GPUDevice: queue property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The queue read-only property of the GPUDevice interface returns the primary GPUQueue for the device.

Value

A GPUQueue object instance.

Examples

Basic GPUQueue access:

js
async function init() {
  if (!navigator.gpu) {
    throw Error("WebGPU not supported.");
  }

  const adapter = await navigator.gpu.requestAdapter();
  if (!adapter) {
    throw Error("Couldn't request WebGPU adapter.");
  }

  // Create a GPUDevice
  const device = await adapter.requestDevice();

  // ...

  // Common queue use — end current frame by passing array of
  // command buffers to queue for execution
  device.queue.submit([commandEncoder.finish()]);

  // ...
}

Note: For more queue examples, see the GPUQueue reference pages.

Specifications

Specification
WebGPU
# dom-gpudevice-queue

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
queue
Experimental

See also