What is Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer?

Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer

Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer provides a multi-platform software utility ready to collect hardware-related data from any Vulkan implementation, offering the possibility to upload the details to a public database. This application written in Qt is particularly useful to programmers who use the Vulkan API, enabling them to share details about supported devices and check the availability of features on different configurations.

Main Features:

• Select graphics device from a drop-down list


• Explore collected details with ease


• Gather information from all cores of the GPU


• Display data concerning Vulkan API version, device name and type, version and vendor ID, limits and thresholds


• Study parameters such as buffer image granularity, queue priorities, width range, clip distances, and more


• Check active features of Vulkan implementation for each detected core and available extensions


• Explore formats, queue families, memory heaps, flags, and types


• Reveal surface capabilities, Vulkan profiles, and instances

Advanced Capabilities:

• Built-in filtering and searching options


• Filter data by device, operating system, extensions, features, limits, formats, and more


• Upload data to online database for device and parameter comparison

Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer collects essential hardware information related to the Vulkan implementation, allowing users to upload data to an online database for easy system configuration comparison. With its help, Vulkan API programmers can establish an online resource to assist each other in checking implementation-specific details and supported devices.

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