name: WebGPU
description: The `navigator.gpu` API performs operations such as rendering and computation on dedicated graphics hardware (also known as a Graphics Processing Unit).
spec: https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/
group: webgpu
caniuse: webgpu
status:
  compute_from: api.Navigator.gpu
compat_features:
  - api.GPU
  - api.GPU.getPreferredCanvasFormat
  - api.GPU.requestAdapter
  - api.GPU.requestAdapter.discrete_adapter_default_ac
  - api.GPU.wgslLanguageFeatures
  - api.GPUAdapter
  - api.GPUAdapter.features
  - api.GPUAdapter.info
  - api.GPUAdapter.limits
  - api.GPUAdapter.requestDevice
  - api.GPUAdapter.requestDevice.handles_duplicate_calls
  - api.GPUAdapter.requestDevice.undefined_limits
  - api.GPUAdapterInfo
  - api.GPUAdapterInfo.architecture
  - api.GPUAdapterInfo.description
  - api.GPUAdapterInfo.device
  - api.GPUAdapterInfo.subgroupMaxSize
  - api.GPUAdapterInfo.subgroupMinSize
  - api.GPUAdapterInfo.vendor
  - api.GPUBindGroup
  - api.GPUBindGroup.label
  - api.GPUBindGroupLayout
  - api.GPUBindGroupLayout.label
  - api.GPUBuffer
  - api.GPUBuffer.destroy
  - api.GPUBuffer.getMappedRange
  - api.GPUBuffer.label
  - api.GPUBuffer.mapAsync
  - api.GPUBuffer.mapState
  - api.GPUBuffer.size
  - api.GPUBuffer.unmap
  - api.GPUBuffer.usage
  - api.GPUCanvasContext
  - api.GPUCanvasContext.canvas
  - api.GPUCanvasContext.configure
  - api.GPUCanvasContext.configure.toneMapping
  - api.GPUCanvasContext.getConfiguration
  - api.GPUCanvasContext.getCurrentTexture
  - api.GPUCanvasContext.unconfigure
  - api.GPUCommandBuffer
  - api.GPUCommandBuffer.label
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.beginComputePass
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.beginComputePass.timestampWrites
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.beginRenderPass
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.beginRenderPass.depthSlice_option
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.beginRenderPass.separate_depth_stencil_read-only
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.beginRenderPass.timestampWrites
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.clearBuffer
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.copyBufferToBuffer
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.copyBufferToTexture
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.copyTextureToBuffer
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.copyTextureToTexture
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.finish
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.insertDebugMarker
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.label
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.popDebugGroup
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.pushDebugGroup
  - api.GPUCommandEncoder.resolveQuerySet
  - api.GPUCompilationInfo
  - api.GPUCompilationInfo.messages
  - api.GPUCompilationMessage
  - api.GPUCompilationMessage.length
  - api.GPUCompilationMessage.lineNum
  - api.GPUCompilationMessage.linePos
  - api.GPUCompilationMessage.message
  - api.GPUCompilationMessage.offset
  - api.GPUCompilationMessage.type
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.dispatchWorkgroups
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.dispatchWorkgroupsIndirect
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.end
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.insertDebugMarker
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.label
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.popDebugGroup
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.pushDebugGroup
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.setBindGroup
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.setBindGroup.unset_bind_group
  - api.GPUComputePassEncoder.setPipeline
  - api.GPUComputePipeline
  - api.GPUComputePipeline.getBindGroupLayout
  - api.GPUComputePipeline.label
  - api.GPUDevice
  - api.GPUDevice.adapterInfo
  - api.GPUDevice.createBindGroup
  - api.GPUDevice.createBindGroupLayout
  - api.GPUDevice.createBindGroupLayout.storageTexture_access_read-write_read-only
  - api.GPUDevice.createBindGroupLayout.texture_rgb10a2uint
  - api.GPUDevice.createBuffer
  - api.GPUDevice.createCommandEncoder
  - api.GPUDevice.createComputePipeline
  - api.GPUDevice.createComputePipeline.optional_entryPoint
  - api.GPUDevice.createComputePipelineAsync
  - api.GPUDevice.createComputePipelineAsync.optional_entryPoint
  - api.GPUDevice.createPipelineLayout
  - api.GPUDevice.createQuerySet
  - api.GPUDevice.createQuerySet.timestamp
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderBundleEncoder
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipeline
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipeline.dual-source-blending
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipeline.optional_depthcompare_depthwriteenabled
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipeline.optional_entryPoint
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipeline.texture_rgb10a2uint
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipeline.validates_depth_bias_for_line_and_point_topologies
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipeline.vertex_unorm10-10-10-2
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipelineAsync
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipelineAsync.dual-source-blending
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipelineAsync.optional_depthcompare_depthwriteenabled
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipelineAsync.optional_entryPoint
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipelineAsync.texture_rgb10a2uint
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipelineAsync.validates_depth_bias_for_line_and_point_topologies
  - api.GPUDevice.createRenderPipelineAsync.vertex_unorm10-10-10-2
  - api.GPUDevice.createSampler
  - api.GPUDevice.createShaderModule
  - api.GPUDevice.createTexture
  - api.GPUDevice.createTexture.texture_rgb10a2uint
  - api.GPUDevice.destroy
  - api.GPUDevice.features
  - api.GPUDevice.importExternalTexture
  - api.GPUDevice.importExternalTexture.color_space_display-p3
  - api.GPUDevice.importExternalTexture.videoframe_source
  - api.GPUDevice.label
  - api.GPUDevice.limits
  - api.GPUDevice.lost
  - api.GPUDevice.popErrorScope
  - api.GPUDevice.pushErrorScope
  - api.GPUDevice.queue
  - api.GPUDevice.uncapturederror_event
  - api.GPUDeviceLostInfo
  - api.GPUDeviceLostInfo.message
  - api.GPUDeviceLostInfo.reason
  - api.GPUError
  - api.GPUError.message
  - api.GPUExternalTexture
  - api.GPUExternalTexture.label
  - api.GPUInternalError
  - api.GPUInternalError.GPUInternalError
  - api.GPUOutOfMemoryError
  - api.GPUOutOfMemoryError.GPUOutOfMemoryError
  - api.GPUPipelineError
  - api.GPUPipelineError.GPUPipelineError
  - api.GPUPipelineError.GPUPipelineError.message_optional
  - api.GPUPipelineError.reason
  - api.GPUPipelineLayout
  - api.GPUPipelineLayout.label
  - api.GPUQuerySet
  - api.GPUQuerySet.count
  - api.GPUQuerySet.destroy
  - api.GPUQuerySet.label
  - api.GPUQuerySet.type
  - api.GPUQuerySet.type.timestamp
  - api.GPUQueue
  - api.GPUQueue.copyExternalImageToTexture
  - api.GPUQueue.copyExternalImageToTexture.htmlimageelement_imagedata_source
  - api.GPUQueue.copyExternalImageToTexture.videoframe_source
  - api.GPUQueue.label
  - api.GPUQueue.onSubmittedWorkDone
  - api.GPUQueue.submit
  - api.GPUQueue.submit.validates_command_buffer_uniqueness
  - api.GPUQueue.writeBuffer
  - api.GPUQueue.writeTexture
  - api.GPURenderBundle
  - api.GPURenderBundle.label
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.draw
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.drawIndexed
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.drawIndexedIndirect
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.drawIndirect
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.finish
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.insertDebugMarker
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.label
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.popDebugGroup
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.pushDebugGroup
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.setBindGroup
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.setBindGroup.unset_bind_group
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.setIndexBuffer
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.setPipeline
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.setVertexBuffer
  - api.GPURenderBundleEncoder.setVertexBuffer.unset_vertex_buffer
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.beginOcclusionQuery
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.draw
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.drawIndexed
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.drawIndexedIndirect
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.drawIndirect
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.end
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.endOcclusionQuery
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.executeBundles
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.insertDebugMarker
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.label
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.popDebugGroup
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.pushDebugGroup
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setBindGroup
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setBindGroup.unset_bind_group
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setBlendConstant
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setIndexBuffer
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setPipeline
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setScissorRect
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setStencilReference
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setVertexBuffer
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setVertexBuffer.unset_vertex_buffer
  - api.GPURenderPassEncoder.setViewport
  - api.GPURenderPipeline
  - api.GPURenderPipeline.getBindGroupLayout
  - api.GPURenderPipeline.label
  - api.GPUSampler
  - api.GPUSampler.label
  - api.GPUShaderModule
  - api.GPUShaderModule.getCompilationInfo
  - api.GPUShaderModule.label
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.@@iterator
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.entries
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_bgra8unorm-storage
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_clip-distances
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_depth-clip-control
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_depth32float-stencil8
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_dual-source-blending
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_float32-blendable
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_float32-filterable
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_indirect-first-instance
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_rg11b10ufloat-renderable
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_shader-f16
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_texture-compression-astc
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_texture-compression-bc
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_texture-compression-etc2
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.feature_timestamp-query
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.forEach
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.has
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.keys
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.size
  - api.GPUSupportedFeatures.values
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxBindGroups
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxBindGroupsPlusVertexBuffers
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxBindingsPerBindGroup
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxBufferSize
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxColorAttachmentBytesPerSample
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxColorAttachments
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxComputeInvocationsPerWorkgroup
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxComputeWorkgroupSizeX
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxComputeWorkgroupSizeY
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxComputeWorkgroupSizeZ
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxComputeWorkgroupStorageSize
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxComputeWorkgroupsPerDimension
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxDynamicStorageBuffersPerPipelineLayout
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxDynamicUniformBuffersPerPipelineLayout
  # This key is now deprecated in BCD, so it needs to be removed from
  # the compat_features list (published, non-discouraged, features can't
  # have deprecated keys).
  # - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxInterStageShaderComponents
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxInterStageShaderVariables
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxSampledTexturesPerShaderStage
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxSamplersPerShaderStage
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxStorageBufferBindingSize
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxStorageBuffersPerShaderStage
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxStorageTexturesPerShaderStage
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxTextureArrayLayers
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxTextureDimension1D
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxTextureDimension2D
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxTextureDimension3D
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxUniformBufferBindingSize
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxUniformBuffersPerShaderStage
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxVertexAttributes
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxVertexBufferArrayStride
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.maxVertexBuffers
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment
  - api.GPUSupportedLimits.minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment
  - api.GPUTexture
  - api.GPUTexture.createView
  - api.GPUTexture.createView.descriptor_format_parameter_accepts_rgb10a2uint
  - api.GPUTexture.createView.descriptor_usage_parameter
  - api.GPUTexture.depthOrArrayLayers
  - api.GPUTexture.destroy
  - api.GPUTexture.dimension
  - api.GPUTexture.format
  - api.GPUTexture.format.texture_rgb10a2uint
  - api.GPUTexture.height
  - api.GPUTexture.label
  - api.GPUTexture.mipLevelCount
  - api.GPUTexture.sampleCount
  - api.GPUTexture.usage
  - api.GPUTexture.width
  - api.GPUTextureView
  - api.GPUTextureView.label
  - api.GPUUncapturedErrorEvent
  - api.GPUUncapturedErrorEvent.GPUUncapturedErrorEvent
  - api.GPUUncapturedErrorEvent.error
  - api.GPUValidationError
  - api.GPUValidationError.GPUValidationError
  - api.HTMLCanvasElement.getContext.webgpu_context
  - api.Navigator.gpu
  - api.OffscreenCanvas.getContext.webgpu_context
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.@@iterator
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.entries
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.extension_packed_4x8_integer_dot_product
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.extension_readonly_and_readwrite_storage_textures
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.extension_unrestricted_pointer_parameters
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.forEach
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.has
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.keys
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.size
  - api.WGSLLanguageFeatures.values
  - api.WorkerNavigator.gpu