Vulkan is a low-level, low-overhead cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and computing. It was intended to address the shortcomings of...
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Radeon 400 series (section Vulkan (API))
with only a driver update.[citation needed] API Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all GCN architecture cards. Vulkan 1.2 requires GCN 2nd gen or higher with the...
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While the API was officially discontinued, Clément Guérin started a Mantle to Vulkan translation layer called GRVK in mid 2020. This allows the API and ultimately...
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Radeon RX 5000 series (section Vulkan (API))
utilized in other Vega product lines. Vulkan 1.2 is supported with Adrenalin 20.1.2 and Linux Mesa3D 20.0.0. Vulkan 1.3 is supported with Adrenalin 22.1...
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It can be compared to low-level APIs on other platforms such as Vulkan and DirectX 12. Metal is an object-oriented API that can be invoked using the Swift...
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Compute kernel (section Vulkan API)
operations), so long as the non-overlapping assumption is respected. The Vulkan API provides the intermediate SPIR-V representation to describe both Graphical...
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Radeon HD 8000 series (section Vulkan (API))
the Mantle API and Vulkan API OpenGL 4.5 support for TeraScale 2 with AMD Crimson Beta (driver version 15.30 or higher) OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan 1.0 support...
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Mesa (computer graphics) (category Rendering APIs available on Linux)
Graphics Library, is an open source implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and other graphics API specifications. Mesa translates these specifications to vendor-specific...
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OpenGL (category 3D graphics APIs)
core profile. Active development of OpenGL was dropped in favor of the Vulkan API, released in 2016, and codenamed glNext during initial development. In...
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Radeon HD 7000 series (section Vulkan (API))
Windows, Vulkan 1.0 requires GCN-Architecture. Vulkan 1.1 requires actual 2nd Gen. of GCN or higher (here only HD 7790). On newer AMD drivers Vulkan 1.1 on...
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compared to the Series5XT series. They however feature refreshed API support such as Vulkan, OpenGL ES 3.1, OpenCL 1.2 and DirectX 9.3 (9.3 L3). Rockchip...
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Source 2 (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
created more efficiently. Valve also stated that it would support the Vulkan graphics API and use a new in-house physics engine called Rubikon, which would...
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Id Tech 7 (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
Khan, Billy [@billykhan] (August 11, 2018). "Yes, it's #Vulkan only on PC. #Vulkan is the best API if you want to achieve the absolute highest frame rates...
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Radeon 200 series (section Vulkan (API))
necessary with OpenCL 2.0 conformant Cards. API Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all GCN architecture cards. Vulkan 1.2 requires GCN 2nd gen or higher with the...
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List of 3D graphics libraries (redirect from List of 3D graphics APIs)
OpenGL ES calls to DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan API calls. Direct3D (a subset of DirectX) Glide a defunct 3D graphics API developed by 3dfx Interactive. Mantle...
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Nouveau (software) (section Vulkan)
with this implementation. As of December 2023[update], Nouveau has some Vulkan API support through the experimental NVK driver. Mesa 3D supports multiple...
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used in multiple execution environments, including the Vulkan graphics API and the OpenCL compute API, to represent a shader or kernel. It is also used as...
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Video game programming (section APIs and libraries)
increasing. Android uses OpenGL ES & Vulkan (API). DirectX is a collection of game APIs. Direct3D is DirectX's 3D API. Direct3D is freely available from...
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MoltenVK (category Vulkan (API))
MoltenVK library. Valve announced that Dota 2 will run on macOS using the Vulkan API with the aid of MoltenVK, and that they had made an arrangement with developer...
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for OpenCL and Vulkan SYCL, a single-source C++ DSEL for heterogeneous computing Vulkan, a low-overhead computer graphics API Vulkan SC, based on the...
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DirectX 9, 11, OpenGL or Vulkan API calls. It is a portable version of OpenGL but with limitations of OpenGL ES standard. The API is mainly designed to bring...
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Godot (game engine) (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
major update that overhauls the rendering system, adds support for Vulkan graphics API, improves GDScript performance and usability, enhances physics and...
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Gaijin Entertainment (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
Gaijin Entertainment is a Hungarian video game developer and publisher headquartered in Budapest. The company is mostly known for War Thunder, Crossout...
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Radeon 300 series (section Vulkan (API))
necessary with OpenCL 2.0 conformant Cards. API Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all GCN architecture cards. Vulkan 1.2 requires GCN 2nd gen or higher with the...
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DXVK (category Vulkan (API))
open-source translation layer which converts Direct3D 8/9/10/11 calls to Vulkan. It is used by Proton/Steam for Linux, by Intel Windows drivers, VirtualBox...
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Open 3D Engine (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
Open 3D Engine is a free and open-source 3D game engine developed by Open 3D Foundation, a subsidiary of the Linux Foundation, and distributed under the...
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API, along with the Voodoo 2 and Voodoo 3 specifications, under an open source license, which later evolved into an open source project. Vulkan (API)...
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Graphics processing unit (section 2D graphics APIs)
OpenGL API DirectX Video Acceleration (DxVA) API for Microsoft Windows operating-system. Mantle (API) Vulkan (API) Video Acceleration API (VA API) VDPAU...
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Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
volumetric clouds and fog values, real-time global illumination as well as a Vulkan renderer in the Windows version. The Euphoria engine was overhauled to create...
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Unity (game engine) (category Game engines that support Vulkan (API))
for Nintendo Switch, Facebook Gameroom, Google Daydream, and the Vulkan graphics API. It introduced a 4K video player capable of running 360-degree videos...
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