vkCreateQueryPool(3)

# vkCreateQueryPool(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkCreateQueryPool - Create a new query pool object

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## C Specification

To create a query pool, call:

    // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
    VkResult vkCreateQueryPool(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        const VkQueryPoolCreateInfo*                pCreateInfo,
        const VkAllocationCallbacks*                pAllocator,
        VkQueryPool*                                pQueryPool);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device that creates the query pool.

- `pCreateInfo` is a pointer to a VkQueryPoolCreateInfo structure containing the number and type of queries to be managed by the pool.

- `pAllocator` controls host memory allocation as described in the Memory Allocation chapter.

- `pQueryPool` is a pointer to a VkQueryPool handle in which the resulting query pool object is returned.

## Description

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkCreateQueryPool-device-09663
  `device` must support at least one queue family with one of the VK_QUEUE_VIDEO_ENCODE_BIT_KHR, VK_QUEUE_VIDEO_DECODE_BIT_KHR, VK_QUEUE_COMPUTE_BIT, or VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT capabilities

Valid Usage (Implicit)

- VUID-vkCreateQueryPool-device-parameter
  `device` must be a valid VkDevice handle

- VUID-vkCreateQueryPool-pCreateInfo-parameter
  `pCreateInfo` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkQueryPoolCreateInfo structure

- VUID-vkCreateQueryPool-pAllocator-parameter
  If `pAllocator` is not `NULL`, `pAllocator` must be a valid pointer to a valid VkAllocationCallbacks structure

- VUID-vkCreateQueryPool-pQueryPool-parameter
  `pQueryPool` must be a valid pointer to a VkQueryPool handle

- VUID-vkCreateQueryPool-device-queuecount
  The device must have been created with at least `1` queue

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_UNKNOWN

  - VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED

## See Also

VK_VERSION_1_0, VkAllocationCallbacks, VkDevice, VkQueryPool, VkQueryPoolCreateInfo

## 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