VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT(3)

# VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT - Compression properties of an image

## C Specification

To query the compression properties of an image, add a VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT structure to the `pNext` chain of the VkSubresourceLayout2 structure in a call to vkGetImageSubresourceLayout2.

To determine the compression rates that are supported for a given image format, add a VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT structure to the `pNext` chain of the VkImageFormatProperties2 structure in a call to vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2.

Note | Since fixed-rate compression is disabled by default, the VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT structure passed to vkGetPhysicalDeviceImageFormatProperties2 will not indicate any fixed-rate compression support unless a VkImageCompressionControlEXT structure is also included in the `pNext` chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceImageFormatInfo2 structure passed to the same command.

The `VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_image_compression_control
    typedef struct VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT {
        VkStructureType                        sType;
        void*                                  pNext;
        VkImageCompressionFlagsEXT             imageCompressionFlags;
        VkImageCompressionFixedRateFlagsEXT    imageCompressionFixedRateFlags;
    } VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT;

## Members

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

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

- `imageCompressionFlags` returns a value describing the compression controls that apply to the image. The value will be either VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DEFAULT_EXT to indicate no fixed-rate compression, VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_FIXED_RATE_EXPLICIT_EXT to indicate fixed-rate compression, or VK_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_DISABLED_EXT to indicate no compression.

- `imageCompressionFixedRateFlags` returns a VkImageCompressionFixedRateFlagsEXT value describing the compression rates that apply to the specified aspect of the image.

## Description

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkImageCompressionPropertiesEXT-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_COMPRESSION_PROPERTIES_EXT

Structure Chaining

Extends the structures

  - VkImageFormatProperties2

  - VkSubresourceLayout2

  - VkSurfaceFormat2KHR

## See Also

VK_EXT_image_compression_control, VkImageCompressionFixedRateFlagsEXT, VkImageCompressionFlagsEXT, VkStructureType

## 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 2014-2026 The Khronos Group Inc.

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