OpenGL ES
E266145
application programming interface
cross-platform standard
embedded systems graphics API
graphics API
OpenGL ES is a cross-platform, royalty-free 2D and 3D graphics API designed for embedded systems such as mobile devices, game consoles, and automotive displays.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OpenGL ES canonical | 27 |
| OpenGL ES 2.0 | 7 |
| OpenGL ES 3.1 | 3 |
| OpenGL ES 3.0 | 2 |
| OpenGL ES 3.x | 2 |
| OpenGL ES 1.0 | 1 |
| OpenGL ES 1.1 | 1 |
| OpenGL ES 3.2 | 1 |
| OpenGL ES 3.x (on newer generations) | 1 |
| OpenGL ES 3.x is largely backward compatible with OpenGL ES 2.0 | 1 |
| OpenGL for Embedded Systems | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2426686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenGL ES Context triple: [Apple A12Z Bionic, supportsAPI, OpenGL ES]
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A.
OpenGL
OpenGL is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics, widely used in games, simulations, and professional visualization.
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B.
WebGL
WebGL is a JavaScript API that enables hardware-accelerated 2D and 3D graphics rendering within web browsers without the need for plugins.
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C.
Metal graphics API
Metal graphics API is Apple’s low-level, high-performance framework for 3D graphics and GPU-accelerated computing on its devices.
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D.
OpenCL
OpenCL is an open, cross-platform framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous systems including CPUs, GPUs, and other processors.
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E.
Vulkan
Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API designed to provide high-performance access to modern GPUs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenGL ES Target entity description: OpenGL ES is a cross-platform, royalty-free 2D and 3D graphics API designed for embedded systems such as mobile devices, game consoles, and automotive displays.
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A.
OpenGL
OpenGL is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics, widely used in games, simulations, and professional visualization.
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B.
WebGL
WebGL is a JavaScript API that enables hardware-accelerated 2D and 3D graphics rendering within web browsers without the need for plugins.
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C.
Metal graphics API
Metal graphics API is Apple’s low-level, high-performance framework for 3D graphics and GPU-accelerated computing on its devices.
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D.
OpenCL
OpenCL is an open, cross-platform framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous systems including CPUs, GPUs, and other processors.
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E.
Vulkan
Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API designed to provide high-performance access to modern GPUs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application programming interface
ⓘ
cross-platform standard ⓘ embedded systems graphics API ⓘ graphics API ⓘ |
| APIStyle | C language API ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibility |
OpenGL ES 3.x is largely backward compatible with OpenGL ES 2.0
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL ES
|
| basedOn | OpenGL ⓘ |
| category |
3D computer graphics
ⓘ
mobile graphics ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Direct3D (on some platforms)
ⓘ
linked to:
Direct3D
Vulkan (on mobile) ⓘ |
| designedFor |
automotive displays
ⓘ
embedded systems ⓘ game consoles ⓘ mobile devices ⓘ |
| executionModel | client-server between application and GPU driver ⓘ |
| fullName |
OpenGL for Embedded Systems
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL ES
|
| governingBody | Khronos Group ⓘ |
| hasProfile |
fixed-function profile (1.x)
ⓘ
programmable shader profile (2.0+) ⓘ |
| introducedFor | resource-constrained devices ⓘ |
| is | cross-platform ⓘ |
| licenseModel | royalty-free ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
embedded GPUs
ⓘ
low-power devices ⓘ |
| provides | hardware-accelerated rendering ⓘ |
| relatedStandard | OpenGL ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Khronos Group ⓘ |
| supports |
programmable pipeline (in later versions)
ⓘ
shaders (in later versions) ⓘ |
| supportsGraphicsType |
2D graphics
ⓘ
3D graphics ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
automotive infotainment systems ⓘ embedded Linux ⓘ game consoles ⓘ iOS ⓘ |
| useCase |
mobile games
ⓘ
real-time 3D graphics ⓘ user interface rendering ⓘ |
| usedIn |
set-top boxes
ⓘ
smartphones ⓘ tablets ⓘ |
| version |
OpenGL ES 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL ES
OpenGL ES 1.1 ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL ES
OpenGL ES 2.0 ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL ES
OpenGL ES 3.0 ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL ES
OpenGL ES 3.1 ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL ES
OpenGL ES 3.2 ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL ES
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OpenGL ES Description of subject: OpenGL ES is a cross-platform, royalty-free 2D and 3D graphics API designed for embedded systems such as mobile devices, game consoles, and automotive displays.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Adreno GPU
subject linked to:
Adreno GPU
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES
OpenGL ES
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backwardCompatibility
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OpenGL ES 3.x is largely backward compatible with OpenGL ES 2.0
ⓘ
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES
linked to: OpenGL ES