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_BUFFER_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_IMAGE_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_PRIVATE_DATA_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FORMAT_PROPERTIES_3
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_BLIT_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_COPY_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_MEMORY_BARRIER_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_RESOLVE_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_BARRIER_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DYNAMIC_RENDERING_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_IMAGE_ROBUSTNESS_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MAINTENANCE_4_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MAINTENANCE_4_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PIPELINE_CREATION_CACHE_CONTROL_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PRIVATE_DATA_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_DEMOTE_TO_HELPER_INVOCATION_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_INTEGER_DOT_PRODUCT_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_INTEGER_DOT_PRODUCT_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_TERMINATE_INVOCATION_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SUBGROUP_SIZE_CONTROL_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SUBGROUP_SIZE_CONTROL_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SYNCHRONIZATION_2_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TEXTURE_COMPRESSION_ASTC_HDR_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TOOL_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_1_3_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_1_3_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_ZERO_INITIALIZE_WORKGROUP_MEMORY_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_CREATION_FEEDBACK_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_RENDERING_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_REQUIRED_SUBGROUP_SIZE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PRIVATE_DATA_SLOT_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDERING_ATTACHMENT_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDERING_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RESOLVE_IMAGE_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SEMAPHORE_SUBMIT_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SUBMIT_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WRITE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK

Vulkan Version 1.2

Vulkan Version 1.2 promoted a number of key extensions into the core API:

All differences in behavior between these extensions and the corresponding Vulkan 1.2 functionality are summarized below.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_8bit_storage

If the VK_KHR_8bit_storage extension is not supported, support for the SPIR-V storageBuffer8BitAccess capability in shader modules is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::storageBuffer8BitAccess when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count

If the VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count extension is not supported, support for the commands vkCmdDrawIndirectCount and vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirectCount is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::drawIndirectCount when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge

If the VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge extension is not supported, support for the VkSamplerAddressMode VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_MIRROR_CLAMP_TO_EDGE is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::samplerMirrorClampToEdge when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing

If the VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing extension is not supported, support for the descriptorIndexing feature is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::descriptorIndexing when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout

If the VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout extension is not supported, support for the scalarBlockLayout feature is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::scalarBlockLayout when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer

The ShaderViewportIndexLayerEXT SPIR-V capability was replaced with the ShaderViewportIndex and ShaderLayer capabilities. Declaring both is equivalent to declaring ShaderViewportIndexLayerEXT. If the VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer extension is not supported, support for the ShaderViewportIndexLayerEXT SPIR-V capability is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::shaderOutputViewportIndex and VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::shaderOutputLayer when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_buffer_device_address

If the VK_KHR_buffer_device_address extension is not supported, support for the bufferDeviceAddress feature is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::bufferDeviceAddress when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64

If the VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64 extension is not supported, support for the shaderBufferInt64Atomics feature is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::shaderBufferInt64Atomics when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8

If the VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 extension is not supported, support for the shaderFloat16 and shaderInt8 features is optional. Support for these features are defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::shaderFloat16 and VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::shaderInt8 when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model

If the VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model extension is not supported, support for the vulkanMemoryModel feature is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan12Features::vulkanMemoryModel when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Additional Vulkan 1.2 Feature Support

In addition to the promoted extensions described above, Vulkan 1.2 added support for:

SPIR-V version 1.4.
SPIR-V version 1.5.
The samplerMirrorClampToEdge feature which indicates whether the implementation supports the VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_MIRROR_CLAMP_TO_EDGE sampler address mode.
The ShaderNonUniform capability in SPIR-V version 1.5.
The shaderOutputViewportIndex feature which indicates that the ShaderViewportIndex capability can be used.
The shaderOutputLayer feature which indicates that the ShaderLayer capability can be used.
The subgroupBroadcastDynamicId feature which allows the “Id” operand of OpGroupNonUniformBroadcast to be dynamically uniform within a subgroup, and the “Index” operand of OpGroupNonUniformQuadBroadcast to be dynamically uniform within a derivative group, in shader modules of version 1.5 or higher.
The drawIndirectCount feature which indicates whether the vkCmdDrawIndirectCount and vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirectCount functions can be used.
The descriptorIndexing feature which indicates the implementation supports the minimum number of descriptor indexing features as defined in the Feature Requirements section.
The samplerFilterMinmax feature which indicates whether the implementation supports the minimum number of image formats that support the VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT feature bit as defined by the filterMinmaxSingleComponentFormats property minimum requirements.
The framebufferIntegerColorSampleCounts limit which indicates the color sample counts that are supported for all framebuffer color attachments with integer formats.

New Macros

VK_API_VERSION_1_2

New Commands

New Structures

New Enums

New Bitmasks

New Enum Constants

VK_MAX_DRIVER_INFO_SIZE
VK_MAX_DRIVER_NAME_SIZE
Extending VkBufferCreateFlagBits:
- VK_BUFFER_CREATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT
Extending VkBufferUsageFlagBits:
- VK_BUFFER_USAGE_SHADER_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BIT
Extending VkDescriptorPoolCreateFlagBits:
- VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_BIT
Extending VkDescriptorSetLayoutCreateFlagBits:
- VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_UPDATE_AFTER_BIND_POOL_BIT
Extending VkFormatFeatureFlagBits:
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_MINMAX_BIT
Extending VkFramebufferCreateFlagBits:
- VK_FRAMEBUFFER_CREATE_IMAGELESS_BIT
Extending VkImageLayout:
- VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL
- VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL
- VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL
- VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL
Extending VkMemoryAllocateFlagBits:
- VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BIT
- VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT
Extending VkResult:
- VK_ERROR_FRAGMENTATION
- VK_ERROR_INVALID_OPAQUE_CAPTURE_ADDRESS
Extending VkSamplerAddressMode:
- VK_SAMPLER_ADDRESS_MODE_MIRROR_CLAMP_TO_EDGE
Extending VkStructureType:
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_ATTACHMENT_DESCRIPTION_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_ATTACHMENT_DESCRIPTION_STENCIL_LAYOUT
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_ATTACHMENT_REFERENCE_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_ATTACHMENT_REFERENCE_STENCIL_LAYOUT
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_DEVICE_ADDRESS_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_OPAQUE_CAPTURE_ADDRESS_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_BINDING_FLAGS_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_ALLOCATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_LAYOUT_SUPPORT
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_MEMORY_OPAQUE_CAPTURE_ADDRESS_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENTS_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_IMAGE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_FORMAT_LIST_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_STENCIL_USAGE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_OPAQUE_CAPTURE_ADDRESS_ALLOCATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_8BIT_STORAGE_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_BUFFER_DEVICE_ADDRESS_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DEPTH_STENCIL_RESOLVE_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_INDEXING_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DRIVER_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FLOAT_CONTROLS_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_HOST_QUERY_RESET_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_IMAGELESS_FRAMEBUFFER_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SAMPLER_FILTER_MINMAX_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SCALAR_BLOCK_LAYOUT_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SEPARATE_DEPTH_STENCIL_LAYOUTS_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_ATOMIC_INT64_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_FLOAT16_INT8_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_SUBGROUP_EXTENDED_TYPES_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TIMELINE_SEMAPHORE_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TIMELINE_SEMAPHORE_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_STANDARD_LAYOUT_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_1_1_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_1_1_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_1_2_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_1_2_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_MEMORY_MODEL_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_ATTACHMENT_BEGIN_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_CREATE_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SAMPLER_REDUCTION_MODE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SEMAPHORE_SIGNAL_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SEMAPHORE_TYPE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SEMAPHORE_WAIT_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SUBPASS_BEGIN_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SUBPASS_DEPENDENCY_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SUBPASS_DESCRIPTION_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SUBPASS_DESCRIPTION_DEPTH_STENCIL_RESOLVE
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SUBPASS_END_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_TIMELINE_SEMAPHORE_SUBMIT_INFO

Vulkan Version 1.1

Vulkan Version 1.1 promoted a number of key extensions into the core API:

All differences in behavior between these extensions and the corresponding Vulkan 1.1 functionality are summarized below.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_16bit_storage

If the VK_KHR_16bit_storage extension is not supported, support for the storageBuffer16BitAccess feature is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDevice16BitStorageFeatures::storageBuffer16BitAccess or VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features::storageBuffer16BitAccess when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion

If the VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion extension is not supported, support for the samplerYcbcrConversion feature is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceSamplerYcbcrConversionFeatures::samplerYcbcrConversion or VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features::samplerYcbcrConversion when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters

If the VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters extension is not supported, support for the SPV_KHR_shader_draw_parameters SPIR-V extension is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceShaderDrawParametersFeatures::shaderDrawParameters or VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features::shaderDrawParameters when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Differences Relative to VK_KHR_variable_pointers

If the VK_KHR_variable_pointers extension is not supported, support for the variablePointersStorageBuffer feature is optional. Support for this feature is defined by VkPhysicalDeviceVariablePointersFeatures::variablePointersStorageBuffer or VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features::variablePointersStorageBuffer when queried via vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2.

Additional Vulkan 1.1 Feature Support

In addition to the promoted extensions described above, Vulkan 1.1 added support for:

The group operations and subgroup scope.
The protected memory feature.
A new command to enumerate the instance version: vkEnumerateInstanceVersion.
The VkPhysicalDeviceShaderDrawParametersFeatures feature query struct (where the VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters extension did not have one).

New Macros

VK_API_VERSION_1_1

New Object Types

New Commands

New Structures

New Enums

New Bitmasks

New Enum Constants

VK_LUID_SIZE
VK_MAX_DEVICE_GROUP_SIZE
VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_EXTERNAL
Extending VkBufferCreateFlagBits:
- VK_BUFFER_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT
Extending VkCommandPoolCreateFlagBits:
- VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT
Extending VkDependencyFlagBits:
- VK_DEPENDENCY_DEVICE_GROUP_BIT
- VK_DEPENDENCY_VIEW_LOCAL_BIT
Extending VkDeviceQueueCreateFlagBits:
- VK_DEVICE_QUEUE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT
Extending VkFormat:
- VK_FORMAT_B10X6G10X6R10X6G10X6_422_UNORM_4PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_B12X4G12X4R12X4G12X4_422_UNORM_4PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_B16G16R16G16_422_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8G8_422_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G10X6B10X6G10X6R10X6_422_UNORM_4PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G10X6_B10X6R10X6_2PLANE_420_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G10X6_B10X6R10X6_2PLANE_422_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G10X6_B10X6_R10X6_3PLANE_420_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G10X6_B10X6_R10X6_3PLANE_422_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G10X6_B10X6_R10X6_3PLANE_444_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G12X4B12X4G12X4R12X4_422_UNORM_4PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G12X4_B12X4R12X4_2PLANE_420_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G12X4_B12X4R12X4_2PLANE_422_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G12X4_B12X4_R12X4_3PLANE_420_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G12X4_B12X4_R12X4_3PLANE_422_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G12X4_B12X4_R12X4_3PLANE_444_UNORM_3PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_G16B16G16R16_422_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G16_B16R16_2PLANE_420_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G16_B16R16_2PLANE_422_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G16_B16_R16_3PLANE_420_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G16_B16_R16_3PLANE_422_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G16_B16_R16_3PLANE_444_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G8B8G8R8_422_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G8_B8R8_2PLANE_420_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G8_B8R8_2PLANE_422_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G8_B8_R8_3PLANE_420_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G8_B8_R8_3PLANE_422_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_G8_B8_R8_3PLANE_444_UNORM
- VK_FORMAT_R10X6G10X6B10X6A10X6_UNORM_4PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_R10X6G10X6_UNORM_2PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_R10X6_UNORM_PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_R12X4G12X4B12X4A12X4_UNORM_4PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_R12X4G12X4_UNORM_2PACK16
- VK_FORMAT_R12X4_UNORM_PACK16
Extending VkFormatFeatureFlagBits:
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COSITED_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DISJOINT_BIT
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_MIDPOINT_CHROMA_SAMPLES_BIT
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_CHROMA_RECONSTRUCTION_EXPLICIT_BIT
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_CHROMA_RECONSTRUCTION_EXPLICIT_FORCEABLE_BIT
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_LINEAR_FILTER_BIT
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_YCBCR_CONVERSION_SEPARATE_RECONSTRUCTION_FILTER_BIT
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT
- VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT
Extending VkImageAspectFlagBits:
- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_0_BIT
- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_1_BIT
- VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_PLANE_2_BIT
Extending VkImageCreateFlagBits:
- VK_IMAGE_CREATE_2D_ARRAY_COMPATIBLE_BIT
- VK_IMAGE_CREATE_ALIAS_BIT
- VK_IMAGE_CREATE_BLOCK_TEXEL_VIEW_COMPATIBLE_BIT
- VK_IMAGE_CREATE_DISJOINT_BIT
- VK_IMAGE_CREATE_EXTENDED_USAGE_BIT
- VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT
- VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPLIT_INSTANCE_BIND_REGIONS_BIT
Extending VkImageLayout:
- VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT_STENCIL_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL
- VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_READ_ONLY_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL
Extending VkMemoryHeapFlagBits:
- VK_MEMORY_HEAP_MULTI_INSTANCE_BIT
Extending VkMemoryPropertyFlagBits:
- VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_PROTECTED_BIT
Extending VkObjectType:
- VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE
- VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SAMPLER_YCBCR_CONVERSION
Extending VkPipelineCreateFlagBits:
- VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DISPATCH_BASE
- VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_DISPATCH_BASE_BIT
- VK_PIPELINE_CREATE_VIEW_INDEX_FROM_DEVICE_INDEX_BIT
Extending VkQueueFlagBits:
- VK_QUEUE_PROTECTED_BIT
Extending VkResult:
- VK_ERROR_INVALID_EXTERNAL_HANDLE
- VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_POOL_MEMORY
Extending VkStructureType:
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BIND_BUFFER_MEMORY_DEVICE_GROUP_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BIND_BUFFER_MEMORY_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BIND_IMAGE_MEMORY_DEVICE_GROUP_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BIND_IMAGE_MEMORY_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BIND_IMAGE_PLANE_MEMORY_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_SUPPORT
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_UPDATE_TEMPLATE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_GROUP_BIND_SPARSE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_GROUP_COMMAND_BUFFER_BEGIN_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_GROUP_DEVICE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_GROUP_RENDER_PASS_BEGIN_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_GROUP_SUBMIT_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_QUEUE_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXPORT_FENCE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXPORT_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXPORT_SEMAPHORE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXTERNAL_BUFFER_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXTERNAL_FENCE_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXTERNAL_IMAGE_FORMAT_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_BUFFER_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_IMAGE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXTERNAL_SEMAPHORE_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FORMAT_PROPERTIES_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_FORMAT_PROPERTIES_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_PLANE_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_SPARSE_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW_USAGE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_FLAGS_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_DEDICATED_ALLOCATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_DEDICATED_REQUIREMENTS
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_16BIT_STORAGE_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_EXTERNAL_BUFFER_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_EXTERNAL_FENCE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_EXTERNAL_IMAGE_FORMAT_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_EXTERNAL_SEMAPHORE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_FEATURES_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_GROUP_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_ID_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_IMAGE_FORMAT_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MAINTENANCE_3_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MEMORY_PROPERTIES_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MULTIVIEW_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_MULTIVIEW_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_POINT_CLIPPING_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROTECTED_MEMORY_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROTECTED_MEMORY_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SAMPLER_YCBCR_CONVERSION_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_DRAW_PARAMETERS_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SHADER_DRAW_PARAMETER_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SPARSE_IMAGE_FORMAT_INFO_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SUBGROUP_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VARIABLE_POINTERS_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VARIABLE_POINTER_FEATURES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_TESSELLATION_DOMAIN_ORIGIN_STATE_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PROTECTED_SUBMIT_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_QUEUE_FAMILY_PROPERTIES_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_ASPECT_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_MULTIVIEW_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SAMPLER_YCBCR_CONVERSION_CREATE_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SAMPLER_YCBCR_CONVERSION_IMAGE_FORMAT_PROPERTIES
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SAMPLER_YCBCR_CONVERSION_INFO
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SPARSE_IMAGE_FORMAT_PROPERTIES_2
- VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SPARSE_IMAGE_MEMORY_REQUIREMENTS_2

Vulkan Version 1.0

Vulkan Version 1.0 was the initial release of the Vulkan API.

New Macros

New Base Types

VkBool32
VkDeviceAddress
VkDeviceSize
VkFlags
VkSampleMask

New Commands

New Structures

New Unions

New Function Pointers

New Enums

New Bitmasks

New Headers

vk_platform

New Enum Constants

VK_ATTACHMENT_UNUSED
VK_FALSE
VK_LOD_CLAMP_NONE
VK_MAX_DESCRIPTION_SIZE
VK_MAX_EXTENSION_NAME_SIZE
VK_MAX_MEMORY_HEAPS
VK_MAX_MEMORY_TYPES
VK_MAX_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_NAME_SIZE
VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED
VK_REMAINING_ARRAY_LAYERS
VK_REMAINING_MIP_LEVELS
VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL
VK_TRUE
VK_UUID_SIZE
VK_WHOLE_SIZE