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unrestricted_pointer_parameters

Adds WGSL language support for less restricted pointer parameters. Pointer parameters let functions receive references to existing data instead of copies.

Check your device: WebGPU Capabilities Report.

More details: Developer Docs (MDN) Specification (W3C)

Overall Support

Percentage supporting this feature among reports tested for it.

94.13%
of browsers tested for this feature

Platform Support

PlatformSupport
Android97.12%
Chromium OS99.85%
iOS99.89%
Linux94.33%
Mac OS94.98%
Windows91.59%

Browser Support

BrowserSupport
Chrome/Chromium99.05%
Edge99.83%
Firefox1.82%
Opera99.87%
Other93.17%
Safari99.91%
Samsung Internet97.83%

Vendor Support

VendorSupport
amd99.91%
apple99.98%
arm99.85%
google100%
img-tec100%
intel99.7%
intelr100%
microsoft100%
nvidia99.86%
qualcomm99.87%
samsung100%

Vendor Architecture Support

Vendor - ArchitectureSupport
amd - gcn-4100%
amd - gcn-599.69%
amd - rdna-1100%
amd - rdna-299.96%
amd - rdna-3100%
apple - apple100%
apple - metal-3100%
arm - bifrost99.72%
arm - valhall99.92%
intel - gen-1199.97%
intel - gen-12lp99.84%
intel - gen-896.54%
intel - gen-999.76%
intel - xe-2lpg100%
intel - xe-lpg100%
nvidia - ampere99.84%
nvidia - blackwell100%
nvidia - kepler99.77%
nvidia - lovelace100%
nvidia - maxwell98.61%
nvidia - pascal99.71%
nvidia - turing99.84%
qualcomm - adreno-6xx99.83%
qualcomm - adreno-7xx99.95%
qualcomm - adreno-8xx100%