82% of GPUs from surveyed systems support mesh shaders
Mesh shaders replace the classic geometry pipeline. Some recent games, such as Alan Wake 2, require them.
Steam Hardware Survey, October 2026
- Supported
- 82.3%
- Uncertain
- 3.4%
- Not supported
- 14.2%
- DirectX 12 mesh shaders 80%up to +3.4%
- Metal mesh shaders 2.4%
- Native
- Uncertain