VkSampleCountFlagBits(3)

# VkSampleCountFlagBits(3) Manual Page

## Name

VkSampleCountFlagBits - Bitmask specifying sample counts supported for an image used for storage operations

## C Specification

Bits which may be set in the sample count limits returned by VkPhysicalDeviceLimits, as well as in other queries and structures representing image sample counts, are:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    typedef enum VkSampleCountFlagBits {
        VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT = 0x00000001,
        VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT = 0x00000002,
        VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT = 0x00000004,
        VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT = 0x00000008,
        VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT = 0x00000010,
        VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_32_BIT = 0x00000020,
        VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_64_BIT = 0x00000040,
    } VkSampleCountFlagBits;

## Description

- VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT specifies an image with one sample per pixel.

- VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_2_BIT specifies an image with 2 samples per pixel.

- VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_4_BIT specifies an image with 4 samples per pixel.

- VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_8_BIT specifies an image with 8 samples per pixel.

- VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_16_BIT specifies an image with 16 samples per pixel.

- VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_32_BIT specifies an image with 32 samples per pixel.

- VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_64_BIT specifies an image with 64 samples per pixel.

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkAttachmentDescription, VkAttachmentDescription2, VkAttachmentSampleCountInfoAMD, VkCommandBufferInheritanceRenderingInfo, VkFramebufferMixedSamplesCombinationNV, VkImageCreateInfo, VkMultisampledRenderToSingleSampledInfoEXT, VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentShadingRateEnumsPropertiesNV, VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentShadingRatePropertiesKHR, VkPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatInfo2, VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo, VkSampleCountFlags, VkSampleLocationsInfoEXT, vkCmdSetRasterizationSamplesEXT, vkCmdSetSampleMaskEXT, vkGetPhysicalDeviceMultisamplePropertiesEXT, vkGetPhysicalDeviceSparseImageFormatProperties

## 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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