Vulkan

Vulkan is Article description::a next-generation graphics API created by The Khronos Group. Its focus is to provide 3D graphics cross-platforms in a code once run anywhere fashion.

For Vulkan support, Gentoo has a basic package which provides the  shared object file.

USE flags
To compile the open source Vulkan drivers the  USE flag must be enabled for. The following list shows the Vulkan supported GPU drivers in Mesa:

The following alternative, closed-source drivers exist. These also provide Vulkan support:


 * official closed-source driver for AMD hardware.
 * official closed-source driver for Nvidia hardware

You can check the (unofficial) Vulkan hardware database for a list of detailed GPU hardware capabilities for Vulkan.