VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features - Structure describing the Vulkan 1.1 features that can be supported by an implementation

## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_2
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        VkBool32           storageBuffer16BitAccess;
        VkBool32           uniformAndStorageBuffer16BitAccess;
        VkBool32           storagePushConstant16;
        VkBool32           storageInputOutput16;
        VkBool32           multiview;
        VkBool32           multiviewGeometryShader;
        VkBool32           multiviewTessellationShader;
        VkBool32           variablePointersStorageBuffer;
        VkBool32           variablePointers;
        VkBool32           protectedMemory;
        VkBool32           samplerYcbcrConversion;
        VkBool32           shaderDrawParameters;
    } VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features;

## Members

This structure describes the following features:

- `sType` is a VkStructureType value identifying this structure.

- `pNext` is `NULL` or a pointer to a structure extending this structure.

## Description

- `storageBuffer16BitAccess` specifies whether objects in the `StorageBuffer`, `ShaderRecordBufferKHR`, or `PhysicalStorageBuffer` storage class with the `Block` decoration can have 16-bit integer and 16-bit floating-point members. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer or 16-bit floating-point members must not be used in such objects unless the `storageBuffer8BitAccess` or `uniformAndStorageBuffer8BitAccess` features are enabled or they are accessed in 32-bit multiples if the `shaderUntypedPointers` feature is enabled. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the `StorageBuffer16BitAccess` capability.

- `uniformAndStorageBuffer16BitAccess` specifies whether objects in the `Uniform` storage class with the `Block` decoration can have 16-bit integer and 16-bit floating-point members. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer or 16-bit floating-point members must not be used in such objects unless the `uniformAndStorageBuffer8BitAccess` are enabled or they are accessed in 32-bit multiples if the `shaderUntypedPointers` feature is enabled. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the `UniformAndStorageBuffer16BitAccess` capability.

- `storagePushConstant16` specifies whether objects in the `PushConstant` storage class can have 16-bit integer and 16-bit floating-point members. If this feature is not enabled, 16-bit integer or floating-point members must not be used in such objects unless the `storagePushConstant8` feature is enabled or they are accessed in 32-bit multiples if the `shaderUntypedPointers` feature is enabled. This also specifies whether shader modules can declare the `StoragePushConstant16` capability.

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

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

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

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

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

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

- `protectedMemory` specifies whether protected memory is supported.

- `samplerYcbcrConversion` specifies whether the implementation supports sampler Y′CBCR conversion. If `samplerYcbcrConversion` is VK_FALSE, sampler Y′CBCR conversion is not supported, and samplers using sampler Y′CBCR conversion must not be used.

- `shaderDrawParameters` specifies whether the implementation supports the SPIR-V `DrawParameters` capability. When this feature is not enabled, shader modules must not declare the `SPV_KHR_shader_draw_parameters` extension or the `DrawParameters` capability.

If the `VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features` structure is included in the `pNext` chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 structure passed to vkGetPhysicalDeviceFeatures2, it is filled in to indicate whether each corresponding feature is supported. If the application wishes to use a VkDevice with any features described by `VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features`, it must add an instance of the structure, with the desired feature members set to VK_TRUE, to the `pNext` chain of VkDeviceCreateInfo when creating the VkDevice.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan11Features-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_VULKAN_1_1_FEATURES

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkDeviceCreateInfo

  - VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_2, VkBool32, VkStructureType

## Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

## Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0