VkPhysicalDeviceConservativeRasterizationPropertiesEXT(3)

# VkPhysicalDeviceConservativeRasterizationPropertiesEXT(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkPhysicalDeviceConservativeRasterizationPropertiesEXT - Structure describing conservative raster properties that can be supported by an implementation

## C Specification

The `VkPhysicalDeviceConservativeRasterizationPropertiesEXT` structure is defined as:

    // Provided by VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization
    typedef struct VkPhysicalDeviceConservativeRasterizationPropertiesEXT {
        VkStructureType    sType;
        void*              pNext;
        float              primitiveOverestimationSize;
        float              maxExtraPrimitiveOverestimationSize;
        float              extraPrimitiveOverestimationSizeGranularity;
        VkBool32           primitiveUnderestimation;
        VkBool32           conservativePointAndLineRasterization;
        VkBool32           degenerateTrianglesRasterized;
        VkBool32           degenerateLinesRasterized;
        VkBool32           fullyCoveredFragmentShaderInputVariable;
        VkBool32           conservativeRasterizationPostDepthCoverage;
    } VkPhysicalDeviceConservativeRasterizationPropertiesEXT;

## Members

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

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

- `primitiveOverestimationSize` is the size in pixels the generating primitive is increased at each of its edges during conservative rasterization overestimation mode. Even with a size of 0.0, conservative rasterization overestimation rules still apply and if any part of the pixel rectangle is covered by the generating primitive, fragments are generated for the entire pixel. However implementations may make the pixel coverage area even more conservative by increasing the size of the generating primitive.

- `maxExtraPrimitiveOverestimationSize` is the maximum size in pixels of extra overestimation the implementation supports in the pipeline state. A value of 0.0 means the implementation does not support any additional overestimation of the generating primitive during conservative rasterization. A value above 0.0 allows the application to further increase the size of the generating primitive during conservative rasterization overestimation.

- `extraPrimitiveOverestimationSizeGranularity` is the granularity of extra overestimation that can be specified in the pipeline state between 0.0 and `maxExtraPrimitiveOverestimationSize` inclusive. A value of 0.0 means the implementation can use the smallest representable non-zero value in the screen space pixel fixed-point grid.

- `primitiveUnderestimation` is VK_TRUE if the implementation supports the VK_CONSERVATIVE_RASTERIZATION_MODE_UNDERESTIMATE_EXT conservative rasterization mode in addition to VK_CONSERVATIVE_RASTERIZATION_MODE_OVERESTIMATE_EXT. Otherwise the implementation only supports VK_CONSERVATIVE_RASTERIZATION_MODE_OVERESTIMATE_EXT.

- `conservativePointAndLineRasterization` is VK_TRUE if the implementation supports conservative rasterization of point and line primitives as well as triangle primitives. Otherwise the implementation only supports triangle primitives.

- `degenerateTrianglesRasterized` is VK_FALSE if the implementation culls primitives generated from triangles that become zero area after they are quantized to the fixed-point rasterization pixel grid. `degenerateTrianglesRasterized` is VK_TRUE if these primitives are not culled and the provoking vertex attributes and depth value are used for the fragments. The primitive area calculation is done on the primitive generated from the clipped triangle if applicable. Zero area primitives are backfacing and the application can enable backface culling if desired.

- `degenerateLinesRasterized` is VK_FALSE if the implementation culls lines that become zero length after they are quantized to the fixed-point rasterization pixel grid. `degenerateLinesRasterized` is VK_TRUE if zero length lines are not culled and the provoking vertex attributes and depth value are used for the fragments.

- `fullyCoveredFragmentShaderInputVariable` is VK_TRUE if the implementation supports the SPIR-V builtin fragment shader input variable `FullyCoveredEXT` specifying that conservative rasterization is enabled and the fragment area is fully covered by the generating primitive.

- `conservativeRasterizationPostDepthCoverage` is VK_TRUE if the implementation supports conservative rasterization with the `PostDepthCoverage` execution mode enabled. Otherwise the `PostDepthCoverage` execution mode must not be used when conservative rasterization is enabled.

## Description

If the `VkPhysicalDeviceConservativeRasterizationPropertiesEXT` structure is included in the `pNext` chain of the VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2 structure passed to vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties2, it is filled in with each corresponding implementation-dependent property.

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-VkPhysicalDeviceConservativeRasterizationPropertiesEXT-sType-sType
  `sType` must be VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_CONSERVATIVE_RASTERIZATION_PROPERTIES_EXT

Structure Chaining

Extends the structure

  - VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2

## See Also

VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization, VkBool32, 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.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0