VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT(3)

# VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT - Specify a memory allocation priority

## C Specification

If the `pNext` chain includes a `VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT` structure, then that structure includes a priority for the memory.

The `VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_memory_priority
    typedef struct VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        const void*        pNext;
        float              priority;
    } VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT;

## Members

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

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

- `priority` is a floating-point value between `0` and `1`, indicating the priority of the allocation relative to other memory allocations. Larger values are higher priority. The granularity of the priorities is implementation-dependent.

## Description

Memory allocations with higher priority may be more likely to stay in device-local memory when the system is under memory pressure.

If this structure is not included, it is as if the `priority` value were `0.5`.

Valid Usage

- VUID-VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT-priority-02602
  `priority` must be between `0` and `1`, inclusive

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkMemoryPriorityAllocateInfoEXT-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_PRIORITY_ALLOCATE_INFO_EXT

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkMemoryAllocateInfo

## See Also

VK_EXT_memory_priority, 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.

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