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Cross-platform 3D graphics API and open standard
Vulkan is a cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and parallelized computing. It was intended to address the shortcomings of OpenGL, and
Vulkan
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Vulkan, vulkan, or vulkán in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vulkan is a cross-platform 3D graphics and computing API. Vulkan may also refer to:
Vulkan_(disambiguation)
German shipbuilding company
Bremer Vulkan AG was a prominent German shipbuilding company located at the Weser river in Bremen-Vegesack. It was founded in 1893 and closed in 1997 because
Bremer_Vulkan
1908 U-boat salvage tug
SMS Vulkan was a U-boat salvage tug in the Kaiserliche Marine laid down in 1907 and commissioned in 1908. The ship displaced 1595 tons and had a top speed
SMS_Vulkan
Leaks implicating Russian company NTC Vulkan
The Vulkan files are a leaked set of emails, and other documents, implicating the Russian company NTC Vulkan (Russian: НТЦ Вулкан) in acts of cybercrime
Vulkan_files_leak
Cross-platform graphics API
Fuchsia OS, while using Vulkan natively and requiring a Vulkan-conformant GPU, still intends to support OpenGL on top of Vulkan via the ANGLE translation
OpenGL
Free and open-source library for 3D graphics rendering
Graphics Library, is an open source implementation of OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, and other graphics API specifications, as well as OpenCL for GPU compute
Mesa_(computer_graphics)
Late-Soviet supersonic anti-ship missile
reporting name is SS-N-12 Sandbox, its upgraded version being the P-1000 Vulkan AShM SLCM. Developed by OKB-52 MAP (later NPO Mashinostroyeniya), it entered
P-500_Bazalt
Brand of Nvidia graphics cards used in workstations
introduced for the Quadro RTX series. RTX leverages Microsoft's DXR, OptiX and Vulkan for access to raytracing. Turing is manufactured using TSMC's 12 nm FinFET
Quadro
Image scaling algorithm
computing, although alternative implementations that allow for OpenCL and Vulkan have been created. Waifu (from the Japanese pronunciation of "wife") is
Waifu2x
Football club
FK Vulkan Sport (Macedonian: ФК Вулкан Спорт) is a football club based in the village of Kosel near Ohrid, North Macedonia. They currently play in the
FK_Vulkan
Ukrainian bullpup assault rifle
The Malyuk (Ukrainian: Малюк, lit. "Baby") or Vulcan is a bullpup assault rifle developed by the Ukrainian arms company Interproinvest (IPI). According
Malyuk
Graphics API translation layer
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
DXVK
German environmental activism group
The Vulkangruppe, Vulkan Group, or Volcano Group, as it is sometimes rendered in English language sources, is a far-left group based in Germany responsible
Vulkangruppe
supported. OpenCL – Maximum version of OpenCL fully supported. Vulkan – Maximum version of Vulkan fully supported. CUDA - Maximum version of Cuda fully supported
List of Nvidia graphics processing units
List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units
Volcano on Atlasov Island, Kuril Islands, Russia
of Pacific Geology. 17 (2): S249–S258. doi:10.1134/S1819714023080146. "Vulkan Alaid - Peakbagger.com". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved 25 November 2025
Alaid_volcano
1966 film by Guy Hamilton
Soviet intelligence officer. Palmer is sceptical but links up with Johnny Vulkan, an old German friend and former criminal associate, who now runs the Berlin
Funeral_in_Berlin_(film)
Region of volcanic craters in Germany
The Volcanic Eifel or Vulkan Eifel (German: Vulkaneifel) consists of three areas of volcanic activity, known as the West Eifel, High Eifel, and East Eifel
Volcanic_Eifel
GPU microarchitecture by Nvidia
dedicated ray tracing processors ("RT cores"). Turing leverages DXR, OptiX, and Vulkan for access to ray tracing. In February 2019, Nvidia released the GeForce
Turing_(microarchitecture)
Internal code for computer graphics
Khronos Group. It is used in multiple execution environments, including the Vulkan graphics API and the OpenCL compute API, to represent a shader or kernel
Standard Portable Intermediate Representation
Standard_Portable_Intermediate_Representation
Web standard and API
implementations also usable from Rust, C++, and C. Using a system's underlying Vulkan, Metal, or Direct3D 12 technologies, WebGPU allows for graphics processing
WebGPU
Municipality in Hunedoara, Romania
(Romanian pronunciation: [vulˈkan]; formerly Jiu-Vaidei-Vulcan; Hungarian: Vulkán, Zsilyvajdejvulkán (Zsily-Vajdej-Vulkán); German: Wolkendorf, Wulkan)
Vulcan,_Hunedoara
Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
The R-25 Vulkan (Serbian: Вулкан) was a surface-to-air missile designed by Serbian engineer Obrad Vučurović and built in the Socialist Federal Republic
R-25_Vulkan
Soviet surface and submarine-launched nuclear cruise missile
(Report). Air Power Australia. pp. 1–1. "SS-N-21 'Sampson' (P-1000 3M70 Vulkan/3K10 Granat)", Jane's Naval Weapon Systems, 2009-01-08, archived from the
RK-55
Active volcano in the Kuril Islands, Russia
Sarychev Peak (Russian: вулкан Пик Сарычева, Vulkan Sarycheva, variants: Japanese: 芙蓉山 Fuyō Mountain, Fuyō-san, Fuyō-yama, Fuyo-zan, Huyō San, Japanese:
Sarychev_Peak
Emulator for PlayStation 3 software
active development, targeting x86-64 and ARM64 CPUs featuring OpenGL and Vulkan as backend renderers. As of October 21, 2026, 80% of PlayStation 3 games
RPCS3
Series of video cards
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
Radeon_HD_7000_series
Series of graphics processing units
OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.0 (except Adreno 405) All models support the following APIs: Direct3D 11, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.0 All models
Adreno
Family of GPUs by AMD
necessary with OpenCL 2.0 conformant Cards. API Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all with GCN Architecture. Vulkan 1.1 (GCN 2nd Gen. or 1.2 and higher) will be
Radeon_HD_8000_series
Software library
OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan. It provides programmers with the ability to create and manage windows as well as OpenGL and Vulkan contexts, as well as handle
GLFW
iOS, macOS, and tvOS graphics rendering API
not watchOS). It is similar to low-level APIs on other platforms such as Vulkan and DirectX 12. Metal is an object-oriented API that can be invoked using
Metal_(API)
Software and consulting company with open-source focus
various Mali GPUs. vkmark – A Vulkan benchmarking suite with configurable scenes. Zink – An OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan via Mesa Gallium. Automotive
Collabora
Series of video cards
emulation on some TeraScale (microarchitecture) GPUs. Vulkan 1.0 requires GCN-Architecture. Vulkan 1.1 requires GCN 2 or higher. The AMD Eyefinity-branded
Radeon_200_series
Low-overhead rendering API
and in 2019 completely discontinued, as DirectX 12 and the Mantle-derived Vulkan rose in popularity. The draw call improvements of Mantle help alleviate
Mantle_(API)
Open-source Java software game library
commonly used in developing video games and multimedia titles, such as Vulkan, OpenGL, GLFW, OpenAL and OpenCL. The primary goal of the project is to
LWJGL
Device driver and utility software package for AMD GPUs and APUs
Adrenalin Edition 18.3.3 or higher. Vulkan 1.2 with Adrenalin 20.1.2 or higher. Vulkan 1.3 with Adrenalin 22.1.2 or higher. Vulkan 1.4 with Adrenalin 25.5.1 or
AMD_Software
Long-range anti-ship cruise missile
"Базальт" / П-1000 "Вулкан"" [Anti-ship missile system P-500 "Bazalt" / P-1000 "Vulkan"]. Cruiser-Moskva.info (in Russian). Archived from the original on 3 October
P-700_Granit
Type of program in computer graphics
are supported by Microsoft via DirectX Raytracing, by Khronos Group via Vulkan, GLSL, and SPIR-V, by Apple via Metal. Nvidia and AMD called the parts of
Shader
Investigative journalism newsroom
criticism of the Chinese government. Paper Trail Media coordinated the Vulkan files leak revelations together with Spiegel in 2023. More than 50 journalists
Paper_Trail_Media
SS Rodina was a Bulgarian cargo ship that struck a naval mine in the Black Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Tsarevo, Bulgaria at 42°23′N 27°48′E / 42
SS_Rodina
American professional wrestler (1963–2000)
Gary Mitchell Albright (May 18, 1963 – January 7, 2000) was an American professional wrestler best known for his work in Japan, first with UWF International
Gary_Albright
Sopka, Russia at Peakbagger.com "Vulkan Ichinskaya Sopka". PeakVisor. Kronotskaya Sopka, Russia at Peakbagger.com "Vulkan Kronotskaya Sopka". PeakVisor.
List of mountains and hills of Russia
List_of_mountains_and_hills_of_Russia
Series of video cards
Vulkan 1.2 is supported with Adrenalin 20.1.2 and Linux Mesa3D 20.0.0. Vulkan 1.3 is supported with Adrenalin 22.1.2 and Linux Mesa3D 22.0.0. Vulkan 1
Radeon_RX_5000_series
supported. OpenCL – Maximum version of OpenCL fully supported. Vulkan – Maximum version of Vulkan fully supported. CUDA - Maximum version of Cuda fully supported
List of Nvidia desktop graphics processing units
List_of_Nvidia_desktop_graphics_processing_units
Programmable machine that processes data
A2, Plan 9 from Bell Labs Library Multimedia DirectX, OpenGL, OpenAL, Vulkan (API) Programming library C standard library, Standard Template Library
Computer
Subset of the OpenGL API for embedded systems
OpenGL ES is managed by the non-profit technology consortium Khronos Group. Vulkan, a next-generation API from Khronos, is made for simpler high performance
OpenGL_ES
Soviet launch vehicle
for the Saturn V in the Space Shuttle program. Energia also replaced the "Vulkan" concept, which was a design based on the Proton and using the same hypergolic
Energia_(rocket)
Linux compatibility layer for Windows games
several libraries that improve 3D performance. These include Direct3D-to-Vulkan translation layers, namely DXVK for Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11, and VKD3D-Proton
Proton_(software)
1922 German silent drama film
The Sleeping Volcano (German: Der schlummernde Vulkan) is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by James Bauer and starring Margit Barnay, Hans Mierendorff
The_Sleeping_Volcano
Discontinued Nintendo 3DS emulator
Home Menu was bootable from March 2023. In September 2023, support for Vulkan was added as an experimental alternative to OpenGL. In March 2024, Nintendo
Citra_(emulator)
American software company
Google, presumably to work on Vulkan support on Android. This split follows Google's announcement from August 2015 that Vulkan would be supported by the Android
LunarG
Series of GPUs by Nvidia
993 MHz. Maxwell supports Vulkan version 1.4, while Kepler only support Vulkan version 1.2, Fermi does not support the Vulkan API at all. Kepler supports
GeForce_700_series
NASA program contracting commercial transportation services to the Moon
Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (PRISM) call for proposals. The Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer (Lunar-VISE) investigation is a suite
Commercial Lunar Payload Services
Commercial_Lunar_Payload_Services
Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulation software
Working On A Vulkan Backend". Phoronix. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2018. Dawe, Liam (23 July 2016). "Vulkan backend for
Dolphin_(emulator)
American whistleblower (born 1983)
open-source Android app co-developed by Snowden and The Guardian Project Vulkan files leak Internal Security Operations Command Hong Kong's Secretary for
Edward_Snowden
Cruise ship
Costa Cruises as Costa Olympia, (sister of Costa Victoria) from the Bremer Vulkan shipyard in Germany, but she was completed in 1999 by the Lloyd Werft shipyard
Norwegian_Sky
Development platform for rendering graphics
DirectX. For the Turing and Ampere architectures, it is also available for Vulkan. In addition to ray tracing, RTX includes artificial intelligence integration
Nvidia_RTX
Superyacht with a length of 113 m (371 ft)
in 2019, at 113 metres (371 ft) in length. She was built at the Bremer Vulkan yard in Bremen, Germany, and was launched in 2000. She was designed by Architect
Le_Grand_Bleu_(yacht)
German writer and dissident (1906–1949)
reviewer for Variety and the International Herald Tribune. Mann's novel Der Vulkan was published in 1939 at the onset of World War II, and was another attempt
Klaus_Mann
Latvian football club
Vulkāns Kuldīga was a Latvian football club from Kuldīga. It was one of the leading clubs in Latvian football in 1950s and 1960s. A football club by the
Vulkāns_Kuldīga
District in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Vulkaneifel (German pronunciation: [vʊlˈkaːnʔaɪfl̩]) is a district (Kreis) in the northwest of the state Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the least
Vulkaneifel
Middleware software suite
their GCN-based GPUs, that surpasses the possibilities of Direct3D 12 or Vulkan. AMD mentioned e.g. a low-level access to the Asynchronous Compute Engines
GPUOpen
Series of video cards
necessary with OpenCL 2.0 conformant Cards. Vulkan 1.0 is supported for all GCN architecture cards. Vulkan 1.2 requires GCN 2nd gen or higher with the
Radeon_300_series
List of computer file compression formats
datatracker.ietf.org. FFmpeg Lands Vulkan Improvements With Initial FFV1 Vulkan Decoder. Phoronix. March 17, 2025. FFmpeg FFV1 Vulkan Encoder Lands +35% Improvement
List_of_codecs
German ocean liner; "Voyage of the damned"
MS St. Louis was a diesel-powered ocean liner built by the Bremer Vulkan shipyards in Bremen for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). She was named after the
MS_St._Louis
Dormant volcano in the Russian Far East
Kamen (Russian: Камень, literally Stone) is a dormant stratovolcano located in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, flanked by Bezymianny
Kamen_(volcano)
Software benchmarking tool
antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-02-08. "Antutu V8 Open Beta Released: Supporting Vulkan". www.antutu.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17. "AnTuTu V9 Public Beta Released"
AnTuTu
article at [[:de:Gleiberg (Vulkan)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Gleiberg (Vulkan)}} to the talk page. For
Gleiberg_(volcano)
Game engine developed by Larian Studios
for the new iteration was better support for cinematics. It included a Vulkan backend which was used as an option in Baldur's Gate 3 alongside the DirectX
Divinity_Engine
Not-for-profit member-funded industry consortium
DSEL for heterogeneous computing Vulkan, a low-overhead computer graphics API Vulkan SC, based on the existing Vulkan API specification to enable safety
Khronos_Group
Canadian singer and dancer (born 2003)
1, 2022. "Tate McRae Releases New Single "she's all i wanna be" Today". Vulkan Magazine. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February
Tate_McRae
American actress (born 2009)
sweet 😇". Retrieved November 8, 2025 – via Instagram. "Lumi Pollack | Vulkan Magazine". vulkanmagazine.com. Retrieved 2025-11-10. Shiller, Beth (2021-01-09)
Lumi_Pollack
"[BUG] Vulkan renderer does not support stereoscopic 3D effects · Issue #1747 · ZDoom/gzdoom". GitHub. Retrieved 1 December 2025. "[BUG] Vulkan renderer
List of stereoscopic video games
List_of_stereoscopic_video_games
Series of graphics cards by AMD
Graphics Driver Released (OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.1.70) - Geeks3D". www.geeks3d.com. May 2018. "AMD Open Source Driver for Vulkan". GPUOpen. Retrieved April 27,
Radeon_500_series
Open source software driver for Nvidia GPU
with this implementation. As of December 2023[update], Nouveau has some Vulkan API support through the experimental NVK driver. Mesa 3D supports multiple
Nouveau_(software)
Video game engine
be 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
Source_2
Branch of Orthodox Judaism
reluctance reigns". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved July 18, 2023. Graham & Vulkan 2010 Pinter 2010 Wynne-Jones 2006 "Shtetls of the mind". The Economist.
Haredi_Judaism
The Vulkanland Eifel Geopark (German: Geopark Vulkanland Eifel) is a German national geopark in the Volcanic Eifel region that was established on 19 April
Vulkanland_Eifel_Geopark
2016 Android mobile operating system
switched to an OpenJDK-based Java environment, received support for the Vulkan graphics rendering API, and enabled seamless system updates on supported
Android_Nougat
German World War II submarine
Kriegsmarine built by the Bremer Vulkan-Vegesacker Werft, Bremen-Vegesack. Her keel was laid down on 28 March 1940, by Bremer Vulkan of Bremen-Vegesack, Germany
German_submarine_U-77_(1940)
a cross-platform translator of OpenGL ES calls to DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan API calls. Direct3D (a subset of DirectX) Mesa Metal developed by Apple
List_of_3D_graphics_libraries
Open source game engine
fibonacci(n - 2) Godot 4.x's graphics engine uses either OpenGL, Direct3D12 or Vulkan in newer versions; ANGLE can also be used as a replacement for OpenGL on
Godot_(game_engine)
1920 film
Daughter of the Night (German: Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan, lit. 'The Dance on the Volcano') is a German drama film directed by Richard Eichberg. The film
Daughter_of_the_Night_(film)
Proprietary game engine
clouds and fog values, pre-calculated global illumination as well as a Vulkan renderer in the Windows version in addition to DirectX 12. The Euphoria
Rockstar_Advanced_Game_Engine
Desktop environment for Linux
through menus. COSMIC Media Player is the default media player. It uses Vulkan for rendering and VA-API for decoding. Officially an acronym for Computer
COSMIC_desktop
AMD graphics processing units
9070 Radeon RX 9070 XT API support OpenCL OpenCL 2.2 OpenGL OpenGL 4.6 Vulkan Vulkan 1.4 DirectX Direct3D 12.0 Ultimate (feature level 12_2) Shader Model
Radeon_RX_9000_series
Volcano in Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Schmidt (Russian: Вулкан Шмидта, Vulkan Schmidta) is a shield volcano located in the southeastern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. List of volcanoes
Schmidt_(volcano)
Multiplatform game engine by id Software
deteriorate in combat as they suffer damage. On PC, id Tech 7 supports Vulkan rendering only. Ray tracing and DLSS were added in June 2021. According
Id_Tech_7
Series of video game engines
2018-08-12. Khan, Billy [@billykhan] (2018-08-11). "Yes, it's #Vulkan only on PC. #Vulkan is the best API if you want to achieve the absolute highest frame
Id_Tech
Large crane vessel built 2013
Biggest Ship", Ships Monthly: 33–37 Pioneering Spirit Vulkan couplings. November 2015. https://www.vulkan.com/en-us/couplings/Documents/Couplings%20Refere
Pioneering_Spirit
Class of anti-submarine frigates in service with German navy
new systems, as offered by Bremer Vulkan, the lead contractor for that class of ships. Blohm + Voss and Bremer Vulkan had previously cooperated on a new
Brandenburg-class_frigate
Discontinued Nintendo Switch emulator
October 1, 2024. On July 31, 2022, Ryujinx announced a new backend for the Vulkan graphics API, resulting in significant performance improvements of up to
Ryujinx
Graphics software library for macOS
to be released for the Vulkan Portability Initiative, a project to have a subset of Vulkan run on platforms lacking native Vulkan drivers. There are some
MoltenVK
Open source graphics engine abstraction layer developed by Google
Google. ANGLE translates OpenGL ES 2/3 calls to Direct3D 9, 11, OpenGL, Vulkan or Metal API calls. It is a portable version of OpenGL but with limitations
ANGLE_(software)
Book by Len Deighton
defection of a Soviet scientist named Semitsa, this being brokered by Johnny Vulkan of the Berlin intelligence community. Despite the protagonist's scepticism
Funeral_in_Berlin
Coordinate system used in computer graphics
of the objects will be visible to the user. In the context of OpenGL or Vulkan, the result of executing vertex processing shaders is considered to be in
Clip_coordinates
Higher-level programming standard for heterogeneous computing
open-source stack ROCm, supported by AMD. In the Khronos Group realm, OpenCL and Vulkan are the low-level non-single source APIs, providing fine-grained control
SYCL
Open-source software library for LLM inference
BLAS, BLIS, zDNN, ZenDNN, SYCL, MUSA, CUDA, HIP, CANN, OpenCL, RPC and Vulkan (version 1.2 or greater). These back-ends make up the GGML tensor library
Llama.cpp
Mountain in Germany
article at [[:de:Otzberg (Vulkan)]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Otzberg (Vulkan)}} to the talk page. For
Otzberg_(volcano)
16-bit computer number format
environments to store pixels, including MATLAB, OpenEXR, JPEG XR, GIMP, OpenGL, Vulkan, Cg, Direct3D, and D3DX. The advantage over 8-bit or 16-bit integers is
Half-precision floating-point format
Half-precision_floating-point_format
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