| ## Using GPU Hardware in Headless Chrome |
| |
| Headless Chrome can utilize the local machine's GPU, at least in some |
| circumstances. This capability is useful for Continuous Integration |
| setups, running web workloads server-side, and in other scenarios. |
| |
| With headless Chrome, pass the command line argument `--enable-gpu` to |
| disable forcing software rendering. This defers to Chrome's default |
| OpenGL driver autodetection, which on Linux requires that X display is |
| available (i.e. X11 server is available and `DISPLAY` env var is set |
| accordingly). While the default auto-detection doesn't seem to work |
| without X11, forcing Vulkan backend (--use-angle=vulkan) have been |
| found to work at least on some Linux configurations. |
| |
| Linux NVIDIA users may find [Server Side Headless Linux Chrome With |
| GPUs] helpful. |
| |
| For additional background and information please see |
| [crbug.com/40540071](https://crbug.com/40540071), |
| [crbug.com/338414704](https://crbug.com/338414704), |
| [crbug.com/40256775](https://crbug.com/40256775), and |
| [crbug.com/40062624](https://crbug.com/40062624). |
| |
| [Server Side Headless Linux Chrome With GPUs]: server-side-headless-linux-chrome-with-gpus.md |
