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Vulkan

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is Vulkan?

Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API. It provides developers with more control over the GPU, enabling higher performance and more efficient resource usage compared to older APIs like OpenGL. It's commonly used in video games, scientific visualization, and other applications requiring high-performance graphics.

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What other technologies are related to Vulkan?

Vulkan Competitor Technologies

OpenGL is a graphics API that competes with Vulkan for rendering tasks.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 28% (4.1k) of relevant job posts

DirectX is a suite of multimedia APIs, including Direct3D, that competes with Vulkan, primarily on Windows platforms.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 48% (2.3k) of relevant job posts

Metal is Apple's low-level graphics API, competing with Vulkan on Apple platforms.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 39% (1.7k) of relevant job posts

OpenGL ES is a mobile-focused version of OpenGL, competing with Vulkan for mobile graphics rendering.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 62% (649) of relevant job posts

Direct3D is the 3D graphics API within DirectX, competing directly with Vulkan.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 65% (582) of relevant job posts

DX12 is a version of Direct3D that is a direct competitor to Vulkan, offering low-level hardware access.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 90% (415) of relevant job posts

DirectX12 is a version of Direct3D that is a direct competitor to Vulkan, offering low-level hardware access.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 90% (189) of relevant job posts

DirectX 12 is a version of Direct3D that is a direct competitor to Vulkan, offering low-level hardware access.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 79% (203) of relevant job posts

Vulkan Complementary Technologies

RenderDoc is a graphics debugging tool that supports Vulkan, aiding in development and optimization.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 57% (408) of relevant job posts

PIX is a performance tuning and debugging tool for DirectX games, similar to RenderDoc for Vulkan.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 25% (348) of relevant job posts

SPIR-V is an intermediate language used by Vulkan for shaders, allowing for more flexible shader development.

mentioned alongside Vulkan in 84% (103) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention Vulkan?

Job function

Jobs mentioning Vulkan

Orgs mentioning Vulkan

Engineer

0% (5.3k) job posts

215 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (3.7k) job posts

592 organizations

Hardware Engineer

0% (194) job posts

6 organizations

Chip Designer

0% (170) job posts

20 organizations

Performance Engineer

1% (76) job posts

12 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning Vulkan?

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Intel Corporation

Manufacturing

Scientific and Technical Services

Scientific and Technical Services

Scientific and Technical Services

Scientific and Technical Services

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