VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupProperties(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupProperties(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupProperties - Structure describing subgroup support for an implementation

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## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupProperties` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupProperties {
        VkStructureType           sType;
        void*                     pNext;
        uint32_t                  subgroupSize;
        VkShaderStageFlags        supportedStages;
        VkSubgroupFeatureFlags    supportedOperations;
        VkBool32                  quadOperationsInAllStages;
    } VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupProperties;

## Members

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

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

## Description

- `subgroupSize` is the default number of invocations in each subgroup. `subgroupSize` is at least 1 if any of the physical device’s queues support `VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT` or `VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT`. `subgroupSize` is a power-of-two.

- `supportedStages` is a bitfield of VkShaderStageFlagBits describing the shader stages that group operations with subgroup scope are supported in. `supportedStages` will have the `VK_SHADER_STAGE_COMPUTE_BIT` bit set if any of the physical device’s queues support `VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT`.

- `supportedOperations` is a bitmask of VkSubgroupFeatureFlagBits specifying the sets of group operations with subgroup scope supported on this device. `supportedOperations` will have the `VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_BASIC_BIT` bit set if any of the physical device’s queues support `VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT` or `VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT`.

- `quadOperationsInAllStages` is a boolean specifying whether quad group operations are available in all stages, or are restricted to fragment and compute stages.

If the `VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupProperties` structure is included in the `pNext` chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2 structure passed to vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties2, it is filled in with each corresponding implementation-dependent property.

If `supportedOperations` includes `VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_QUAD_BIT`, or `shaderSubgroupUniformControlFlow` is enabled, `subgroupSize` must be greater than or equal to 4.

If the `shaderQuadControl` feature is supported, `supportedOperations` must include `VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_QUAD_BIT`.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceSubgroupProperties-sType-sType
  `sType` must be `VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_SUBGROUP_PROPERTIES`

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_1, VkBool32, VkShaderStageFlags, VkStructureType, VkSubgroupFeatureFlags

## 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 2014-2024 The Khronos Group Inc.

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