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// Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The Khronos Group Inc.
// Copyright notice at https://www.khronos.org/registry/speccopyright.html
[[features]]
= Features, Limits, and Formats
{apiname} is designed to support a wide range of hardware and as such there
are a number of features, limits, and formats which are not supported on all
hardware. Features describe functionality that is not required: and which
must: be explicitly enabled. Limits describe implementation-dependent
minimums, maximums, and other device characteristics that an application
may: need to be aware of. Supported buffer and image formats may: vary
across implementations. A minimum set of format features are guaranteed, but
others must: be explicitly queried before use to ensure they are supported
by the implementation.
[[features-features]]
== Features
The Specification defines a set of fine-grained features that are not
required:, but may: be supported by a {apiname} implementation. Support for
features is reported and enabled on a per-feature basis. Features are
properties of the physical device.
To query supported features, call:
include::../protos/vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures.txt[]
* pname:physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the
supported features.
* pname:pFeatures is a pointer to a slink:VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures
structure in which the physical device features are returned. For each
feature, a value of ename:VK_TRUE indicates that the feature is
supported on this physical device, and ename:VK_FALSE indicates that the
feature is not supported.
include::../validity/protos/vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures.txt[]
Fine-grained features used by a logical device must: be enabled at
sname:VkDevice creation time. If a feature is enabled that the physical
device does not support, sname:VkDevice creation will fail. If an
application uses a feature without enabling it at sname:VkDevice creation
time, the device behaviour is undefined. The validation layer will warn if
features are used without being enabled.
The fine-grained features are enabled by passing a pointer to the
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure via the pname:pEnabledFeatures
member of the sname:VkDeviceCreateInfo structure that is passed into the
fname:vkCreateDevice call. If a member of pname:pEnabledFeatures is set to
ename:VK_TRUE or ename:VK_FALSE, then the device will be created with the
indicated feature enabled or disabled, respectively.
If an application wishes to enable all features supported by a device, it
can: simply pass in the sname:VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure that was
previously returned by fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures. To disable an
individual feature, the application can: set the desired member to
ename:VK_FALSE in the same structure. To disable all features which are not
required:, set pname:pEnabledFeatures to `NULL`.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
Some features, such as pname:robustBufferAccess, may: incur a run-time
performance cost. Application writers should: carefully consider the
implications of enabling all supported features.
====
The definition of sname:VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures is:
include::../structs/VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures.txt[]
The members of the sname:VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures structure describe the
following features:
* [[features-features-robustBufferAccess]] pname:robustBufferAccess
indicates that out of bounds accesses to buffers via shader operations
are well-defined.
** When enabled, out-of-bounds buffer reads will return any of the
following values:
*** Values from anywhere within the buffer object.
*** Zero values, or (0,0,0,x) vectors for vector reads where x is a valid
value represented in the type of the vector components and may: be any
of:
**** 0, 1, or the maximum representable positive integer value, for signed
or unsigned integer components
**** 0.0 or 1.0, for floating-point components
** When enabled, out-of-bounds writes may: modify values within the buffer
object or be ignored.
** If not enabled, out of bounds accesses may: cause undefined behaviour
up-to and including process termination.
* [[features-features-fullDrawIndexUint32]] pname:fullDrawIndexUint32
indicates the full 32-bit range of indices is supported for indexed draw
calls when using a elink:VkIndexType of ename:VK_INDEX_TYPE_UINT32.
pname:maxDrawIndexedIndexValue is the maximum index value that may: be
used (aside from the primitive restart index, which is always 2^32^-1
when the elink:VkIndexType is ename:VK_INDEX_TYPE_UINT32). If this
feature is supported, pname:maxDrawIndexedIndexValue must: be 2^32^-1;
otherwise it must: be no smaller than 2^24^-1. See
<<features-limits-maxDrawIndexedIndexValue,maxDrawIndexedIndexValue>>.
* [[features-features-imageCubeArray]] pname:imageCubeArray indicates
whether image views with a elink:VkImageViewType of
ename: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.
* [[features-features-independentBlend]] pname:independentBlend indicates
whether the sname:VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState settings are
controlled independently per-attachment. If this feature is not enabled,
the sname:VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState settings for all color
attachments must: be identical. Otherwise, a different
sname:VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState can: be provided for each
bound color attachment.
* [[features-features-geometryShader]] pname:geometryShader indicates
whether geometry shaders are supported. If this feature is not enabled,
the ename:VK_SHADER_STAGE_GEOMETRY_BIT and
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_GEOMETRY_SHADER_BIT enum values mustnot: be
used. This also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:Geometry capability.
* [[features-features-tessellationShader]] pname:tessellationShader
indicates whether tessellation control and evaluation shaders are
supported. If this feature is not enabled, the
ename:VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_BIT,
ename:VK_SHADER_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_BIT,
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_CONTROL_SHADER_BIT,
ename:VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TESSELLATION_EVALUATION_SHADER_BIT, and
ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_TESSELLATION_STATE_CREATE_INFO enum
values mustnot: be used. This also indicates whether shader modules can:
declare the code:Tessellation capability.
* [[features-features-sampleRateShading]] pname:sampleRateShading
indicates whether per-sample shading and multisample interpolation are
supported. If this feature is not enabled, the pname:sampleShadingEnable
member of the sname:VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo structure must:
be set to ename:VK_FALSE and the pname:minSampleShading member is
ignored. This also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:SampleRateShading capability.
* [[features-features-dualSrcBlend]] pname:dualSrcBlend indicates whether
blend operations which take two sources are supported. If this feature
is not enabled, the ename:VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC1_COLOR,
ename:VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC1_COLOR,
ename:VK_BLEND_FACTOR_SRC1_ALPHA, and
ename:VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE_MINUS_SRC1_ALPHA enum values mustnot: be used
as source or destination blending factors. See <<framebuffer-dsb>>.
* [[features-features-logicOp]] pname:logicOp indicates whether logic
operations are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the
pname:logicOpEnable member of the
sname:VkPipelineColorBlendStateCreateInfo structure must: be set to
ename:VK_FALSE, and the pname:logicOp member is ignored.
* [[features-features-multiDrawIndirect]] pname:multiDrawIndirect
indicates whether multi-draw indirect is supported. If this feature is
not enabled, the pname:drawCount parameter to the
fname:vkCmdDrawIndirect and fname:vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect commands
must: be 1. The pname:maxDrawIndirectCount member of the
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits structure must: also be 1 if this feature
is not supported. See
<<features-limits-maxDrawIndirectCount,maxDrawIndirectCount>>.
* [[features-features-drawIndirectFirstInstance]]
pname:drawIndirectFirstInstance indicates whether indirect draw calls
support the pname:firstInstance parameter. If this feature is not
enabled, the pname:firstInstance member of all
sname:VkDrawIndirectCommand and sname:VkDrawIndexedIndirectCommand
structures that are provided to the fname:vkCmdDrawIndirect and
fname:vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect commands must: be 0.
* [[features-features-depthClamp]] pname:depthClamp indicates whether
depth clamping is supported. If this feature is not enabled, the
pname:depthClampEnable member of the
sname:VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo structure must: be set to
ename:VK_FALSE. Otherwise, setting pname:depthClampEnable to
ename:VK_TRUE will enable depth clamping.
* [[features-features-depthBiasClamp]] pname:depthBiasClamp indicates
whether depth bias clamping is supported. If this feature is not
enabled, the pname:depthBiasClamp member of the
sname:VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo structure must: be set to
0.0.
* [[features-features-fillModeNonSolid]] pname:fillModeNonSolid indicates
whether point and wireframe fill modes are supported. If this feature is
not enabled, the ename:VK_POLYGON_MODE_POINT and
ename:VK_POLYGON_MODE_LINE enum values mustnot: be used.
* [[features-features-depthBounds]] pname:depthBounds indicates whether
depth bounds tests are supported. If this feature is not enabled, the
pname:depthBoundsTestEnable member of the
sname:VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo structure must: be set to
ename:VK_FALSE. When pname:depthBoundsTestEnable is set to
ename:VK_FALSE, the values of the pname:minDepthBounds and
pname:maxDepthBounds members of the
sname:VkPipelineDepthStencilStateCreateInfo structure are ignored.
* [[features-features-wideLines]] pname:wideLines indicates whether lines
with width other than 1.0 are supported. If this feature is not enabled,
the pname:lineWidth member of the
sname:VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo structure must: be set to
1.0. When this feature is supported, the range and granularity of
supported line widths are indicated by the pname:lineWidthRange and
pname:lineWidthGranularity members of the sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits
structure, respectively.
* [[features-features-largePoints]] pname:largePoints indicates 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
pname:pointSizeRange and pname:pointSizeGranularity members of the
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits structure, respectively.
* [[features-features-alphaToOne]] pname:alphaToOne indicates 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 pname:alphaToOneEnable member of the
sname:VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo structure must: be set to
ename:VK_FALSE. Otherwise setting pname:alphaToOneEnable to
ename:VK_TRUE will enable alpha-to-one behaviour.
* [[features-features-multiViewport]] pname:multiViewport indicates
whether more than one viewport is supported. If this feature is not
enabled, the pname:viewportCount and pname:scissorCount members of the
sname:VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo structure must: be set to 1.
Similarly, the pname:viewportCount parameter to the
fname:vkCmdSetViewport command and the pname:scissorCount parameter to
the fname:vkCmdSetScissor command must: be 1, and the
pname:firstViewport parameter to the fname:vkCmdSetViewport command and
the pname:firstScissor parameter to the fname:vkCmdSetScissor command
must: be 0.
* [[features-features-samplerAnisotropy]] pname:samplerAnisotropy
indicates whether anisotropic filtering is supported. If this feature is
not enabled, the pname:maxAnisotropy member of the
sname:VkSamplerCreateInfo structure must: be 1.0.
* [[features-features-textureCompressionETC2]]
pname:textureCompressionETC2 indicates whether the ETC2 and EAC
compressed texture formats are supported. If this feature is not
enabled, the following formats mustnot: be used to create images:
+
--
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A1_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A1_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A8_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11_SNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11G11_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11G11_SNORM_BLOCK
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties is used to
check for the supported properties of individual formats.
--
* [[features-features-textureCompressionASTC_LDR]]
pname:textureCompressionASTC_LDR indicates whether the ASTC LDR
compressed texture formats are supported. If this feature is not
enabled, the following formats mustnot: be used to create images:
+
--
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_SRGB_BLOCK
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties is used to
check for the supported properties of individual formats.
--
* [[features-features-textureCompressionBC]] pname:textureCompressionBC
indicates whether the BC compressed texture formats are supported. If
this feature is not enabled, the following formats mustnot: be used to
create images:
+
--
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC2_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC2_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC3_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC3_SRGB_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC4_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC4_SNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC5_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC5_SNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC6H_UFLOAT_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC6H_SFLOAT_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC7_UNORM_BLOCK
* ename:VK_FORMAT_BC7_SRGB_BLOCK
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties is used to
check for the supported properties of individual formats.
--
* [[features-features-occlusionQueryPrecise]] pname:occlusionQueryPrecise
indicates whether occlusion queries returning actual sample counts are
supported. Occlusion queries are created in a sname:VkQueryPool by
specifying the pname:queryType of ename:VK_QUERY_TYPE_OCCLUSION in the
sname:VkQueryPoolCreateInfo structure which is passed to
fname:vkCreateQueryPool. If this feature is enabled, queries of this
type can: enable ename:VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT in the pname:flags
parameter to fname: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 ename:VK_QUERY_CONTROL_PRECISE_BIT is set, occlusion queries
will report the actual number of samples passed.
* [[features-features-pipelineStatisticsQuery]]
pname:pipelineStatisticsQuery indicates whether the pipeline statistics
queries are supported. If this feature is not enabled, queries of type
ename:VK_QUERY_TYPE_PIPELINE_STATISTICS cannot: be created, and none of
the elink:VkQueryPipelineStatisticFlagBits bits can: be set in the
pname:pipelineStatistics member of the sname:VkQueryPoolCreateInfo
structure.
* [[features-features-vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics]]
pname:vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics indicates 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 code:NonWriteable decoration (or the code:readonly memory qualifier
in GLSL).
* [[features-features-fragmentStoresAndAtomics]]
pname:fragmentStoresAndAtomics indicates 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 code:NonWriteable decoration
(or the code:readonly memory qualifier in GLSL).
* [[features-features-shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize]]
pname:shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize indicates whether the
code:PointSize built-in decoration is available in the tessellation
control, tessellation evaluation, and geometry shader stages. If this
feature is not enabled, the code:PointSize built-in decoration is not
available in these shader stages and all points written from a
tessellation or geometry shader will have a size of 1.0. This also
indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:TessellationPointSize capability for tessellation control and
evaluation shaders, or if the shader modules can: declare the
code:GeometryPointSize capability for geometry shaders. An
implementation supporting this feature must: also support one or both of
the <<features-features-tessellationShader,pname:tessellationShader>> or
<<features-features-geometryShader,pname:geometryShader>> features.
* [[features-features-shaderImageGatherExtended]]
pname:shaderImageGatherExtended indicates whether the extended set of
image gather instructions are available in shader code. If this feature
is not enabled, the code:OpImage*code:Gather instructions do not support
the code:Offset and code:ConstOffsets operands. This also indicates
whether shader modules can: declare the code:ImageGatherExtended
capability.
* [[features-features-shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats]]
pname:shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats indicates whether the extended
storage image formats are available in shader code. If this feature is
not enabled, the formats requiring the code:StorageImageExtendedFormats
capability are not supported for storage images. This also indicates
whether shader modules can: declare the code:StorageImageExtendedFormats
capability.
* [[features-features-shaderStorageImageMultisample]]
pname:shaderStorageImageMultisample indicates whether multisampled
storage images are supported. If this feature is not enabled, images
that are created with a pname:usage that includes
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT must: be created with pname:samples
equal to ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT. This also indicates whether shader
modules can: declare the code:StorageImageMultisample capability.
* [[features-features-shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat]]
pname:shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat indicates whether storage
images require a format qualifier to be specified when reading from
storage images. If this feature is not enabled, the code:OpImageRead
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instruction mustnot: have an code:OpTypeImage of code:Unknown. This also
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indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:StorageImageReadWithoutFormat capability.
* [[features-features-shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat]]
pname:shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat indicates whether storage
images require a format qualifier to be specified when writing to
storage images. If this feature is not enabled, the code:OpImageWrite
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instruction mustnot: have an code:OpTypeImage of code:Unknown. This also
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indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:StorageImageWriteWithoutFormat capability.
* [[features-features-shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing]]
pname:shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing indicates 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 ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC must: be indexed only by
constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader
code. This also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:UniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing capability.
* [[features-features-shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing]]
pname:shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing indicates 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 ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE must: be indexed only by constant
integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader code. This
also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:SampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing capability.
* [[features-features-shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing]]
pname:shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing indicates 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 ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC must: be indexed only by
constant integral expressions when aggregated into arrays in shader
code. This also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:StorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing capability.
* [[features-features-shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing]]
pname:shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing indicates 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 ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE must:
be indexed only by constant integral expressions when aggregated into
arrays in shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can:
declare the code:StorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing capability.
* [[features-features-shaderClipDistance]] pname:shaderClipDistance
indicates whether clip distances are supported in shader code. If this
feature is not enabled, the code:ClipDistance built-in decoration
mustnot: be used in shader modules. This also indicates whether shader
modules can: declare the code:ClipDistance capability.
* [[features-features-shaderCullDistance]] pname:shaderCullDistance
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indicates whether cull distances are supported in shader code. If this
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feature is not enabled, the code:CullDistance built-in decoration
mustnot: be used in shader modules. This also indicates whether shader
modules can: declare the code:CullDistance capability.
* [[features-features-shaderFloat64]] pname:shaderFloat64 indicates
whether 64-bit floats (doubles) are supported in shader code. If this
feature is not enabled, 64-bit floating-point types mustnot: be used in
shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:Float64 capability.
* [[features-features-shaderInt64]] pname:shaderInt64 indicates whether
64-bit integers (signed and unsigned) are supported in shader code. If
this feature is not enabled, 64-bit integer types mustnot: be used in
shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:Int64 capability.
* [[features-features-shaderInt16]] pname:shaderInt16 indicates whether
16-bit integers (signed and unsigned) are supported in shader code. If
this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer types mustnot: be used in
shader code. This also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:Int16 capability.
* [[features-features-shaderResourceResidency]]
pname:shaderResourceResidency indicates whether image operations that
return resource residency information are supported in shader code. If
this feature is not enabled, the code:OpImageSparse* instructions
mustnot: be used in shader code. This also indicates whether shader
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modules can: declare the code:SparseResidency capability. The feature
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requires at least one of the ptext:sparseResidency* features to be
supported.
* [[features-features-shaderResourceMinLod]] pname:shaderResourceMinLod
indicates whether image operations that specify the minimum resource
level-of-detail (LOD) are supported in shader code. If this feature is
not enabled, the code:MinLod image operand mustnot: be used in shader
code. This also indicates whether shader modules can: declare the
code:MinLod capability.
* [[features-features-sparseBinding]] pname:sparseBinding indicates
whether resource memory can: be managed at opaque 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
fname:vkBindBufferMemory and fname:vkBindImageMemory commands. In this
case, buffers and images mustnot: be created with
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT and
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_BINDING_BIT set in the pname:flags member
of the sname:VkBufferCreateInfo and sname:VkImageCreateInfo structures,
respectively. Otherwise resource memory can: be managed as described in
<<sparsememory-sparseresourcefeatures,Sparse Resource Features>>.
* [[features-features-sparseResidencyBuffer]] pname:sparseResidencyBuffer
indicates whether the device can: access partially resident buffers. If
this feature is not enabled, buffers mustnot: be created with
ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the pname:flags
member of the sname:VkBufferCreateInfo structure.
* [[features-features-sparseResidencyImage2D]]
pname:sparseResidencyImage2D indicates whether the device can: access
partially resident 2D images with 1 sample per pixel. If this feature is
not enabled, images with an pname:imageType of ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
and pname:samples set to ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT mustnot: be created
with ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the pname:flags
member of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure.
* [[features-features-sparseResidencyImage3D]]
pname:sparseResidencyImage3D indicates whether the device can: access
partially resident 3D images. If this feature is not enabled, images
with an pname:imageType of ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D mustnot: be created
with ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the pname:flags
member of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure.
* [[features-features-sparseResidency2Samples]]
pname:sparseResidency2Samples indicates whether the physical device can:
access partially resident 2D images with 2 samples per pixel. If this
feature is not enabled, images with an pname:imageType of
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and pname:samples set to
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT mustnot: be created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the pname:flags member
of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure.
* [[features-features-sparseResidency4Samples]]
pname:sparseResidency4Samples indicates whether the physical device can:
access partially resident 2D images with 4 samples per pixel. If this
feature is not enabled, images with an pname:imageType of
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and pname:samples set to
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT mustnot: be created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the pname:flags member
of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure.
* [[features-features-sparseResidency8Samples]]
pname:sparseResidency8Samples indicates whether the physical device can:
access partially resident 2D images with 8 samples per pixel. If this
feature is not enabled, images with an pname:imageType of
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and pname:samples set to
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT mustnot: be created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the pname:flags member
of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure.
* [[features-features-sparseResidency16Samples]]
pname:sparseResidency16Samples indicates whether the physical device
can: access partially resident 2D images with 16 samples per pixel. If
this feature is not enabled, images with an pname:imageType of
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and pname:samples set to
ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT mustnot: be created with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_RESIDENCY_BIT set in the pname:flags member
of the sname:VkImageCreateInfo structure.
* [[features-features-sparseResidencyAliased]]
pname:sparseResidencyAliased indicates whether the physical device can:
correctly access data aliased into multiple locations. If this feature
is not enabled, the ename:VK_BUFFER_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT and
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_SPARSE_ALIASED_BIT enum values mustnot: be used in
pname:flags members of the sname:VkBufferCreateInfo and
sname:VkImageCreateInfo structures, respectively.
* [[features-features-variableMultisampleRate]]
pname:variableMultisampleRate indicates whether all pipelines that will
be bound to a command buffer during a subpass with no attachments must:
have the same value for
sname:VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo::pname:rasterizationSamples.
If set to ename:VK_TRUE, the implementation supports variable
multisample rates in a subpass with no attachments. If set to
ename: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.
* [[features-features-inheritedQueries]] pname:inheritedQueries indicates
whether a secondary command buffer may be executed while a query is
active.
include::../validity/structs/VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures.txt[]
[[features-features-requirements]]
=== Feature Requirements
All {apiname} graphics implementations must: support the following features:
* robustBufferAccess.
All other features are not required: by the Specification.
[[features-limits]]
== Limits
There are a variety of implementation-dependent limits.
The sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits are properties of the physical
device. These are available in the pname:limits member of the
slink:VkPhysicalDeviceProperties structure which is returned from
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties.
The definition of sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits is:
include::../structs/VkPhysicalDeviceLimits.txt[]
The members of the sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits describe the following
properties of the physical device:
* [[features-limits-maxImageDimension1D]] pname:maxImageDimension1D is the
maximum dimension (pname:width) of an image created with an
pname:imageType of ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D.
* [[features-limits-maxImageDimension2D]] pname:maxImageDimension2D is the
maximum dimension (pname:width or pname:height) of an image created with
an pname:imageType of ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and without
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT set in pname:flags.
* [[features-limits-maxImageDimension3D]] pname:maxImageDimension3D is the
maximum dimension (pname:width, pname:height, or pname:depth) of an
image created with an pname:imageType of ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D.
* [[features-limits-maxImageDimensionCube]] pname:maxImageDimensionCube is
the maximum dimension (pname:width or pname:height) of an image created
with an pname:imageType of ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and with
ename:VK_IMAGE_CREATE_CUBE_COMPATIBLE_BIT set in pname:flags.
* [[features-limits-maxImageArrayLayers]] pname:maxImageArrayLayers is the
maximum number of layers (pname:arrayLayers) for an image.
* [[features-limits-maxTexelBufferElements]] pname:maxTexelBufferElements
is the maximum number of addressable texels for a buffer view created on
a buffer which was created with the
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT set in the pname:usage
member of the sname:VkBufferCreateInfo structure.
* [[features-limits-maxUniformBufferRange]] pname:maxUniformBufferRange is
the maximum value that can: be specified in the pname:range member of
any slink:VkDescriptorBufferInfo structures passed to a call to
flink:vkUpdateDescriptorSets for descriptors of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC.
* [[features-limits-maxStorageBufferRange]] pname:maxStorageBufferRange is
the maximum value that can: be specified in the pname:range member of
any slink:VkDescriptorBufferInfo structures passed to a call to
flink:vkUpdateDescriptorSets for descriptors of type
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC.
* [[features-limits-maxPushConstantsSize]] pname:maxPushConstantsSize is
the maximum size, in bytes, of the pool of push constant memory. For
each of the push constant ranges indicated by the
pname:pPushConstantRanges member of the sname:VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo
structure, pname:offset + pname:size must: be less than or equal to this
limit.
* [[features-limits-maxMemoryAllocationCount]]
pname:maxMemoryAllocationCount is the maximum number of device memory
allocations, as created by flink:vkAllocateMemory, which can:
simultaneously exist.
* [[features-limits-maxSamplerAllocationCount]]
pname:maxSamplerAllocationCount is the maximum number of sampler
objects, as created by flink:vkCreateSampler, which can: simultaneously
exist on a device.
* [[features-limits-bufferImageGranularity]] pname:bufferImageGranularity
is the granularity, in bytes, at which buffer or linear image resources,
and optimal image resources can: be bound to adjacent memory for
simultaneous usage. See <<resources-bufferimagegranularity,Buffer-Image
Granularity>> for more details.
* [[features-limits-sparseAddressSpaceSize]] pname: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.
* [[features-limits-maxBoundDescriptorSets]] pname:maxBoundDescriptorSets
is the maximum number of descriptor sets that can: be simultaneously
used by a pipeline. All code:DescriptorSet decorations in shader modules
must: have a value less than pname:maxBoundDescriptorSets. See
<<descriptorsets-sets>>.
* [[features-limits-maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers]]
pname: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 ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER count against this
limit. A descriptor is accessible to a shader stage when the
pname:stageFlags member of the sname:VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding
structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See
<<descriptorsets-sampler>> and <<descriptorsets-combinedimagesampler>>.
* [[features-limits-maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers]]
pname: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
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this
limit. A descriptor is accessible to a shader stage when the
pname:stageFlags member of the sname:VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding
structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See
<<descriptorsets-uniformbuffer>> and
<<descriptorsets-uniformbufferdynamic>>.
* [[features-limits-maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers]]
pname: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
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this
limit. A descriptor is accessible to a pipeline shader stage when the
pname:stageFlags member of the sname:VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding
structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See
<<descriptorsets-storagebuffer>> and
<<descriptorsets-storagebufferdynamic>>.
* [[features-limits-maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages]]
pname: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
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER count against this limit.
A descriptor is accessible to a pipeline shader stage when the
pname:stageFlags member of the sname:VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding
structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See
<<descriptorsets-combinedimagesampler>>,
<<descriptorsets-sampledimage>>, and
<<descriptorsets-uniformtexelbuffer>>.
* [[features-limits-maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages]]
pname: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
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER count against this limit.
A descriptor is accessible to a pipeline shader stage when the
pname:stageFlags member of the sname:VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding
structure has the bit for that shader stage set. See
<<descriptorsets-storageimage>>, and
<<descriptorsets-storagetexelbuffer>>.
* [[features-limits-maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments]]
pname: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
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT count against this limit.
A descriptor is accessible to a pipeline shader stage when the
pname:stageFlags member of the sname:VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding
structure has the bit for that shader stage set. These are only
supported for the fragment stage. See
<<descriptorsets-inputattachment>>.
* [[features-limits-maxPerStageResources]] pname: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
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, or
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ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT count against this limit. For
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the fragment shader stage the framebuffer color attachments also count
against this limit.
* [[features-limits-maxDescriptorSetSamplers]]
pname: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 ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER count against this
limit. See <<descriptorsets-sampler>> and
<<descriptorsets-combinedimagesampler>>.
* [[features-limits-maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers]]
pname:maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers is the maximum number of uniform
buffers that can: be be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline
layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers.
Descriptors with a type of ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this
limit. See <<descriptorsets-uniformbuffer>> and
<<descriptorsets-uniformbufferdynamic>>.
* [[features-limits-maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic]]
pname: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
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this
limit. See <<descriptorsets-uniformbufferdynamic>>.
* [[features-limits-maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers]]
pname:maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers is the maximum number of storage
buffers that can: be be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline
layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers.
Descriptors with a type of ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this
limit. See <<descriptorsets-storagebuffer>> and
<<descriptorsets-storagebufferdynamic>>.
* [[features-limits-maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic]]
pname:maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic is the maximum number of
dynamic storage buffers that can: be be included in descriptor bindings
in a pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor
set numbers. Descriptors with a type of
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC count against this
limit. See <<descriptorsets-storagebufferdynamic>>.
* [[features-limits-maxDescriptorSetSampledImages]]
pname:maxDescriptorSetSampledImages is the maximum number of sampled
images that can: be be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline
layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers.
Descriptors with a type of
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER,
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER count against this limit.
See <<descriptorsets-combinedimagesampler>>,
<<descriptorsets-sampledimage>>, and
<<descriptorsets-uniformtexelbuffer>>.
* [[features-limits-maxDescriptorSetStorageImages]]
pname:maxDescriptorSetStorageImages is the maximum number of storage
images that can: be be included in descriptor bindings in a pipeline
layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set numbers.
Descriptors with a type of ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER count against this limit.
See <<descriptorsets-storageimage>>, and
<<descriptorsets-storagetexelbuffer>>.
* [[features-limits-maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments]]
pname:maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments is the maximum number of input
attachments that can: be be included in descriptor bindings in a
pipeline layout across all pipeline shader stages and descriptor set
numbers. Descriptors with a type of
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT count against this limit. See
<<descriptorsets-inputattachment>>.
* [[features-limits-maxVertexInputAttributes]]
pname:maxVertexInputAttributes is the maximum number of vertex input
attributes that can: be specified for a graphics pipeline. These are
described in the array of sname:VkVertexInputAttributeDescription
structures that are provided at graphics pipeline creation time via the
pname:pVertexAttributeDescriptions member of the
sname:VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo structure. See
<<fxvertex-attrib>> and <<fxvertex-input>>.
* [[features-limits-maxVertexInputBindings]]
pname: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
sname:VkVertexInputBindingDescription structures that are provided at
graphics pipeline creation time via the pname:pVertexBindingDescriptions
member of the sname:VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo structure. The
pname:binding member of sname:VkVertexInputBindingDescription must: be
less than this limit. See <<fxvertex-input>>.
* [[features-limits-maxVertexInputAttributeOffset]]
pname:maxVertexInputAttributeOffset is the maximum vertex input
attribute offset that can: be added to the vertex input binding stride.
The pname:offset member of the sname:VkVertexInputAttributeDescription
structure must: be less than or equal to this limit. See
<<fxvertex-input>>.
* [[features-limits-maxVertexInputBindingStride]]
pname:maxVertexInputBindingStride is the maximum vertex input binding
stride that can: be specified in a vertex input binding. The
pname:stride member of the sname:VkVertexInputBindingDescription
structure must: be less than or equal to this limit. See
<<fxvertex-input>>.
* [[features-limits-maxVertexOutputComponents]]
pname:maxVertexOutputComponents is the maximum number of components of
output variables which can: be output by a vertex shader. See
<<shaders-vertex>>.
* [[features-limits-maxTessellationGenerationLevel]]
pname:maxTessellationGenerationLevel is the maximum tessellation
generation level supported by the fixed-function tessellation primitive
generator. See <<tessellation>>.
* [[features-limits-maxTessellationPatchSize]]
pname:maxTessellationPatchSize is the maximum patch size, in vertices,
of patches that can: be processed by the tessellation control shader and
tessellation primitive generator. The value of the
pname:patchControlPoints member of the
sname:VkPipelineTessellationStateCreateInfo structure specified at
pipeline creation time and the value provided in the code:OutputVertices
execution mode of shader modules must: be less than or equal to this
limit. See <<tessellation>>.
* [[features-limits-maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents]]
pname:maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents is the maximum
number of components of input variables which can: be provided as
per-vertex inputs to the tessellation control shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents]]
pname:maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents is the maximum
number of components of per-vertex output variables which can: be output
from the tessellation control shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents]]
pname:maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents is the maximum
number of components of per-patch output variables which can: be output
from the tessellation control shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents]]
pname: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.
* [[features-limits-maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents]]
pname:maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents is the maximum number of
components of input variables which can: be provided as per-vertex
inputs to the tessellation evaluation shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents]]
pname:maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents is the maximum number of
components of per-vertex output variables which can: be output from the
tessellation evaluation shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxGeometryShaderInvocations]]
pname:maxGeometryShaderInvocations is the maximum invocation count
supported for instanced geometry shaders. The value provided in the
code:Invocations execution mode of shader modules must: be less than
or equal to this limit. See <<geometry>>.
* [[features-limits-maxGeometryInputComponents]]
pname:maxGeometryInputComponents is the maximum number of components of
input variables which can: be provided as inputs to the geometry shader
stage.
* [[features-limits-maxGeometryOutputComponents]]
pname:maxGeometryOutputComponents is the maximum number of components of
output variables which can: be output from the geometry shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxGeometryOutputVertices]]
pname:maxGeometryOutputVertices is the maximum number of vertices which
can: be emitted by any geometry shader.
* [[features-limits-maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents]]
pname:maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents is the maximum total number of
components of output, across all emitted vertices, which can: be output
from the geometry shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxFragmentInputComponents]]
pname:maxFragmentInputComponents is the maximum number of components of
input variables which can: be provided as inputs to the fragment shader
stage.
* [[features-limits-maxFragmentOutputAttachments]]
pname:maxFragmentOutputAttachments is the maximum number of output
attachments which can: be written to by the fragment shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments]]
pname: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 <<framebuffer-dsb>> and
<<features-features-dualSrcBlend,dualSrcBlend>>.
* [[features-limits-maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources]]
pname:maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources is the total number of storage
buffers, storage images, and output buffers which can: be used in the
fragment shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxComputeSharedMemorySize]]
pname:maxComputeSharedMemorySize is the maximum total storage size, in
bytes, of all variables declared with the code:WorkgroupLocal storage
class in shader modules (or with the code:shared storage qualifier in
GLSL) in the compute shader stage.
* [[features-limits-maxComputeWorkGroupCount]]
pname:maxComputeWorkGroupCount[3] is the maximum number of work groups
that can: be dispatched by a single dispatch command. These three values
represent the maximum number of work groups for the X, Y, and Z
dimensions, respectively. The pname:x, pname:y, and pname:z parameters
to the flink:vkCmdDispatch command, or members of the
slink:VkDispatchIndirectCommand structure must: be less than or equal to
the corresponding limit. See <<dispatch>>.
* [[features-limits-maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations]]
pname:maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations is the maximum total number of
compute shader invocations in a single local work group. The product of
the X, Y, and Z sizes as specified by the code:LocalSize execution mode
in shader modules must: be less than or equal to this limit.
* [[features-limits-maxComputeWorkGroupSize]]
pname:maxComputeWorkGroupSize[3] is the maximum size of a local compute
work group, per dimension. These three values represent the maximum
local work group size in the X, Y, and Z dimensions, respectively. The
pname:x, pname:y, and pname:z sizes specified by the code:LocalSize
execution mode in shader modules must: be less than or equal to the
corresponding limit.
* [[features-limits-subPixelPrecisionBits]] pname:subPixelPrecisionBits is
the number of bits of subpixel precision in framebuffer coordinates
latexmath:[$x_f$] and latexmath:[$y_f$]. See <<primsrast>>.
* [[features-limits-subTexelPrecisionBits]] pname:subTexelPrecisionBits is
the number of bits of precision in the division along an axis of an
image used for minification and magnification filters.
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latexmath:[$2^\mathit{subTexelPrecisionBits}$] is the actual number of
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divisions along each axis of the image represented. The filtering
hardware will snap to these locations when computing the filtered
results.
* [[features-limits-mipmapPrecisionBits]] pname:mipmapPrecisionBits is the
number of bits of division that the LOD calculation for mipmap fetching
get snapped to when determining the contribution from each miplevel to
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the mip filtered results. latexmath:[$2^\mathit{mipmapPrecisionBits}$] is
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the actual number of divisions.
+
--
[NOTE]
.Note
====
For example, if this value is 2 bits then when linearly filtering between
two levels, each level could: contribute: 0%, 33%, 66%, or 100% (this is
just an example and the amount of contribution should: be covered by
different equations in the spec).
====
--
+
* [[features-limits-maxDrawIndexedIndexValue]]
pname: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
<<features-features-fullDrawIndexUint32,fullDrawIndexUint32>>.
* [[features-limits-maxDrawIndirectCount]] pname:maxDrawIndirectCount is
the maximum draw count that is supported for indirect draw calls. See
<<features-features-multiDrawIndirect,multiDrawIndirect>>.
* [[features-limits-maxSamplerLodBias]] pname:maxSamplerLodBias is the
maximum absolute sampler level of detail bias. The sum of the
pname:mipLodBias member of the sname:VkSamplerCreateInfo structure and
the code:Bias operand of image sampling operations in shader modules (or
0 if no code:Bias operand is provided to an image sampling operation)
are clamped to the range
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latexmath:[$[-\mathit{maxSamplerLodBias},+\mathit{maxSamplerLodBias}\]$].
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See <<samplers-mipLodBias>>.
* [[features-limits-maxSamplerAnisotropy]] pname:maxSamplerAnisotropy is
the maximum degree of sampler anisotropy. The maximum degree of
anisotropic filtering used for an image sampling operation is the
minimum of the pname:maxAnisotropy member of the
sname:VkSamplerCreateInfo structure and this limit. See
<<samplers-maxAnisotropy>>.
* [[features-limits-maxViewports]] pname:maxViewports is the maximum
number of active viewports. The pname:viewportCount member of the
sname:VkPipelineViewportStateCreateInfo structure that is provided at
pipeline creation must: be less than or equal to this limit.
* [[features-limits-maxViewportDimensions]] pname:maxViewportDimensions[2]
are the maximum viewport dimensions in the X (width) and Y (height)
dimensions, respectively. The maximum viewport dimensions must: be
greater than or equal to the largest image
which can: be created and used as a framebuffer attachment. See
<<vertexpostproc-viewport,Controlling the Viewport>>.
* [[features-limits-viewportboundsrange]] pname:viewportBoundsRange[2] is
the viewport bounds range
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latexmath:[$[\mathit{minimum},\mathit{maximum}\]$]. See
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<<vertexpostproc-viewport,Controlling the Viewport>>.
* [[features-limits-viewportSubPixelBits]] pname: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.
* [[features-limits-minMemoryMapAlignment]] pname:minMemoryMapAlignment is
Change log for February 25, 2015 Vulkan 1.0.4 spec update:
* Bump API patch number from 3 to 4 for the first public update to the
spec. Add patch number to the spec title (this will be done
automatically from XML, later).
* Fixes for numerous editorial issues. Regularize descriptions of
variable-length array queries. Properly tag enumerants so they come
out in the right font (many were mislabeled in usage tags in vk.xml,
or not tagged). Spelling and markup corrections (public issue 4).
* Fix typos and clearly separate description of different types of
memory areas (public issue 5).
* Use standards-compliant preprocessor guard symbols on headers
(public issue 7).
* Note that Github users can't currently set labels on issues, and
recommend a fallback approach (public issue 15).
* Use latexmath prefix on len= attributes (public issue 29).
* Make flink:vkCmdUpdateBuffer pname:dataSize limit consistent (public
issue 65).
* Add VK_KHR_mirror_clamp_to_edge extension to core API branch, as an
optional feature not introducing new commands or enums (internal
issue 104).
* Cleanup invariance language inherited from the GL specification to
not refer to nonexistent (GL-specific) state (internal issue 111).
* Modify the flink:vkCmdDrawIndexed pname:vertexOffset definition to
not be the "base offset within the index buffer" but rather the
"value added to the vertex index before indexing into the vertex
buffer" (internal issue 118).
* Fix drawing chapter in the "Programmable Primitive Shading" section
where it described categories of drawing commands. It referenced
flink:vkCmdDrawIndexed twice. Replace the second reference with
flink:vkCmdDrawIndexedIndirect (internal issue 119).
* Typo fixed in <<sparsememory-examples-advanced,Advanced Sparse
Resources>> sparse memory example (internal issue 122).
* Add flink:VkDisplayPlaneAlphaFlagsKHR to <require> section of
VK_KHR_display extension (internal issue 125)
* Add missing optional="false,true" to
flink:vkGetImageSparseMemoryRequirements
pname:pSparseMemoryRequirementCount parameter (internal issue 132)
* Rename ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEBUG_REPORT_CREATE_INFO_EXT to
ename:VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEBUG_REPORT_CALLBACK_CREATE_INFO_EXT
(internal issue 133)
* Fix a handful of broken cross-references in the
<<samplers,Samplers>> chapter (internal issue 134).
* Fix "Input Attachement" GLSL example to use correct syntax (internal
issue 135).
* Update XML schema and documentation to accomodate recently added
attributes for validity. Add some introductory material describing
design choices and pointing to the public repository to file issues.
* Put include of validity in the core spec extensions chapter on its
own line, so that asciidoc is happy.
* Fix vertexOffset language to specify that it's the value added to
the vertex index before indexing into the vertex buffer, not the
base offset within the index buffer.
* Fix error in the description of flink:vkCmdNextSubpass.
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the minimum required alignment, in bytes, of host visible memory
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allocations within the host address space. When mapping a memory
allocation with flink:vkMapMemory, subtracting pname:offset bytes from
the returned pointer will always produce an integer multiple of this
limit. See <<memory-device-hostaccess>>.
* [[features-limits-minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment]]
pname:minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment is the minimum required alignment,
in bytes, for the pname:offset member of the
sname:VkBufferViewCreateInfo structure for texel buffers. When a buffer
view is created for a buffer which was created with
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT or
ename:VK_BUFFER_USAGE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT set in the pname:usage
member of the sname:VkBufferCreateInfo structure, the pname:offset must:
be an integer multiple of this limit. This limit is a maximum, not a
minimum.
* [[features-limits-minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment]]
pname:minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment is the minimum required alignment,
in bytes, for the pname:offset member of the
sname:VkDescriptorBufferInfo structure for uniform buffers. When a
descriptor of type ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC is updated, the
pname:offset must: be an integer multiple of this limit. Similarly,
dynamic offsets for uniform buffers must: be multiples of this limit.
This limit is a maximum, not a minimum.
* [[features-limits-minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment]]
pname:minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment is the minimum required alignment,
in bytes, for the pname:offset member of the
sname:VkDescriptorBufferInfo structure for storage buffers. When a
descriptor of type ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER or
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC is updated, the
pname:offset must: be an integer multiple of this limit. Similarly,
dynamic offsets for storage buffers must: be multiples of this limit.
This limit is a maximum, not a minimum.
* [[features-limits-minTexelOffset]] pname:minTexelOffset is the minimum
offset value for the code:ConstOffset image operand of any of the
code:OpImageSample* or code:OpImageFetch* image instructions.
* [[features-limits-maxTexelOffset]] pname:maxTexelOffset is the maximum
offset value for the code:ConstOffset image operand of any of the
code:OpImageSample* or code:OpImageFetch* image instructions.
* [[features-limits-minTexelGatherOffset]] pname:minTexelGatherOffset is
the minimum offset value for the code:Offset or code:ConstOffsets image
operands of any of the code:OpImage*code:Gather image instructions.
* [[features-limits-maxTexelGatherOffset]] pname:maxTexelGatherOffset is
the maximum offset value for the code:Offset or code:ConstOffsets image
operands of any of the code:OpImage*code:Gather image instructions.
* [[features-limits-minInterpolationOffset]] pname:minInterpolationOffset
is the minimum negative offset value for the code:offset operand of the
code:InterpolateAtOffset extended instruction.
* [[features-limits-maxInterpolationOffset]] pname:maxInterpolationOffset
is the maximum positive offset value for the code:offset operand of the
code:InterpolateAtOffset extended instruction.
* [[features-limits-subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits]]
pname:subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits is the number of subpixel
fractional bits that the code:x and code:y offsets to the
code:InterpolateAtOffset extended instruction may: be rounded to as
fixed-point values.
* [[features-limits-maxFramebufferWidth]] pname:maxFramebufferWidth is the
maximum width for a framebuffer. The pname:width member of the
sname:VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure must: be less than or equal to
this limit.
* [[features-limits-maxFramebufferHeight]] pname:maxFramebufferHeight is
the maximum height for a framebuffer. The pname:height member of the
sname:VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure must: be less than or equal to
this limit.
* [[features-limits-maxFramebufferLayers]] pname:maxFramebufferLayers is
the maximum layer count for a layered framebuffer. The pname:layers
member of the sname:VkFramebufferCreateInfo structure must: be less than
or equal to this limit.
* [[features-limits-framebufferColorSampleCounts]]
pname:framebufferColorSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the supported color sample
counts for a framebuffer color attachment.
* [[features-limits-framebufferDepthSampleCounts]]
pname:framebufferDepthSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the supported depth sample
counts for a framebuffer depth/stencil attachment, when the format
includes a depth component.
* pname:framebufferStencilSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the supported stencil sample
counts for a framebuffer depth/stencil attachment, when the format
includes a stencil component.
* pname:framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the supported sample counts
for a framebuffer with no attachments.
* [[features-limits-maxColorAttachments]] pname:maxColorAttachments is the
maximum number of color attachments that can: be used by a subpass in a
render pass. The pname:colorAttachmentCount member of the
sname:VkSubpassDescription structure must: be less than or equal to this
limit.
* [[features-limits-sampledImageColorSampleCounts]]
pname:sampledImageColorSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the sample counts supported
for all images with a non-integer color format.
* [[features-limits-sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts]]
pname:sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the sample counts supported
for all images with a integer color format.
* [[features-limits-sampledImageDepthSampleCounts]]
pname:sampledImageDepthSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the sample counts supported
for all images with a depth format.
* [[features-limits-sampledImageStencilSampleCounts]]
pname:sampledImageStencilSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the sample supported for all
images with a stencil format.
* [[features-limits-storageImageSampleCounts]]
pname:storageImageSampleCounts is a bitmask^1^ of
elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits bits indicating the sample counts supported
for all images used for storage operations.
* [[features-limits-maxSampleMaskWords]] pname:maxSampleMaskWords is the
maximum number of array elements of a variable decorated with the
code:SampleMask built-in decoration.
* [[features-limits-timestampComputeAndGraphics]]
pname:timestampComputeAndGraphics indicates support for timestamps on
all graphics and compute queues. If this limit is set to ename:VK_TRUE,
all queues that advertise the ename:VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT or
ename:VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT in the
sname:VkQueueFamilyProperties::pname:queueFlags support
sname:VkQueueFamilyProperties::pname:timestampValidBits of at least 36.
See <<queries-timestamps, Timestamp Queries>>.
* [[features-limits-timestampPeriod]] pname:timestampPeriod is the number
of nanoseconds required for a timestamp query to be incremented by 1.
See <<queries-timestamps, Timestamp Queries>>.
* [[features-limits-maxClipDistances]] pname: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 code:ClipDistance
built-in decoration in a shader module must: be less than or equal to
this limit.
* [[features-limits-maxCullDistances]] pname: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 code:CullDistance
built-in decoration in a shader module must: be less than or equal to
this limit.
* [[features-limits-maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances]]
pname: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
code:ClipDistance and code:CullDistance built-in decoration used by
a single shader stage in a shader module must: be less than or equal to
this limit.
* [[features-limits-discreteQueuePriorities]]
pname:discreteQueuePriorities is the number of discrete priorities that
can: be assigned to a queue based on the value of each member of
sname:VkDeviceQueueCreateInfo::pname: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 <<devsandqueues-priority>>.
* [[features-limits-pointSizeRange]] pname:pointSizeRange[2] is the range
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latexmath:[$[\mathit{minimum},\mathit{maximum}\]$] of supported sizes
for points. Values written to variables decorated with the
code:PointSize built-in decoration are clamped to this range.
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* [[features-limits-lineWidthRange]] pname:lineWidthRange[2] is the range
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latexmath:[$[\mathit{minimum},\mathit{maximum}\]$] of supported widths
for lines. Values specified by the pname:lineWidth member of the
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sname:VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo or the pname:lineWidth
parameter to fname:vkCmdSetLineWidth are clamped to this range.
* [[features-limits-pointSizeGranularity]] pname:pointSizeGranularity is
the granularity of supported point sizes. Not all point sizes in the
range defined by pname:pointSizeRange are supported. This limit
specifies the granularity (or increment) between successive supported
point sizes.
* [[features-limits-lineWidthGranularity]] pname:lineWidthGranularity is
the granularity of supported line widths. Not all line widths in the
range defined by pname:lineWidthRange are supported. This limit
specifies the granularity (or increment) between successive supported
line widths.
* [[features-limits-strictLines]] pname:strictLines indicates whether
lines are rasterized according to the preferred method of rasterization.
If set to ename:VK_FALSE, lines may: be rasterized under a relaxed set
of rules. If set to ename:VK_TRUE, lines are rasterized as per the
strict definition. See <<primsrast-lines-basic,Basic Line Segment
Rasterization>>.
* [[features-limits-standardSampleLocations]]
pname:standardSampleLocations indicates whether rasterization uses the
standard sample locations as documented in
<<primsrast-multisampling,Multisampling>>. If set to ename:VK_TRUE, the
implementation uses the documented sample locations. If set to
ename:VK_FALSE, the implementation may: use different sample locations.
* [[features-limits-optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment]]
pname:optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment is the optimal buffer
offset alignment in bytes for fname:vkCmdCopyBufferToImage and
fname:vkCmdCopyImageToBuffer. The per texel alignment requirements are
still enforced, this is just an additional alignment recommendation for
optimal performance and power.
* [[features-limits-optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment]]
pname:optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment is the optimal buffer
row pitch alignment in bytes for fname:vkCmdCopyBufferToImage and
fname: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 still enforced, this
is just an additional alignment recommendation for optimal performance
and power.
* [[features-limits-nonCoherentAtomSize]]
pname:nonCoherentAtomSize is the size and alignment in bytes that bounds
concurrent access to
<<memory-device-hostaccess, host-mapped device memory>>.
// End of list
1::
For all bitmasks of type elink:VkSampleCountFlags above, the bits which
can: be set include:
+
include::../enums/VkSampleCountFlagBits.txt[]
+
The sample count limits defined above represent the minimum
supported sample counts for each image type. Individual images may: support
additional sample counts, which are queried using
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties. The sample
count limits for images only apply to images created with the pname:tiling
set to ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL. For ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR
images the only supported sample count is ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT.
include::../validity/structs/VkPhysicalDeviceLimits.txt[]
[[features-limits-minmax]]
=== Limit Requirements
The following table specifies the required minimum/maximum for all {apiname}
graphics implementations. Where a limit corresponds to a fine-grained
device feature which is optional:, the feature name is listed with two
required limits, one when the feature is supported and one when it is not
supported. If an implementation supports a feature, the limits reported are
the same whether or not the feature is enabled.
[[features-limits-types]]
.Required Limit Types
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|=============================
| Type | Limit | Feature
|uint32_t |maxImageDimension1D |-
|uint32_t |maxImageDimension2D |-
|uint32_t |maxImageDimension3D |-
|uint32_t |maxImageDimensionCube |-
|uint32_t |maxImageArrayLayers |-
|uint32_t |maxTexelBufferElements |-
|uint32_t |maxUniformBufferRange |-
|uint32_t |maxStorageBufferRange |-
|uint32_t |maxPushConstantsSize |-
|uint32_t |maxMemoryAllocationCount |-
|uint32_t |maxSamplerAllocationCount |-
|VkDeviceSize |bufferImageGranularity |-
|VkDeviceSize |sparseAddressSpaceSize |sparseBinding
|uint32_t |maxBoundDescriptorSets |-
|uint32_t |maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers |-
|uint32_t |maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers|-
|uint32_t |maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers|-
|uint32_t |maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages|-
|uint32_t |maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages|-
|uint32_t |maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments|-
|uint32_t |maxPerStageResources |-
|uint32_t |maxDescriptorSetSamplers |-
|uint32_t |maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers |-
|uint32_t |maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic|-
|uint32_t |maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers |-
|uint32_t |maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic|-
|uint32_t |maxDescriptorSetSampledImages |-
|uint32_t |maxDescriptorSetStorageImages |-
|uint32_t |maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments |-
|uint32_t |maxVertexInputAttributes |-
|uint32_t |maxVertexInputBindings |-
|uint32_t |maxVertexInputAttributeOffset |-
|uint32_t |maxVertexInputBindingStride |-
|uint32_t |maxVertexOutputComponents |-
|uint32_t |maxTessellationGenerationLevel |tessellationShader
|uint32_t |maxTessellationPatchSize |tessellationShader
|uint32_t |maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents |tessellationShader
|uint32_t |maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents |tessellationShader
|uint32_t |maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents |tessellationShader
|uint32_t |maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents |tessellationShader
|uint32_t |maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents |tessellationShader
|uint32_t |maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents |tessellationShader
|uint32_t |maxGeometryShaderInvocations |geometryShader
|uint32_t |maxGeometryInputComponents |geometryShader
|uint32_t |maxGeometryOutputComponents |geometryShader
|uint32_t |maxGeometryOutputVertices |geometryShader
|uint32_t |maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents |geometryShader
|uint32_t |maxFragmentInputComponents |-
|uint32_t |maxFragmentOutputAttachments |-
|uint32_t |maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments |dualSrcBlend
|uint32_t |maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources|-
|uint32_t |maxComputeSharedMemorySize |-
|3 ×
|uint32_t |maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations |-
|3 ×
|uint32_t |subPixelPrecisionBits |-
|uint32_t |subTexelPrecisionBits |-
|uint32_t |mipmapPrecisionBits |-
|uint32_t |maxDrawIndexedIndexValue |fullDrawIndexUint32
|uint32_t |maxDrawIndirectCount |multiDrawIndirect
|float |maxSamplerLodBias |-
|float |maxSamplerAnisotropy |samplerAnisotropy
|uint32_t |maxViewports |multiViewport
|2 ×
|2 ×
|uint32_t |viewportSubPixelBits |-
|size_t |minMemoryMapAlignment |-
|VkDeviceSize |minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment |-
|VkDeviceSize |minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment |-
|VkDeviceSize |minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment |-
|int32_t |minTexelOffset |-
|uint32_t |maxTexelOffset |-
|int32_t |minTexelGatherOffset |shaderImageGatherExtended
|uint32_t |maxTexelGatherOffset |shaderImageGatherExtended
|float |minInterpolationOffset |sampleRateShading
|float |maxInterpolationOffset |sampleRateShading
|uint32_t |subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits |sampleRateShading
|uint32_t |maxFramebufferWidth |-
|uint32_t |maxFramebufferHeight |-
|uint32_t |maxFramebufferLayers |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |framebufferColorSampleCounts |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |framebufferDepthSampleCounts |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |framebufferStencilSampleCounts |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts |-
|uint32_t |maxColorAttachments |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |sampledImageColorSampleCounts |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |sampledImageDepthSampleCounts |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |sampledImageStencilSampleCounts |-
|VkSampleCountFlags |storageImageSampleCounts |shaderStorageImageMultisample
|uint32_t |maxSampleMaskWords |-
|vkBool32 |timestampComputeAndGraphics |-
|float |timestampPeriod |-
|uint32_t |maxClipDistances |shaderClipDistance
|uint32_t |maxCullDistances |shaderCullDistance
|uint32_t |maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances |shaderCullDistance
|uint32_t |discreteQueuePriorities |-
|2 ×
|2 ×
|float |pointSizeGranularity |largePoints
|float |lineWidthGranularity |wideLines
|VkBool32 |strictLines |-
|VkBool32 |standardSampleLocations |-
|VkDeviceSize |optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment |-
|VkDeviceSize |optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment|-
|VkDeviceSize |nonCoherentAtomSize |-
|=============================
[[features-limits-required]]
.Required Limits
[width="100%",cols="<35,<9,<14,<11",options="header"]
|=============================
| Limit | Unsupported Limit | Supported Limit | Limit Type^1^
|maxImageDimension1D |- |4096 | min
|maxImageDimension2D |- |4096 | min
|maxImageDimension3D |- |256 | min
|maxImageDimensionCube |- |4096 | min
|maxImageArrayLayers |- |256 | min
|maxTexelBufferElements |- |65536 | min
|maxUniformBufferRange |- |16384 | min
|maxStorageBufferRange |- |2^27^ | min
|maxPushConstantsSize |- |128 | min
|maxMemoryAllocationCount |- |4096 | min
|maxSamplerAllocationCount |- |4000 | min
|bufferImageGranularity |- |131072 | max
|sparseAddressSpaceSize | 0 | 2 GB | min
|maxBoundDescriptorSets |- |4 | min
|maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers |- |16 | min
|maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers|- |12 | min
|maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers|- |4 | min
|maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages|- |16 | min
|maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages|- |4 | min
|maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments|- |4 | min
|maxPerStageResources |- |128 ^2^|min
|maxDescriptorSetSamplers |- |96 | min, 6×
|maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers |- |72 | min, 6×
|maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic|- |8 |min
|maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers |- |24 | min, 6×
|maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic|- |4 |min
|maxDescriptorSetSampledImages |- |96| min, 6×
|maxDescriptorSetStorageImages |- |24 | min, 6×
|maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments |- |4 | min
|maxVertexInputAttributes |- |16 |min
|maxVertexInputBindings |- |16 |min
|maxVertexInputAttributeOffset |- |2047 |min
|maxVertexInputBindingStride |- |2048 |min
|maxVertexOutputComponents |- |64 |min
|maxTessellationGenerationLevel |0 |64 | min
|maxTessellationPatchSize |0 |32 | min
|maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents |0 |64 | min
|maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents |0 |64 | min
|maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents |0 |120 |min
|maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents |0 |2048 |min
|maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents |0 |64 |min
|maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents |0 |64 |min
|maxGeometryShaderInvocations |0 |32 |min
|maxGeometryInputComponents |0 |64 |min
|maxGeometryOutputComponents |0 |64 |min
|maxGeometryOutputVertices |0 |256 |min
|maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents |0 |1024 |min
|maxFragmentInputComponents |- |64 |min
|maxFragmentOutputAttachments |- |4 |min
|maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments |0 |1 |min
|maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources|- |4 |min
|maxComputeSharedMemorySize |- |16384 |min
|maxComputeWorkGroupCount |- |(65535,65535,65535) |min
|maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations |- |128 |min
|maxComputeWorkGroupSize |- |(128,128,64) |min
|subPixelPrecisionBits |- |4 |min
|subTexelPrecisionBits |- |4 |min
|mipmapPrecisionBits |- |4 |min
|maxDrawIndexedIndexValue |2^24^-1 |2^32^-1 |min
|maxDrawIndirectCount |1 |2^16^-1 |min
|maxSamplerLodBias |- |2 |min
|maxSamplerAnisotropy |1 |16 |min
|maxViewports |1 |16 |min
|maxViewportDimensions |- |(4096,4096) ^3^ | min
|viewportBoundsRange |- |(-8192,8191) ^4^ |(max,min)
|viewportSubPixelBits |- |0 |min
|minMemoryMapAlignment |- |64 |min
|minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment |- |256 | max
|minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment |- |256 | max
|minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment |- |256 | max
|minTexelOffset |- |-8 |max
|maxTexelOffset |- |7 |min
|minTexelGatherOffset |0 |-8 |max
|maxTexelGatherOffset |0 |7 |min
|minInterpolationOffset |0.0 |-0.5 ^5^ |max
|maxInterpolationOffset |0.0 |0.5 - (1 ULP) ^5^ |min
|subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits |0 |4 ^5^ |min
|maxFramebufferWidth |- |4096 |min
|maxFramebufferHeight |- |4096 |min
|maxFramebufferLayers |- |256 |min
|framebufferColorSampleCounts |- |(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT \| VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) |min
|framebufferDepthSampleCounts |- |(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT \| VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) |min
|framebufferStencilSampleCounts |- |(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT \| VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) |min
|framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts |- |(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT \| VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) |min
|maxColorAttachments |- |4 |min
|sampledImageColorSampleCounts |- |(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT \| VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) |min
|sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts |- |VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT |min
|sampledImageDepthSampleCounts |- |(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT \| VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) |min
|sampledImageStencilSampleCounts |- |(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT \| VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) |min
|storageImageSampleCounts |VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT |(VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT \| VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT) |min
|maxSampleMaskWords |- |1 |min
|timestampComputeAndGraphics |- |- |implementation dependent
|timestampPeriod |- |- |duration
|maxClipDistances |0 |8 |min
|maxCullDistances |0 |8 |min
|maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances |0 |8 |min
|discreteQueuePriorities |- |2 |min
|pointSizeRange |(1.0,1.0) |(1.0,64.0 - ULP)^6^| (max,min)
|lineWidthRange |(1.0,1.0)|(1.0,8.0 - ULP)^7^ |(max,min)
|pointSizeGranularity | 0.0 | 1.0 ^6^ | max, fixed point increment
|lineWidthGranularity | 0.0 | 1.0 ^7^ | max, fixed point increment
|strictLines |- |- |implementation dependent
|standardSampleLocations |- |- |implementation dependent
|optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment |- |- |recommendation
|optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment|- |- |recommendation
|nonCoherentAtomSize |- |128 |max
|=============================
1::
The *Limit Type* column indicates the limit is either the minimum limit all
implementations must: support or the maximum limit all implementations
must: support. For bitfields a minimum limit is the least
bits all implementations must: set, but they may: have
additional bits set beyond this minimum.
2::
The pname:maxPerStageResources must: be at least the smallest of the
following:
+
--
* the sum of the pname:maxPerStageDescriptorUniformBuffers,
pname:maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers,
pname:maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages,
pname:maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages,
pname:maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments, pname:maxColorAttachments
limits, or
* 128.
--
+
It maynot: be possible to reach this limit in every stage.
3::
Maximum image attachment size or maximum display size
4::
Double the pname:maxViewportDimensions
5::
The values pname:minInterpolationOffset and pname:maxInterpolationOffset
describe the closed interval of supported interpolation offsets:
[pname:minInterpolationOffset, pname:maxInterpolationOffset]. The ULP is
determined by pname:subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits. If
pname:subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits is 4, this provides increments of
(1/2^4^) = 0.0625, and thus the range of supported interpolation offsets
would be [-0.5, 0.4375].
6::
The point size ULP is determined by pname:pointSizeGranularity. If the
pname:pointSizeGranularity is 0.125, the range of supported point sizes
must: be at least [1.0, 63.875].
7::
The line width ULP is determined by pname:lineWidthGranularity. If the
pname:lineWidthGranularity is 0.0625, the range of supported line widths
must: be at least [1.0, 7.9375].
[[features-formats]]
== Formats
The features for the set of formats (elink:VkFormat) supported by the
implementation are queried individually using the
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties command.
[[features-formats-definition]]
=== Format Definition
The available formats available are defined by the elink:VkFormat
enumeration:
include::../enums/VkFormat.txt[]
ename:VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED::
The format is not specified.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R4G4_UNORM_PACK8::
A two-component, 8-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 4-bit R component in bits 4..7, and
a 4-bit G component in bits 0..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R4G4B4A4_UNORM_PACK16::
A four-component, 16-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 4-bit R component in bits 12..15,
a 4-bit G component in bits 8..11,
a 4-bit B component in bits 4..7, and
a 4-bit A component in bits 0..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM_PACK16::
A four-component, 16-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 4-bit B component in bits 12..15,
a 4-bit G component in bits 8..11,
a 4-bit R component in bits 4..7, and
a 4-bit A component in bits 0..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R5G6B5_UNORM_PACK16::
A three-component, 16-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 5-bit R component in bits 11..15,
a 6-bit G component in bits 5..10, and
a 5-bit B component in bits 0..4.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B5G6R5_UNORM_PACK16::
A three-component, 16-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 5-bit B component in bits 11..15,
a 6-bit G component in bits 5..10, and
a 5-bit R component in bits 0..4.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R5G5B5A1_UNORM_PACK16::
A four-component, 16-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 5-bit R component in bits 11..15,
a 5-bit G component in bits 6..10,
a 5-bit B component in bits 1..5, and
a 1-bit A component in bit 0.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM_PACK16::
A four-component, 16-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 5-bit B component in bits 11..15,
a 5-bit G component in bits 6..10,
a 5-bit R component in bits 1..5, and
a 1-bit A component in bit 0.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A1R5G5B5_UNORM_PACK16::
A four-component, 16-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 1-bit A component in bit 15,
a 5-bit R component in bits 10..14,
a 5-bit G component in bits 5..9, and
a 5-bit B component in bits 0..4.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM::
A one-component, 8-bit unsigned normalized format that has
a single 8-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SNORM::
A one-component, 8-bit signed normalized format that has
a single 8-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_USCALED::
A one-component, 8-bit unsigned scaled integer format that has
a single 8-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SSCALED::
A one-component, 8-bit signed scaled integer format that has
a single 8-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_UINT::
A one-component, 8-bit unsigned integer format that has
a single 8-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SINT::
A one-component, 8-bit signed integer format that has
a single 8-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SRGB::
A one-component, 8-bit unsigned normalized format that has
a single 8-bit R component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_UNORM::
A two-component, 16-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0, and
an 8-bit G component in byte 1.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SNORM::
A two-component, 16-bit signed normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0, and
an 8-bit G component in byte 1.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_USCALED::
A two-component, 16-bit unsigned scaled integer format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0, and
an 8-bit G component in byte 1.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SSCALED::
A two-component, 16-bit signed scaled integer format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0, and
an 8-bit G component in byte 1.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_UINT::
A two-component, 16-bit unsigned integer format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0, and
an 8-bit G component in byte 1.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SINT::
A two-component, 16-bit signed integer format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0, and
an 8-bit G component in byte 1.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SRGB::
A two-component, 16-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 0, and
an 8-bit G component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 1.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UNORM::
A three-component, 24-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit B component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SNORM::
A three-component, 24-bit signed normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit B component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_USCALED::
A three-component, 24-bit unsigned scaled format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit B component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SSCALED::
A three-component, 24-bit signed scaled format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit B component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UINT::
A three-component, 24-bit unsigned integer format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit B component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SINT::
A three-component, 24-bit signed integer format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit B component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SRGB::
A three-component, 24-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 1, and
an 8-bit B component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_UNORM::
A three-component, 24-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit R component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SNORM::
A three-component, 24-bit signed normalized format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit R component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_USCALED::
A three-component, 24-bit unsigned scaled format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit R component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SSCALED::
A three-component, 24-bit signed scaled format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit R component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_UINT::
A three-component, 24-bit unsigned integer format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit R component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SINT::
A three-component, 24-bit signed integer format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1, and
an 8-bit R component in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SRGB::
A three-component, 24-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit B component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 1, and
an 8-bit R component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 2.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM::
A four-component, 32-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit B component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SNORM::
A four-component, 32-bit signed normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit B component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_USCALED::
A four-component, 32-bit unsigned scaled format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit B component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SSCALED::
A four-component, 32-bit signed scaled format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit B component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UINT::
A four-component, 32-bit unsigned integer format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit B component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SINT::
A four-component, 32-bit signed integer format that has
an 8-bit R component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit B component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB::
A four-component, 32-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit R component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 1,
an 8-bit B component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM::
A four-component, 32-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit R component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SNORM::
A four-component, 32-bit signed normalized format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit R component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_USCALED::
A four-component, 32-bit unsigned scaled format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit R component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SSCALED::
A four-component, 32-bit signed scaled format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit R component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UINT::
A four-component, 32-bit unsigned integer format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit R component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SINT::
A four-component, 32-bit signed integer format that has
an 8-bit B component in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component in byte 1,
an 8-bit R component in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB::
A four-component, 32-bit unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit B component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 0,
an 8-bit G component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 1,
an 8-bit R component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in byte 2, and
an 8-bit A component in byte 3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UNORM_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit A component in bits 24..31,
an 8-bit B component in bits 16..23,
an 8-bit G component in bits 8..15, and
an 8-bit R component in bits 0..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SNORM_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed normalized format that has
an 8-bit A component in bits 24..31,
an 8-bit B component in bits 16..23,
an 8-bit G component in bits 8..15, and
an 8-bit R component in bits 0..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_USCALED_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned scaled integer format that has
an 8-bit A component in bits 24..31,
an 8-bit B component in bits 16..23,
an 8-bit G component in bits 8..15, and
an 8-bit R component in bits 0..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SSCALED_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed scaled integer format that has
an 8-bit A component in bits 24..31,
an 8-bit B component in bits 16..23,
an 8-bit G component in bits 8..15, and
an 8-bit R component in bits 0..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UINT_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned integer format that has
an 8-bit A component in bits 24..31,
an 8-bit B component in bits 16..23,
an 8-bit G component in bits 8..15, and
an 8-bit R component in bits 0..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SINT_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed integer format that has
an 8-bit A component in bits 24..31,
an 8-bit B component in bits 16..23,
an 8-bit G component in bits 8..15, and
an 8-bit R component in bits 0..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SRGB_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
an 8-bit A component in bits 24..31,
an 8-bit B component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in bits 16..23,
an 8-bit G component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in bits 8..15, and
an 8-bit R component stored with sRGB nonlinear encoding in bits
0..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UNORM_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit R component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit B component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SNORM_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed normalized format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit R component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit B component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_USCALED_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned scaled integer format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit R component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit B component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SSCALED_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed scaled integer format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit R component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit B component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UINT_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned integer format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit R component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit B component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SINT_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed integer format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit R component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit B component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UNORM_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned normalized format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit B component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit R component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SNORM_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed normalized format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit B component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit R component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_USCALED_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned scaled integer format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit B component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit R component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SSCALED_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed scaled integer format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit B component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit R component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UINT_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed unsigned integer format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit B component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit R component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SINT_PACK32::
A four-component, 32-bit packed signed integer format that has
a 2-bit A component in bits 30..31,
a 10-bit B component in bits 20..29,
a 10-bit G component in bits 10..19, and
a 10-bit R component in bits 0..9.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_UNORM::
A one-component, 16-bit unsigned normalized format that has
a single 16-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SNORM::
A one-component, 16-bit signed normalized format that has
a single 16-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_USCALED::
A one-component, 16-bit unsigned scaled integer format that has
a single 16-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SSCALED::
A one-component, 16-bit signed scaled integer format that has
a single 16-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_UINT::
A one-component, 16-bit unsigned integer format that has
a single 16-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SINT::
A one-component, 16-bit signed integer format that has
a single 16-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SFLOAT::
A one-component, 16-bit signed floating-point format that has
a single 16-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_UNORM::
A two-component, 32-bit unsigned normalized format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1, and
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SNORM::
A two-component, 32-bit signed normalized format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1, and
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_USCALED::
A two-component, 32-bit unsigned scaled integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1, and
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SSCALED::
A two-component, 32-bit signed scaled integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1, and
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_UINT::
A two-component, 32-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1, and
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SINT::
A two-component, 32-bit signed integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1, and
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SFLOAT::
A two-component, 32-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1, and
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_UNORM::
A three-component, 48-bit unsigned normalized format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3, and
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SNORM::
A three-component, 48-bit signed normalized format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3, and
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_USCALED::
A three-component, 48-bit unsigned scaled integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3, and
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SSCALED::
A three-component, 48-bit signed scaled integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3, and
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_UINT::
A three-component, 48-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3, and
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SINT::
A three-component, 48-bit signed integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3, and
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SFLOAT::
A three-component, 48-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3, and
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM::
A four-component, 64-bit unsigned normalized format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3,
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5, and
a 16-bit A component in bytes 6..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SNORM::
A four-component, 64-bit signed normalized format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3,
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5, and
a 16-bit A component in bytes 6..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_USCALED::
A four-component, 64-bit unsigned scaled integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3,
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5, and
a 16-bit A component in bytes 6..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SSCALED::
A four-component, 64-bit signed scaled integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3,
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5, and
a 16-bit A component in bytes 6..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UINT::
A four-component, 64-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3,
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5, and
a 16-bit A component in bytes 6..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SINT::
A four-component, 64-bit signed integer format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3,
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5, and
a 16-bit A component in bytes 6..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SFLOAT::
A four-component, 64-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 16-bit R component in bytes 0..1,
a 16-bit G component in bytes 2..3,
a 16-bit B component in bytes 4..5, and
a 16-bit A component in bytes 6..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_UINT::
A one-component, 32-bit unsigned integer format that has
a single 32-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_SINT::
A one-component, 32-bit signed integer format that has
a single 32-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_SFLOAT::
A one-component, 32-bit signed floating-point format that has
a single 32-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_UINT::
A two-component, 64-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3, and
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SINT::
A two-component, 64-bit signed integer format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3, and
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SFLOAT::
A two-component, 64-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3, and
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_UINT::
A three-component, 96-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3,
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7, and
a 32-bit B component in bytes 8..11.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SINT::
A three-component, 96-bit signed integer format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3,
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7, and
a 32-bit B component in bytes 8..11.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT::
A three-component, 96-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3,
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7, and
a 32-bit B component in bytes 8..11.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_UINT::
A four-component, 128-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3,
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7,
a 32-bit B component in bytes 8..11, and
a 32-bit A component in bytes 12..15.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SINT::
A four-component, 128-bit signed integer format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3,
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7,
a 32-bit B component in bytes 8..11, and
a 32-bit A component in bytes 12..15.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SFLOAT::
A four-component, 128-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 32-bit R component in bytes 0..3,
a 32-bit G component in bytes 4..7,
a 32-bit B component in bytes 8..11, and
a 32-bit A component in bytes 12..15.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_UINT::
A one-component, 64-bit unsigned integer format that has
a single 64-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_SINT::
A one-component, 64-bit signed integer format that has
a single 64-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_SFLOAT::
A one-component, 64-bit signed floating-point format that has
a single 64-bit R component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_UINT::
A two-component, 128-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7, and
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_SINT::
A two-component, 128-bit signed integer format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7, and
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_SFLOAT::
A two-component, 128-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7, and
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_UINT::
A three-component, 192-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7,
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15, and
a 64-bit B component in bytes 16..23.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_SINT::
A three-component, 192-bit signed integer format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7,
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15, and
a 64-bit B component in bytes 16..23.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_SFLOAT::
A three-component, 192-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7,
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15, and
a 64-bit B component in bytes 16..23.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_UINT::
A four-component, 256-bit unsigned integer format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7,
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15,
a 64-bit B component in bytes 16..23, and
a 64-bit A component in bytes 24..31.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_SINT::
A four-component, 256-bit signed integer format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7,
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15,
a 64-bit B component in bytes 16..23, and
a 64-bit A component in bytes 24..31.
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_SFLOAT::
A four-component, 256-bit signed floating-point format that has
a 64-bit R component in bytes 0..7,
a 64-bit G component in bytes 8..15,
a 64-bit B component in bytes 16..23, and
a 64-bit A component in bytes 24..31.
ename:VK_FORMAT_B10G11R11_UFLOAT_PACK32::
A three-component, 32-bit packed unsigned floating-point format that has
a 10-bit B component in bits 22..31,
an 11-bit G component in bits 11..21,
an 11-bit R component in bits 0..10.
See <<fundamentals-fp10>> and <<fundamentals-fp11>>.
ename:VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32::
A three-component, 32-bit packed unsigned floating-point format that has
a 5-bit shared exponent in bits 27..31,
a 9-bit B component mantissa in bits 18..26,
a 9-bit G component mantissa in bits 9..17, and
a 9-bit R component mantissa in bits 0..8.
ename:VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM::
A one-component, 16-bit unsigned normalized format that has a
single 16-bit depth component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32::
A two-component, 32-bit format that has 24 unsigned normalized bits in
the depth component and, optionally:, 8 bits that are unused.
ename:VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT::
A one-component, 32-bit signed floating-point format that has 32-bits in
the depth component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_S8_UINT::
A one-component, 8-bit unsigned integer format that has 8-bits in the
stencil component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT::
A two-component, 24-bit format that has 16 unsigned normalized bits in
the depth component and 8 unsigned integer bits in the stencil
component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT::
A two-component, 32-bit packed format that has
8 unsigned integer bits in the stencil component, and
24 unsigned normalized bits in the depth component.
ename:VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT::
A two-component format that has 32 signed float bits in the depth
component and 8 unsigned integer bits in the stencil component. There
are optionally: 24-bits that are unused.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_UNORM_BLOCK::
A three-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data. This format
has no alpha and is considered opaque.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_SRGB_BLOCK::
A three-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data with sRGB
nonlinear encoding. This format has no alpha and is considered opaque.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data, and provides 1
bit of alpha.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data with sRGB
nonlinear encoding, and provides 1 bit of alpha.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC2_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of unsigned normalized alpha image data followed by 64-bits
of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC2_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of unsigned normalized alpha image data followed by 64-bits
of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data with sRGB nonlinear
encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC3_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded alpha image data followed by 64-bits of encoded
RGB image data. Both blocks are decoded as unsigned normalized values.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC3_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded alpha image data followed by 64-bits of encoded
RGB image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding. Both blocks are decoded as
unsigned normalized values.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC4_UNORM_BLOCK::
A one-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized red image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC4_SNORM_BLOCK::
A one-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded signed normalized red image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC5_UNORM_BLOCK::
A two-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized red image data followed by
64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized green image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC5_SNORM_BLOCK::
A two-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded signed normalized red image data followed by
64-bits of encoded signed normalized green image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC6H_UFLOAT_BLOCK::
A three-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded unsigned floating-point RGB image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC6H_SFLOAT_BLOCK::
A three-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded signed floating-point RGB image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC7_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC7_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, block compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGBA image data with sRGB
nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_UNORM_BLOCK::
A three-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_SRGB_BLOCK::
A three-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data with sRGB
nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A1_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data, and provides 1
bit of alpha.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A1_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data with sRGB
nonlinear encoding, and provides 1 bit of alpha.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data, and 64-bits of
encoded unsigned normalized alpha image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A8_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized RGB image data with sRGB
nonlinear encoding, and 64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized alpha
image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11_UNORM_BLOCK::
A one-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists of
64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized red image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11_SNORM_BLOCK::
A one-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists of
64-bits of encoded signed normalized red image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11G11_UNORM_BLOCK::
A two-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists of
64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized red image data followed by
64-bits of encoded unsigned normalized green image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11G11_SNORM_BLOCK::
A two-component, ETC2 compressed format where each 4x4 block consists of
64-bits of encoded signed normalized red image data followed by 64-bits
of encoded signed normalized green image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 4x4 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 5x4 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 5x4 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 5x5 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 5x5 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 6x5 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 6x5 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 6x6 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 6x6 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 8x5 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 8x5 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 8x6 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 8x6 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 8x8 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 8x8 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 10x5 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 10x5 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 10x6 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 10x6 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 10x8 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 10x8 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 10x10 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 10x10 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 12x10 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 12x10 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_UNORM_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 12x12 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data.
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_SRGB_BLOCK::
A four-component, ASTC compressed format where each 12x12 block consists
of 128-bits of encoded image data which is decoded as unsigned
normalized RGBA image data with sRGB nonlinear encoding.
[[features-formats-packed]]
==== Packed Formats
For the purposes of address alignment when accessing buffer memory
containing vertex attribute or texel data, the following formats are
considered _packed_ - whole texels or attributes are stored in a single data
element, rather than individual components occupying a single data element:
* <<features-formats-packed-8-bit,Packed into 8-bit data types>>:
** ename:VK_FORMAT_R4G4_UNORM_PACK8
* <<features-formats-packed-16-bit,Packed into 16-bit data types>>:
** ename:VK_FORMAT_R4G4B4A4_UNORM_PACK16
** ename:VK_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM_PACK16
** ename:VK_FORMAT_R5G6B5_UNORM_PACK16
** ename:VK_FORMAT_B5G6R5_UNORM_PACK16
** ename:VK_FORMAT_R5G5B5A1_UNORM_PACK16
** ename:VK_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM_PACK16
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A1R5G5B5_UNORM_PACK16
* <<features-formats-packed-32-bit,Packed into 32-bit data types>>:
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UNORM_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SNORM_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_USCALED_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SSCALED_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UINT_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SINT_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SRGB_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UNORM_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SNORM_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_USCALED_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SSCALED_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UINT_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SINT_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UNORM_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SNORM_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_USCALED_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SSCALED_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UINT_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SINT_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_B10G11R11_UFLOAT_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32
** ename:VK_FORMAT_X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32
==== Identification of Formats
A ``format'' is represented by a single enum value. The name of a format is
usually built up by using the following pattern:
VK_FORMAT_{component-format|compression-scheme}_{numeric-format}
The component-format specifies either the size of the R, G, B, and A
components (if they are present) in the case of a color format, or the size
of the depth (D) and stencil (S) components (if they are present) in the
case of a depth/stencil format (see below). An X indicates a component that
is unused, but may: be present for padding.
<<<
[[features-formats-numericformat]]
.Interpretation of Numeric Format
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|===================
| Numeric format | Description
| etext:UNORM | The components are unsigned normalized values in the range [0,1]
| etext:SNORM | The components are signed normalized values in the range [-1,1]
| etext:USCALED | The components are unsigned integer values that get converted to floating-point in the range [0,2^n^-1]
| etext:SSCALED | The components are signed integer values that get converted to floating-point in the range [-2^n-1^,2^n-1^-1]
| etext:UINT | The components are unsigned integer values in the range [0,2^n^-1]
| etext:SINT | The components are signed integer values in the range [-2^n-1^,2^n-1^-1]
| etext:UFLOAT | The components are unsigned floating-point numbers (used by packed, shared exponent, and some compressed formats)
| etext:SFLOAT | The components are signed floating-point numbers
| etext:SRGB | The R, G, and B components are unsigned normalized values that represent values using sRGB nonlinear encoding, while the A component (if one exists) is a regular unsigned normalized value
|===================
The suffix etext:_PACKnn indicates that the format is packed into an
underlying type with nn bits.
The suffix etext:_BLOCK indicates that the format is a block compressed
format, with the representation of multiple pixels encoded interdependently
within a region.
[[features-formats-compressionscheme]]
.Interpretation of Compression Scheme
[width="95%",cols="2,10",options="header"]
|==================
| Compression scheme | Description
| etext:BC | Block Compression. See <<appendix-compressedtex-bc>>.
| etext:ETC2 | Ericsson Texture Compression. See <<appendix-compressedtex-etc2>>.
| etext:EAC | ETC2 Alpha Compression. See <<appendix-compressedtex-etc2>>.
| etext:ASTC | Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (LDR Profile). See <<appendix-compressedtex-astc>>.
|==================
==== Representation
Color formats must: be represented in memory in exactly the form indicated
by the format's name. This means that promoting one format to
another with more bits per component and/or additional components
mustnot: occur for color formats. Depth/stencil formats have more relaxed
requirements as discussed <<features-formats-depth-stencil,below>>.
The representation of non-packed formats is that the first component
specified in the name of the format is in the lowest memory addresses and
the last component specified is in the highest memory addresses. See
<<features-formats-non-packed,Byte mappings for non-packed/compressed color
formats>>. The in-memory ordering of bytes within a component is determined
by the host endianness.
[[features-formats-non-packed]]
.Byte mappings for non-packed/compressed color formats
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|===============
>|0 >|1 >|2 >|3 >|4 >|5 >|6 >|7 >|8 >|9 >|10 >|11 >|12 >|13 >|14 >|15 ^| latexmath:[$\leftarrow$] Byte
^|R 16+>s|VK_FORMAT_R8_*
^|R ^|G 15+>s|VK_FORMAT_R8G8_*
^|R ^|G ^|B 14+>s|VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_*
^|B ^|G ^|R 14+>s|VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_*
^|R ^|G ^|B ^|A 13+>s|VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_*
^|B ^|G ^|R ^|A 13+>s|VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_*
2+^|R 15+>s|VK_FORMAT_R16_*
2+^|R 2+^|G 13+>s|VK_FORMAT_R16G16_*
2+^|R 2+^|G 2+^|B 11+>s|VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_*
2+^|R 2+^|G 2+^|B 2+^|A 9+>s|VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_*
4+^|R 13+>s|VK_FORMAT_R32_*
4+^|R 4+^|G 9+>s|VK_FORMAT_R32G32_*
4+^|R 4+^|G 4+^|B 5+>s|VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_*
4+^|R 4+^|G 4+^|B 4+^|A >s|VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_*
8+^|R 9+>s|VK_FORMAT_R64_*
8+^|R 8+^|G >s|VK_FORMAT_R64G64_*
17+^s|VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_* as VK_FORMAT_R64G64_* but with B in bytes 16-23
17+^s|VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_* as VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_* but with A in bytes 24-31
|===============
Packed formats store multiple components within one underlying type. The bit
representation is that the first component specified in the name of the
format is in the most-significant bits and the last component specified is
in the least-significant bits of the underlying type. The in-memory ordering
of bytes comprising the underlying type is determined by the host
endianness.
[[features-formats-packed-8-bit]]
.Bit mappings for packed 8-bit formats
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|===============
^| Bit latexmath:[$\rightarrow$] >| 7 >| 6 >| 5 >| 4 >| 3 >| 2 >| 1 >| 0
^| VK_FORMAT_R4G4_UNORM_PACK8
^| latexmath:[$R_3$] ^| latexmath:[$R_2$] ^| latexmath:[$R_1$] ^| latexmath:[$R_0$]
^| latexmath:[$G_3$] ^| latexmath:[$G_2$] ^| latexmath:[$G_1$] ^| latexmath:[$G_0$]
|===============
[[features-formats-packed-16-bit]]
.Bit mappings for packed 16-bit VK_FORMAT_* formats
[options="header",cols="18h,16*1",width="100%"]
|===============
^| Bit latexmath:[$\rightarrow$] >| 15 >| 14 >| 13 >| 12 >| 11 >| 10 >| 9 >| 8 >| 7 >| 6 >| 5 >| 4 >| 3 >| 2 >| 1 >| 0
^|R4G4B4A4_UNORM_PACK16
^| latexmath:[$R_3$] ^| latexmath:[$R_2$] ^| latexmath:[$R_1$] ^| latexmath:[$R_0$]
^| latexmath:[$G_3$] ^| latexmath:[$G_2$] ^| latexmath:[$G_1$] ^| latexmath:[$G_0$]
^| latexmath:[$B_3$] ^| latexmath:[$B_2$] ^| latexmath:[$B_1$] ^| latexmath:[$B_0$]
^| latexmath:[$A_3$] ^| latexmath:[$A_2$] ^| latexmath:[$A_1$] ^| latexmath:[$A_0$]
^|B4G4R4A4_UNORM_PACK16
^| latexmath:[$B_3$] ^| latexmath:[$B_2$] ^| latexmath:[$B_1$] ^| latexmath:[$B_0$]
^| latexmath:[$G_3$] ^| latexmath:[$G_2$] ^| latexmath:[$G_1$] ^| latexmath:[$G_0$]
^| latexmath:[$R_3$] ^| latexmath:[$R_2$] ^| latexmath:[$R_1$] ^| latexmath:[$R_0$]
^| latexmath:[$A_3$] ^| latexmath:[$A_2$] ^| latexmath:[$A_1$] ^| latexmath:[$A_0$]
^|R5G6B5_UNORM_PACK16
^| latexmath:[$R_4$] ^| latexmath:[$R_3$] ^| latexmath:[$R_2$] ^| latexmath:[$R_1$] ^| latexmath:[$R_0$]
^| latexmath:[$G_5$] ^| latexmath:[$G_4$] ^| latexmath:[$G_3$] ^| latexmath:[$G_2$] ^| latexmath:[$G_1$] ^| latexmath:[$G_0$]
^| latexmath:[$B_4$] ^| latexmath:[$B_3$] ^| latexmath:[$B_2$] ^| latexmath:[$B_1$] ^| latexmath:[$B_0$]
^|B5G6R5_UNORM_PACK16
^| latexmath:[$B_4$] ^| latexmath:[$B_3$] ^| latexmath:[$B_2$] ^| latexmath:[$B_1$] ^| latexmath:[$B_0$]
^| latexmath:[$G_5$] ^| latexmath:[$G_4$] ^| latexmath:[$G_3$] ^| latexmath:[$G_2$] ^| latexmath:[$G_1$] ^| latexmath:[$G_0$]
^| latexmath:[$R_4$] ^| latexmath:[$R_3$] ^| latexmath:[$R_2$] ^| latexmath:[$R_1$] ^| latexmath:[$R_0$]
^|R5G5B5A1_UNORM_PACK16
^| latexmath:[$R_4$] ^| latexmath:[$R_3$] ^| latexmath:[$R_2$] ^| latexmath:[$R_1$] ^| latexmath:[$R_0$]
^| latexmath:[$G_4$] ^| latexmath:[$G_3$] ^| latexmath:[$G_2$] ^| latexmath:[$G_1$] ^| latexmath:[$G_0$]
^| latexmath:[$B_4$] ^| latexmath:[$B_3$] ^| latexmath:[$B_2$] ^| latexmath:[$B_1$] ^| latexmath:[$B_0$]
^| latexmath:[$A_0$]
^|B5G5R5A1_UNORM_PACK16
^| latexmath:[$B_4$] ^| latexmath:[$B_3$] ^| latexmath:[$B_2$] ^| latexmath:[$B_1$] ^| latexmath:[$B_0$]
^| latexmath:[$G_4$] ^| latexmath:[$G_3$] ^| latexmath:[$G_2$] ^| latexmath:[$G_1$] ^| latexmath:[$G_0$]
^| latexmath:[$R_4$] ^| latexmath:[$R_3$] ^| latexmath:[$R_2$] ^| latexmath:[$R_1$] ^| latexmath:[$R_0$]
^| latexmath:[$A_0$]
^|A1R5G5B5_UNORM_PACK16
^| latexmath:[$A_0$]
^| latexmath:[$R_4$] ^| latexmath:[$R_3$] ^| latexmath:[$R_2$] ^| latexmath:[$R_1$] ^| latexmath:[$R_0$]
^| latexmath:[$G_4$] ^| latexmath:[$G_3$] ^| latexmath:[$G_2$] ^| latexmath:[$G_1$] ^| latexmath:[$G_0$]
^| latexmath:[$B_4$] ^| latexmath:[$B_3$] ^| latexmath:[$B_2$] ^| latexmath:[$B_1$] ^| latexmath:[$B_0$]
|===============
// N.B. This table is slightly too wide to fit - we cheat by not drawing the grid lines so we can't see...
[[features-formats-packed-32-bit]]
.Bit mappings for packed 32-bit formats
[cols="32*1",frame="none",grid="rows",options="header"]
|===============
>|31 >|30 >|29 >|28 >|27 >|26 >|25 >|24 >|23 >|22 >|21 >|20 >|19 >|18 >|17 >|16
>|15 >|14 >|13 >|12 >|11 >|10 >|9 >|8 >|7 >|6 >|5 >|4 >|3 >|2 >|1 >|0
32+^s|VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_*_PACK32
^|latexmath:[$A_7$] ^|latexmath:[$A_6$] ^|latexmath:[$A_5$] ^|latexmath:[$A_4$]
^|latexmath:[$A_3$] ^|latexmath:[$A_2$] ^|latexmath:[$A_1$] ^|latexmath:[$A_0$]
^|latexmath:[$B_7$] ^|latexmath:[$B_6$] ^|latexmath:[$B_5$] ^|latexmath:[$B_4$]
^|latexmath:[$B_3$] ^|latexmath:[$B_2$] ^|latexmath:[$B_1$] ^|latexmath:[$B_0$]
^|latexmath:[$G_7$] ^|latexmath:[$G_6$] ^|latexmath:[$G_5$] ^|latexmath:[$G_4$]
^|latexmath:[$G_3$] ^|latexmath:[$G_2$] ^|latexmath:[$G_1$] ^|latexmath:[$G_0$]
^|latexmath:[$R_7$] ^|latexmath:[$R_6$] ^|latexmath:[$R_5$] ^|latexmath:[$R_4$]
^|latexmath:[$R_3$] ^|latexmath:[$R_2$] ^|latexmath:[$R_1$] ^|latexmath:[$R_0$]
32+^s|VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_*_PACK32
^|latexmath:[$A_1$] ^|latexmath:[$A_0$]
^|latexmath:[$R_9$] ^|latexmath:[$R_8$] ^|latexmath:[$R_7$] ^|latexmath:[$R_6$] ^|latexmath:[$R_5$]
^|latexmath:[$R_4$] ^|latexmath:[$R_3$] ^|latexmath:[$R_2$] ^|latexmath:[$R_1$] ^|latexmath:[$R_0$]
^|latexmath:[$G_9$] ^|latexmath:[$G_8$] ^|latexmath:[$G_7$] ^|latexmath:[$G_6$] ^|latexmath:[$G_5$]
^|latexmath:[$G_4$] ^|latexmath:[$G_3$] ^|latexmath:[$G_2$] ^|latexmath:[$G_1$] ^|latexmath:[$G_0$]
^|latexmath:[$B_9$] ^|latexmath:[$B_8$] ^|latexmath:[$B_7$] ^|latexmath:[$B_6$] ^|latexmath:[$B_5$]
^|latexmath:[$B_4$] ^|latexmath:[$B_3$] ^|latexmath:[$B_2$] ^|latexmath:[$B_1$] ^|latexmath:[$B_0$]
32+^s|VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_*_PACK32
^|latexmath:[$A_1$] ^|latexmath:[$A_0$]
^|latexmath:[$B_9$] ^|latexmath:[$B_8$] ^|latexmath:[$B_7$] ^|latexmath:[$B_6$] ^|latexmath:[$B_5$]
^|latexmath:[$B_4$] ^|latexmath:[$B_3$] ^|latexmath:[$B_2$] ^|latexmath:[$B_1$] ^|latexmath:[$B_0$]
^|latexmath:[$G_9$] ^|latexmath:[$G_8$] ^|latexmath:[$G_7$] ^|latexmath:[$G_6$] ^|latexmath:[$G_5$]
^|latexmath:[$G_4$] ^|latexmath:[$G_3$] ^|latexmath:[$G_2$] ^|latexmath:[$G_1$] ^|latexmath:[$G_0$]
^|latexmath:[$R_9$] ^|latexmath:[$R_8$] ^|latexmath:[$R_7$] ^|latexmath:[$R_6$] ^|latexmath:[$R_5$]
^|latexmath:[$R_4$] ^|latexmath:[$R_3$] ^|latexmath:[$R_2$] ^|latexmath:[$R_1$] ^|latexmath:[$R_0$]
32+^s|VK_FORMAT_B10G11R11_UFLOAT_PACK32
^|latexmath:[$B_9$] ^|latexmath:[$B_8$] ^|latexmath:[$B_7$] ^|latexmath:[$B_6$] ^|latexmath:[$B_5$]
^|latexmath:[$B_4$] ^|latexmath:[$B_3$] ^|latexmath:[$B_2$] ^|latexmath:[$B_1$] ^|latexmath:[$B_0$]
^|latexmath:[$G_{10}$] ^|latexmath:[$G_9$] ^|latexmath:[$G_8$] ^|latexmath:[$G_7$] ^|latexmath:[$G_6$] ^|latexmath:[$G_5$]
^|latexmath:[$G_4$] ^|latexmath:[$G_3$] ^|latexmath:[$G_2$] ^|latexmath:[$G_1$] ^|latexmath:[$G_0$]
^|latexmath:[$R_{10}$] ^|latexmath:[$R_9$] ^|latexmath:[$R_8$] ^|latexmath:[$R_7$] ^|latexmath:[$R_6$] ^|latexmath:[$R_5$]
^|latexmath:[$R_4$] ^|latexmath:[$R_3$] ^|latexmath:[$R_2$] ^|latexmath:[$R_1$] ^|latexmath:[$R_0$]
32+^s|VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32
^|latexmath:[$E_4$] ^|latexmath:[$E_3$] ^|latexmath:[$E_2$] ^|latexmath:[$E_1$] ^|latexmath:[$E_0$]
^|latexmath:[$B_8$] ^|latexmath:[$B_7$] ^|latexmath:[$B_6$] ^|latexmath:[$B_5$]
^|latexmath:[$B_4$] ^|latexmath:[$B_3$] ^|latexmath:[$B_2$] ^|latexmath:[$B_1$] ^|latexmath:[$B_0$]
^|latexmath:[$G_8$] ^|latexmath:[$G_7$] ^|latexmath:[$G_6$] ^|latexmath:[$G_5$]
^|latexmath:[$G_4$] ^|latexmath:[$G_3$] ^|latexmath:[$G_2$] ^|latexmath:[$G_1$] ^|latexmath:[$G_0$]
^|latexmath:[$R_8$] ^|latexmath:[$R_7$] ^|latexmath:[$R_6$] ^|latexmath:[$R_5$]
^|latexmath:[$R_4$] ^|latexmath:[$R_3$] ^|latexmath:[$R_2$] ^|latexmath:[$R_1$] ^|latexmath:[$R_0$]
32+^s|VK_FORMAT_X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32
^|latexmath:[$X_7$] ^|latexmath:[$X_6$] ^|latexmath:[$X_5$] ^|latexmath:[$X_4$]
^|latexmath:[$X_3$] ^|latexmath:[$X_2$] ^|latexmath:[$X_1$] ^|latexmath:[$X_0$]
^|latexmath:[$D_{23}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{22}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{21}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{20}$]
^|latexmath:[$D_{19}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{18}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{17}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{16}$]
^|latexmath:[$D_{15}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{14}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{13}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{12}$]
^|latexmath:[$D_{11}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_{10}$] ^|latexmath:[$D_9$] ^|latexmath:[$D_8$]
^|latexmath:[$D_7$] ^|latexmath:[$D_6$] ^|latexmath:[$D_5$] ^|latexmath:[$D_4$]
^|latexmath:[$D_3$] ^|latexmath:[$D_2$] ^|latexmath:[$D_1$] ^|latexmath:[$D_0$]
|===============
[[features-formats-depth-stencil]]
==== Depth/Stencil Formats
Depth/stencil formats are considered opaque and need not
be stored in the exact number of bits per texel or component ordering
indicated by the format enum. However, implementations mustnot: substitute
a different depth or stencil precision than that described in the format
(e.g. D16 mustnot: be implemented as D24 or D32).
[[features-formats-compatibility-classes]]
==== Format Compatibility Classes
Uncompressed color formats are _compatible_ with each other if they occupy
the same number of bits per data element. Compressed color formats are
compatible with each other if the only difference between them is the
numerical type of the uncompressed pixels (e.g. signed vs. unsigned, or
SRGB vs. UNORM encoding). Each depth/stencil format is only compatible
with itself. In the <<features-formats-compatibility,following>> table,
all the formats in the same row are compatible.
[[features-formats-compatibility]]
.Compatible formats
[width="80%",cols="4,10",options="header"]
|=========================================
| Class | Formats
| 8-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R4G4_UNORM_PACK8, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SRGB
| 16-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R4G4B4A4_UNORM_PACK16, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM_PACK16, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R5G6B5_UNORM_PACK16, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B5G6R5_UNORM_PACK16, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R5G5B5A1_UNORM_PACK16, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM_PACK16, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A1R5G5B5_UNORM_PACK16, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SRGB, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SFLOAT
| 24-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SRGB, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SRGB
| 32-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UNORM_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SNORM_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_USCALED_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SSCALED_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UINT_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SINT_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SRGB_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UNORM_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SNORM_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_USCALED_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SSCALED_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UINT_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SINT_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UNORM_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SNORM_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_USCALED_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SSCALED_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UINT_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SINT_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SFLOAT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_SFLOAT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_B10G11R11_UFLOAT_PACK32, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32
| 48-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SFLOAT
| 64-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SNORM, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_USCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SSCALED, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SFLOAT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SFLOAT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_SFLOAT
| 96-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT
| 128-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SFLOAT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_SFLOAT
| 192-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_SFLOAT
| 256-bit | ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_UINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_SINT, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_SFLOAT
| BC1_RGB | ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_SRGB_BLOCK
| BC1_RGBA | ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_SRGB_BLOCK
| BC2 | ename:VK_FORMAT_BC2_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC2_SRGB_BLOCK
| BC3 | ename:VK_FORMAT_BC3_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC3_SRGB_BLOCK
| BC4 | ename:VK_FORMAT_BC4_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC4_SNORM_BLOCK
| BC5 | ename:VK_FORMAT_BC5_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC5_SNORM_BLOCK
| BC6H | ename:VK_FORMAT_BC6H_UFLOAT_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC6H_SFLOAT_BLOCK
| BC7 | ename:VK_FORMAT_BC7_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_BC7_SRGB_BLOCK
| ETC2_RGB | ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_SRGB_BLOCK
| ETC2_RGBA | ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A1_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A1_SRGB_BLOCK
| ETC2_EAC_RGBA | ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A8_SRGB_BLOCK
| EAC_R | ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11_SNORM_BLOCK
| EAC_RG | ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11G11_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11G11_SNORM_BLOCK
| ASTC_4x4 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_5x4 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_5x5 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_6x5 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_6x6 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_8x5 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_8x6 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_8x8 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_10x5 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_10x6 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_10x8 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_10x10 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_12x10 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_SRGB_BLOCK
| ASTC_12x12 | ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_UNORM_BLOCK, +
ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_SRGB_BLOCK
| D16 | ename:VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM
| D24 | ename:VK_FORMAT_X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32
| D32 | ename:VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT
| S8 | ename:VK_FORMAT_S8_UINT
| D16S8 | ename:VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT
| D24S8 | ename:VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT
| D32S8 | ename:VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT
|=========================================
[[features-formats-properties]]
=== Format Properties
To query supported format features which are properties of the physical
device, call:
include::../protos/vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties.txt[]
* pname:physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the
format properties.
* pname:format is the format whose properties are queried.
* pname:pFormatProperties is a pointer to a slink:VkFormatProperties
structure in which physical device properties for pname:format are
returned.
include::../validity/protos/vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties.txt[]
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties returns sname:VkFormatProperties:
include::../structs/VkFormatProperties.txt[]
The features are described as a set of elink:VkFormatFeatureFlagBits:
include::../enums/VkFormatFeatureFlagBits.txt[]
The pname:linearTilingFeatures and pname:optimalTilingFeatures members of
the sname:VkFormatProperties structure describe what features are supported
by ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR and ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL images,
respectively.
The following features may: be supported by images or image views created
with pname:format:
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT::
sname:VkImageView can: be sampled from. See
<<descriptorsets-sampledimage, sampled images>> section.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT::
sname:VkImageView can: be used as storage image. See
<<descriptorsets-storageimage, storage images>> section.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT::
sname:VkImageView can: be used as storage image that supports atomic
operations.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT::
sname:VkImageView can: be used as a framebuffer color attachment and
as an input attachment.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT::
sname:VkImageView can: be used as a framebuffer color attachment that
supports blending and as an input attachment.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT::
sname:VkImageView can: be used as a framebuffer depth/stencil attachment
and as an input attachment.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT::
sname:VkImage can: be used as pname:srcImage for the
fname:vkCmdBlitImage command.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT::
sname:VkImage can: be used as pname:dstImage for the
fname:vkCmdBlitImage command.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT::
sname:VkImage can: be used with a sampler that has either of
pname:magFilter or pname:minFilter set to ename:VK_FILTER_LINEAR,
or pname:mipmapMode set to ename:VK_SAMPLER_MIPMAP_MODE_LINEAR. This bit
must: only be exposed for formats that also support the
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT. If the format being
queried is a depth/stencil format, this only indicates that the
depth aspect is linearly filterable.
The pname:bufferFeatures member of the sname:VkFormatProperties structure
describes what features are supported by buffers.
The following features may: be supported by buffers or buffer views created
with pname:format:
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT::
Format can: be used to create a sname:VkBufferView that can: be bound to
a ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER descriptor.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT::
Format can: be used to create a sname:VkBufferView that can: be bound to
a ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER descriptor.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT::
Atomic operations are supported on
ename:VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER with this format.
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT::
Format can: be used as a vertex attribute format
(sname:VkVertexInputAttributeDescription.format).
If pname:format is a block-compression format, then buffers mustnot: support
any features for the format.
include::../validity/structs/VkFormatProperties.txt[]
=== Required Format Support
Implementations must: support at least the following set of
features on the listed formats. For images, these features must:
be supported for every slink:VkImageType (including arrayed and cube
variants) unless otherwise noted. These features are supported
on existing formats without needing to advertise an extension or
needing to explicitly enable them. Support for additional functionality
beyond the requirements listed here is queried using the
flink:vkGetPhysicalDeviceFormatProperties command.
The following tables show which feature bits must: be supported
for each format.
.Key for format feature tables
[width="70%",cols="1,10"]
|============
^|• | This feature must: be supported on
the named format
^|∘ | This feature must: be supported on at least some
of the named formats, with more information below
|============
.Feature bits in pname:optimalTilingFeatures
[width="70%"]
|============
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT
|============
.Feature bits in pname:bufferFeatures
[width="70%"]
|============
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT
|ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
|============
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-subbyte]]
.Mandatory format support: sub-byte channels
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R4G4_UNORM_PACK8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R4G4B4A4_UNORM_PACK16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B4G4R4A4_UNORM_PACK16 | • | • | • | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R5G6B5_UNORM_PACK16 | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B5G6R5_UNORM_PACK16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R5G5B5A1_UNORM_PACK16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B5G5R5A1_UNORM_PACK16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A1R5G5B5_UNORM_PACK16 | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | | | |
|=========================================
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-2byte]]
.Mandatory format support: 1-3 byte-sized channels
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SNORM | • | • | • | | | | | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_UINT | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SINT | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8_SRGB | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_UNORM | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SNORM | • | • | • | | | | | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_UINT | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SINT | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SRGB | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UNORM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SNORM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8_SRGB | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_UNORM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SNORM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8_SRGB | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|=========================================
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-4byte]]
.Mandatory format support: 4 byte-sized channels
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM | • | • | • | • | | • | • | • | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SNORM | • | • | • | • | | | | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UINT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SINT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_SRGB | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SNORM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_SRGB | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UNORM_PACK32 | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SNORM_PACK32 | • | • | • | | | | | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_USCALED_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SSCALED_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UINT_PACK32 | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SINT_PACK32 | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_SRGB_PACK32 | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | | | |
|=========================================
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-10bit]]
.Mandatory format support: 10-bit channels
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UNORM_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SNORM_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_USCALED_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SSCALED_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_UINT_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2R10G10B10_SINT_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UNORM_PACK32 | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SNORM_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_USCALED_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SSCALED_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_UINT_PACK32 | • | • | | | | • | • | | | | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_A2B10G10R10_SINT_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|=========================================
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-16bit]]
.Mandatory format support: 16-bit channels
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_UNORM | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SNORM | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_UINT | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SINT | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16_SFLOAT | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_UNORM | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SNORM | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_UINT | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SINT | • | • | | | | • | • | | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SFLOAT | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | | • | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_UNORM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SNORM | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16_SFLOAT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UNORM | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SNORM | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_USCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SSCALED | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_UINT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SINT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SFLOAT | • | • | • | • | | • | • | • | | • | • | • |
|=========================================
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-32bit]]
.Mandatory format support: 32-bit channels
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_UINT | • | • | | • | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | •
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_SINT | • | • | | • | • | • | • | | | • | • | • | •
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32_SFLOAT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_UINT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SINT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32_SFLOAT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_UINT | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SINT | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SFLOAT | | | | | | | | | | • | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_UINT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SINT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SFLOAT | • | • | | • | | • | • | | | • | • | • |
|=========================================
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-64bit]]
.Mandatory format support: 64-bit/uneven channels and depth/stencil
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_SINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64_SFLOAT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_SINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64_SFLOAT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_SINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64_SFLOAT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_SINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_R64G64B64A64_SFLOAT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_B10G11R11_UFLOAT_PACK32 | • | • | • | | | | | | | | • | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_E5B9G9R9_UFLOAT_PACK32 | • | • | • | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM | • | • | | | | | | | • | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32 | | | | | | | | | ∘ | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT | • | • | | | | | | | ∘ | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_S8_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_D16_UNORM_S8_UINT | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT | | | | | | | | | ∘ | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT | | | | | | | | | ∘ | | | |
|=========================================
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT feature must: be
supported for at least one of ename:VK_FORMAT_X8_D24_UNORM_PACK32 and
ename:VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT, and must: be supported for at least one of
ename:VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT and ename:VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT.
<<<
The ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT,
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT and
ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT features must: be
supported in pname:optimalTilingFeatures for all the formats in at least
one of the following three tables:
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-bcn]]
.Mandatory format support: BC compressed formats with slink:VkImageType ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D and ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGB_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC1_RGBA_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC2_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC2_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC3_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC3_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC4_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC4_SNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC5_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC5_SNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC6H_UFLOAT_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC6H_SFLOAT_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC7_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_BC7_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
|=========================================
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-etc]]
.Mandatory format support: ETC2 and EAC compressed formats with slink:VkImageType ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A1_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A1_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ETC2_R8G8B8A8_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11_SNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11G11_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_EAC_R11G11_SNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
|=========================================
<<<
[[features-formats-mandatory-features-astc]]
.Mandatory format support: ASTC LDR compressed formats with slink:VkImageType ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D
[width="100%",cols="62,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1,^1",options="unbreakable"]
|=========================================
14+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_ATOMIC_BIT
13+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .13+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
12+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER_BIT .12+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
11+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT .11+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
10+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_BIT .10+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
9+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BLEND_BIT .9+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
8+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_DST_BIT .8+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
7+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT .7+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
6+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_ATOMIC_BIT .6+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
5+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_STORAGE_IMAGE_BIT .5+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
4+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_FILTER_LINEAR_BIT .4+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
3+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_BLIT_SRC_BIT .3+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
2+>| ename:VK_FORMAT_FEATURE_SAMPLED_IMAGE_BIT .2+^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
s| Format ^.^|latexmath:[$\downarrow$]
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x4_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_5x5_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x5_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_6x6_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x5_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x6_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_8x8_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x5_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x6_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x8_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_10x10_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x10_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_UNORM_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
| ename:VK_FORMAT_ASTC_12x12_SRGB_BLOCK | ∘ | ∘ | ∘ | | | | | | | | | |
|=========================================
== Additional Image Capabilities
In addition to the minimum capabilities described in the previous sections
(<<features-limits,Limits>> and <<features-formats,Formats>>),
implementations may: support additional capabilities for certain types of
images. For example, larger dimensions or additional sample counts for
certain image types, or additional capabilities for _linear_ tiling format
images.
To query additional capabilities specific to image types, call:
include::../protos/vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties.txt[]
* pname:physicalDevice is the physical device from which to query the
image capabilities.
* pname:format is the image format, corresponding to
slink:VkImageCreateInfo.format.
* pname:type is the image type, corresponding to
slink:VkImageCreateInfo.imageType.
* pname:tiling is the image tiling, corresponding to
slink:VkImageCreateInfo.tiling.
* pname:usage is the intended usage of the image, corresponding to
slink:VkImageCreateInfo.usage.
* pname:flags is a bitfield describing additional parameters of the image,
corresponding to slink:VkImageCreateInfo.flags.
* pname:pImageFormatProperties points to an instance of the
slink:VkImageFormatProperties structure in which capabilities are
returned.
The pname:format, pname:type, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and pname:flags
parameters correspond to parameters that would be consumed by
flink:vkCreateImage.
include::../validity/protos/vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties.txt[]
The definition of the sname:VkImageFormatProperties structure is:
include::../structs/VkImageFormatProperties.txt[]
* pname:maxExtent are the maximum image dimensions. See the
<<features-extentperimagetype,Allowed extent values based on imageType>>
table below for how these values are constrained by pname:type.
* pname:maxMipLevels is the maximum number of mipmap levels.
pname:maxMipLevels must: either be equal to 1 (valid only if
pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR) or be greater than or
equal to the latexmath:[$log_2$] of the pname:maxImageDimension1D,
pname:maxImageDimension2D, or pname:maxImageDimension3D (depending on
pname:type) members of slink:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits.
* pname:maxArrayLayers is the maximum number of array layers.
pname:maxArrayLayers must: either be equal to 1 or be greater than or
equal to the pname:maxImageArrayLayers member of
slink:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits. A value of 1 is valid only if pname:tiling
is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR or if pname:type is
ename:VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D.
* pname:sampleCounts is a bitmask of elink:VkSampleCountFlagBits
specifying all the supported sample counts for this image. When
pname:tiling is ename:VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR the pname:sampleCounts will
be set to ename:VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT. Otherwise the bits set here are a
superset of the corresponding limits for the image type in the
sname:VkPhysicalDeviceLimits struct. For non-integer color images this
is pname:sampledImageColorSampleCounts, for integer format color images
this is pname:sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts, for depth/stencil images
with a depth component this is pname:sampledImageDepthSampleCounts, for
depth/stencil with a stencil component images this is
pname:sampledImageStencilSampleCounts, and if pname:usage has
ename:VK_IMAGE_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT set this is
pname:storageImageSampleCounts. For depth/stencil images with both a
depth and stencil component, both the depth and stencil limits must: be
satisfied.
* pname:maxResourceSize is the maximum total image size in bytes,
inclusive of all subresources. Implementations may: have an address
space limit on total size of a resource, which is advertised by this
property. pname:maxResourceSize must: be at least 2^31^.
[NOTE]
.Note
====
There is no mechanism to query the size of an image before creating it, to
compare that size against pname:maxResourceSize. If an application attempts
to create an image that exceeds this limit, the creation will fail or the
image will be invalid.
====
If the combination of parameters to
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties is not supported by the
implementation for use in flink:vkCreateImage, then all members of
sname:VkImageFormatProperties will be filled with zero.
include::../validity/structs/VkImageFormatProperties.txt[]
[[features-extentperimagetype]]
.Allowed extent values based on imageType
[cols="1a,1a", options="header"]
|====
| VkImageType | maxExtent values
| VK_IMAGE_TYPE_1D |
width >= 1 +
height = 1 +
depth = 1 +
| VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D |
width >= 1 +
height >= 1 +
depth = 1 +
| VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D |
width >= 1 +
height >= 1 +
depth >= 1 +
|====
If pname:format is not a supported image format, or if the combination of
pname:format, pname:type, pname:tiling, pname:usage, and pname:flags is not
supported for images, then fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties
returns ename:VK_ERROR_FORMAT_NOT_SUPPORTED.
The limitations on an image format that are reported by
fname:vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties have the following property:
if code:usage1 and code:usage2 of type elink:VkImageUsageFlags and
code:flags1 and code:flags2 of type elink:VkImageCreateFlags are such that
code:usage1 contains a subset of the bits set in code:usage2 and code:flags1
contains a subset of the bits set in code:flags2, then the limitations for
code:usage1 and code:flags1 must: be no more strict than the limitations for
code:usage2 and code:flags2, for all values of pname:format, pname:type, and
pname:tiling.
