vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR(3)

# vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR - Query surface capabilities

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## C Specification

To query the basic capabilities of a surface, needed in order to create a swapchain, call:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_surface
    VkResult vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR(
        VkPhysicalDevice                            physicalDevice,
        VkSurfaceKHR                                surface,
        VkSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR*                   pSurfaceCapabilities);

## Parameters

- `physicalDevice` is the physical device that will be associated with the swapchain to be created, as described for vkCreateSwapchainKHR.

- `surface` is the surface that will be associated with the swapchain.

- `pSurfaceCapabilities` is a pointer to a VkSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR structure in which the capabilities are returned.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR-surface-06211
  `surface` must be supported by `physicalDevice`, as reported by vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceSupportKHR or an equivalent platform-specific mechanism

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR-physicalDevice-parameter
  `physicalDevice` must be a valid VkPhysicalDevice handle

- VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR-surface-parameter
  `surface` must be a valid VkSurfaceKHR handle

- VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR-pSurfaceCapabilities-parameter
  `pSurfaceCapabilities` must be a valid pointer to a VkSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR structure

- VUID-vkGetPhysicalDeviceSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR-commonparent
  Both of `physicalDevice`, and `surface` must have been created, allocated, or retrieved from the same VkInstance

Return Codes

On success, this command returns

  - VK_SUCCESS

On failure, this command returns

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY

  - VK_ERROR_SURFACE_LOST_KHR

  - VK_ERROR_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_KHR_surface, VkPhysicalDevice, VkSurfaceCapabilitiesKHR, VkSurfaceKHR

## 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