VkQueueGlobalPriority(3)

# VkQueueGlobalPriority(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkQueueGlobalPriority - Values specifying a system-wide queue priority

## C Specification

Possible values of VkDeviceQueueGlobalPriorityCreateInfo::`globalPriority`, specifying a system-wide priority level are:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_4
    typedef enum VkQueueGlobalPriority {
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_LOW = 128,
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_MEDIUM = 256,
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_HIGH = 512,
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_REALTIME = 1024,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_global_priority
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_LOW_EXT = VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_LOW,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_global_priority
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_MEDIUM_EXT = VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_MEDIUM,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_global_priority
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_HIGH_EXT = VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_HIGH,
      // Provided by VK_EXT_global_priority
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_REALTIME_EXT = VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_REALTIME,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_global_priority
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_LOW_KHR = VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_LOW,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_global_priority
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_MEDIUM_KHR = VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_MEDIUM,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_global_priority
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_HIGH_KHR = VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_HIGH,
      // Provided by VK_KHR_global_priority
        VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_REALTIME_KHR = VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_REALTIME,
    } VkQueueGlobalPriority;

    // Provided by VK_KHR_global_priority
    // Equivalent to VkQueueGlobalPriority
    typedef VkQueueGlobalPriority VkQueueGlobalPriorityKHR;

    // Provided by VK_EXT_global_priority
    // Equivalent to VkQueueGlobalPriority
    typedef VkQueueGlobalPriority VkQueueGlobalPriorityEXT;

## Description

Priority values are sorted in ascending order. A comparison operation on the enum values can be used to determine the priority order.

- VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_LOW is below the system default. Useful for non-interactive tasks.

- VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_MEDIUM is the system default priority.

- VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_HIGH is above the system default.

- VK_QUEUE_GLOBAL_PRIORITY_REALTIME is the highest priority. Useful for critical tasks.

## See Also

VK_EXT_global_priority, VK_KHR_global_priority, VK_VERSION_1_4, VkDeviceQueueGlobalPriorityCreateInfo, VkQueueFamilyGlobalPriorityProperties

## 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

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