Registered Extension Number

319

Revision

1

Ratification Status

Ratified

Extension and Version Dependencies

                 VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2
                 or
                 Vulkan Version 1.1
             and
             VK_KHR_buffer_device_address
         or
         Vulkan Version 1.2
     and
     VK_KHR_synchronization2
     and
     VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state
or
Vulkan Version 1.3

API Interactions

  • Interacts with VK_VERSION_1_2

  • Interacts with VK_AMD_buffer_marker

  • Interacts with VK_EXT_conditional_rendering

  • Interacts with VK_EXT_mesh_shader

  • Interacts with VK_EXT_transform_feedback

  • Interacts with VK_KHR_acceleration_structure

  • Interacts with VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count

Contact

Extension Proposal

VK_KHR_device_address_commands

Other Extension Metadata

Last Modified Date

2026-03-10

Contributors

  • Tobias Hector, AMD

  • Matthew Netsch, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc

  • Jan-Harald Fredriksen, Arm

  • Mike Blumenkrantz, Valve

  • Allan MacKinnon, Google

  • Daniel Koch, NVIDIA

  • Autumn Ashton, Valve

  • Piers Daniell, NVIDIA

  • Stuart Smith, AMD

  • Caterina Shablia, Collabora

  • Piotr Byszewski, Cognizant

  • James Fitzpatrick, Imagination

  • Daniel Story, Nintendo

  • Baldur Karlsson, Valve

  • Jon Leech, Khronos

  • Samuel Pitoiset, Valve

  • Lionel Landwerlin, Intel

  • Hans-Kristian Arntzen, Valve

  • Žiga Markuš, LunarG

  • Spencer Fricke, Lunarg

  • Per Inge Mathisen, Arm

  • Vikram Kushwaha, NVIDIA

  • Ralph Potter, Samsung

  • Marijn Suijten, Traverse Research

  • Ricard Garcia, Igalia

  • Mengyang Liu, AMD

  • Artem Kharytoniuk, LunarG

  • Marty Johnson, Khronos

  • Alyssa Rosenzweig, Valve

Description

This extension enables applications to use device addresses in place of buffer objects for most functionality.

New Commands

If VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count or Vulkan Version 1.2 and VK_EXT_mesh_shader is supported:

If VK_AMD_buffer_marker is supported:

If VK_EXT_conditional_rendering is supported:

If VK_EXT_mesh_shader is supported:

If VK_EXT_transform_feedback is supported:

If VK_KHR_acceleration_structure is supported:

If VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count or Vulkan Version 1.2 is supported:

New Structures

If VK_AMD_buffer_marker is supported:

If VK_EXT_conditional_rendering is supported:

If VK_EXT_transform_feedback is supported:

If VK_KHR_acceleration_structure is supported:

New Enums

New Bitmasks

New Enum Constants

If VK_AMD_buffer_marker is supported:

If VK_EXT_conditional_rendering is supported:

If VK_EXT_transform_feedback is supported:

If VK_KHR_acceleration_structure is supported:

Version History

  • Revision 1, 2026-03-10 (Tobias Hector)

    • Initial revision

See Also

No cross-references are available

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification.

This page is a generated document. Fixes and changes should be made to the generator scripts, not directly.

Copyright

Copyright 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0