WebGPU

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W3C standard low-level GPU API web compute API web graphics API

WebGPU is a modern web graphics and compute API designed to provide high-performance, low-level access to GPU capabilities in browsers, succeeding and improving upon WebGL.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
WebGPU canonical	3
GPUBuffer interface	1
GPUCommandEncoder interface	1
GPUComputePassEncoder interface	1
GPUPipelineLayout interface	1
GPURenderPassEncoder interface	1
GPURenderPipeline interface	1
W3C GPU for the Web Working Group	1
wgpu	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	W3C standard ⓘ low-level GPU API ⓘ web compute API ⓘ web graphics API ⓘ
accessibleFrom	JavaScript ⓘ WebAssembly specification ⓘ surface form: WebAssembly
aimsToProvide	better performance than WebGL ⓘ low-level control over GPU resources ⓘ modern GPU feature access ⓘ more predictable performance ⓘ
backedBy	GPU vendors ⓘ browser vendors ⓘ
basedOn	modern native graphics APIs ⓘ
competesWith	WebGL ⓘ surface form: WebGL 2
designedFor	general-purpose GPU compute on the web ⓘ high-performance graphics on the web ⓘ
designedTo	map efficiently to native GPU APIs ⓘ
enables	data visualization in browsers ⓘ game development in browsers ⓘ machine learning workloads in browsers ⓘ real-time 3D rendering in browsers ⓘ scientific computing in browsers ⓘ
exposes	GPUAdapter interface ⓘ GPUBindGroup interface ⓘ GPUBindGroupLayout interface ⓘ WebGPU self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GPUBuffer interface WebGPU self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GPUCommandEncoder interface WebGPU self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GPUComputePassEncoder interface GPUComputePipeline interface ⓘ GPUDevice interface ⓘ WebGPU self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GPUPipelineLayout interface GPUQueue interface ⓘ WebGPU self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GPURenderPassEncoder interface WebGPU self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: GPURenderPipeline interface GPUSampler interface ⓘ GPUTexture interface ⓘ
inspiredBy	Direct3D 12 ⓘ Metal ⓘ Vulkan ⓘ
replaces	WebGL ⓘ
runsIn	web browsers ⓘ
securityModel	designed for web sandboxing ⓘ
standardizedBy	WebGPU self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: W3C GPU for the Web Working Group World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ
successorOf	WebGL ⓘ
supports	GPU buffers ⓘ GPU textures ⓘ GPU-accelerated 2D graphics ⓘ GPU-accelerated 3D graphics ⓘ SPIR-V-derived shader models ⓘ asynchronous device creation ⓘ bind groups ⓘ command buffers ⓘ compute passes ⓘ compute pipelines ⓘ explicit resource management ⓘ general-purpose GPU compute workloads ⓘ pipeline state objects ⓘ render passes ⓘ rendering pipelines ⓘ shader modules ⓘ
uses	WGSL ⓘ WebGPU Shading Language ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WebGL → relatedStandard → WebGPU ⓘ

Bevy game engine → renderingBackend → WebGPU ⓘ

subject surface form: Bevy

this entity surface form: wgpu

Web Graphics Library → relatedStandard → WebGPU ⓘ

WebGPU → standardizedBy → WebGPU self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: W3C GPU for the Web Working Group