vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR(3)

# vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR(3) Manual Page

## Name

vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR - Query calibrated timestamps

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## C Specification

In order to be able to correlate the time a particular operation took place at on timelines of different time domains (e.g. a device operation vs. a host operation), Vulkan allows querying calibrated timestamps from multiple time domains.

To query calibrated timestamps from a set of time domains, call:

    // Provided by VK_KHR_calibrated_timestamps
    VkResult vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        uint32_t                                    timestampCount,
        const VkCalibratedTimestampInfoKHR*         pTimestampInfos,
        uint64_t*                                   pTimestamps,
        uint64_t*                                   pMaxDeviation);

    // Provided by VK_EXT_calibrated_timestamps
    // Equivalent to vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR
    VkResult vkGetCalibratedTimestampsEXT(
        VkDevice                                    device,
        uint32_t                                    timestampCount,
        const VkCalibratedTimestampInfoKHR*         pTimestampInfos,
        uint64_t*                                   pTimestamps,
        uint64_t*                                   pMaxDeviation);

## Parameters

- `device` is the logical device used to perform the query.

- `timestampCount` is the number of timestamps to query.

- `pTimestampInfos` is a pointer to an array of `timestampCount` VkCalibratedTimestampInfoKHR structures, describing the time domains the calibrated timestamps should be captured from.

- `pTimestamps` is a pointer to an array of `timestampCount` 64-bit unsigned integer values in which the requested calibrated timestamp values are returned.

- `pMaxDeviation` is a pointer to a 64-bit unsigned integer value in which the strictly positive maximum deviation, in nanoseconds, of the calibrated timestamp values is returned.

## Description

Note | The maximum deviation may vary between calls to `vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR` even for the same set of time domains due to implementation and platform specific reasons. It is the application’s responsibility to assess whether the returned maximum deviation makes the timestamp values suitable for any particular purpose and can choose to re-issue the timestamp calibration call pursuing a lower deviation value.

Calibrated timestamp values can be extrapolated to estimate future coinciding timestamp values, however, depending on the nature of the time domains and other properties of the platform extrapolating values over a sufficiently long period of time may no longer be accurate enough to fit any particular purpose, so applications are expected to re-calibrate the timestamps on a regular basis.

Valid Usage

- VUID-vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR-timeDomain-09246
  The `timeDomain` value of each VkCalibratedTimestampInfoKHR in `pTimestampInfos` must be unique

Valid Usage (Implicit)

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

- VUID-vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR-pTimestampInfos-parameter
  `pTimestampInfos` must be a valid pointer to an array of `timestampCount` valid VkCalibratedTimestampInfoKHR structures

- VUID-vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR-pTimestamps-parameter
  `pTimestamps` must be a valid pointer to an array of `timestampCount` `uint64_t` values

- VUID-vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR-pMaxDeviation-parameter
  `pMaxDeviation` must be a valid pointer to a `uint64_t` value

- VUID-vkGetCalibratedTimestampsKHR-timestampCount-arraylength
  `timestampCount` must be greater than `0`

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_EXT_calibrated_timestamps, VK_KHR_calibrated_timestamps, VkCalibratedTimestampInfoKHR, VkDevice

## 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