That post is out of date. Vulkan support is out of Beta and in every driver release since February, 2017

Here is the post that covers that:

/content/www/us/en/develop/blogs/intel-announces-that-we-are-moving-from-beta-support-to-full-official-support-for.html

DRIVER VERSION: 15.40.20.64.4404 & 15.40.20.32.4404

DATE: March 11, 2016

This driver is in zip format intended for developers and IT professionals.

SUMMARY:

This driver fixes some hangs, graphics corruption, and functional issues that were seen across a number of games and applications. A list of the issues addressed is included below. This driver also adds new Beta support for the Vulkan 1.0 API for 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors and related processors.

This document provides information about Intel’s Graphics Driver for:

6 th Generation Intel® Core™ processors, Intel® Core™ M processor, and related Pentium® processors with Intel® HD Graphics 510, 515, 520, 530, Intel® Iris™ Graphics 540, Intel® Iris® Graphics 550, and Intel® Iris® Pro Graphics 580.

Generation Intel® Core™ processors, Intel® Core™ M processor, and related Pentium® processors with Intel® HD Graphics 510, 515, 520, 530, Intel® Iris™ Graphics 540, Intel® Iris® Graphics 550, and Intel® Iris® Pro Graphics 580. Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1500M v5 family with Intel® HD Graphics P530

5 th Generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel HD Graphics 5500, 5600, 6000, Intel Iris Graphics 6100, Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and select Pentium®/ Celeron® processors with Intel® HD Graphics

Generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel HD Graphics 5500, 5600, 6000, Intel Iris Graphics 6100, Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and select Pentium®/ Celeron® processors with Intel® HD Graphics Intel® Core™ M with Intel HD Graphics 5300

4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel HD Graphics 4200, 4400, 4600, 5000, Intel Iris Graphics 5100 and Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 and select Pentium®/ Celeron® Processors with Intel® HD Graphics

NEW FEATURES:

Beta support for Vulkan 1.0 API on 6th Generation Intel Core and related processors. The support is based on a published Khronos Specification and is expected to pass the Khronos Conformance Process. Current conformance status can be found at www.khronos.org/conformance .

CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE:

Intel® Graphics Driver

Intel® Display Audio Driver

Intel® Media SDK Runtime

Intel® OpenCL* Driver

Intel® Graphics Control Panel

KEY ISSUES FIXED:

Graphics corruption may occur while playing VP8 clips Windows 10® Random black rectangle artifacts in Star Wars Battlefront Windows 10® Green lines with Cyberlink PowerDVD VC1 Playback Windows 10® BSODs, Crashes, and Hangs across a number of applications Windows 10®

SUPPORTED PRODUCTS:

HARDWARE

All platforms with the following configurations are supported:

Intel® Graphics1 DirectX*2 OpenGL* OpenCL* Intel® Quick Sync Video Intel® Wireless Display 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® HD Graphics 520/530 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® Iris™ Graphics 540/550 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics 580 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1500M v5 family with Intel® HD Graphics P530 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1500M v5 family with Intel® Iris Pro Graphics P580 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes Intel® Core™ M processors with Intel® HD Graphics 515 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes Pentium Processors with Intel® HD Graphics 510 12 4.4 1.2 Yes Yes 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with HD Graphics 5500 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with HD Graphics 6000 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Iris™ Graphics 6100 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Iris™ Pro Graphics 6200 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes Intel® Core™ M with Intel® HD Graphics 5300 12 4.4 2.0 Yes Yes 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics 5200 12 4.3 1.2 Yes Yes 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® Iris™ Graphics 5100 12 4.3 1.2 Yes Yes 4th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors with Intel® HD Graphics 5000/4600/4400/4200 12 4.3 1.2 Yes Yes Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® Processors with Intel® HD Graphics based on 4th and 5th Generation Intel® Core™ 12 4.3 1.2 Yes Yes

SOFTWARE

On 6th Generation Intel Core and Intel Mobile Xeon processors and related Pentium/Celeron:

Microsoft Windows* 10 64-bit

Microsoft Windows* 8.1 64-bit

Microsoft Windows* 7 64-bit, 32-bit

On 5th Generation Intel Core processors and related Pentium/Celeron:

Microsoft Windows* 10 64-bit

Microsoft Windows* 8.1 64-bit, 32-bit

Microsoft Windows* 7 64-bit, 32-bit

On 4th Generation Intel Core processors and related Pentium/Celeron:

Microsoft Windows* 10 64-bit, 32-bit

Note:

If you are uncertain which Intel processor is in your computer, Intel recommends using the Intel Processor Identification Utility or Intel Driver Update Utility to identify your Intel processor. In the Intel® Iris™ and HD Graphics Control Panel (under Options > Options menu > Information Center), the

’Installed DirectX* version’ refers to the operating system’s DirectX version. The Information Center’s ‘Supported DirectX* Version’ refers to the Intel Graphics Driver’s supported DirectX version. The DirectX 12 API is supported but some optional features may not be available. Applications using the DirectX 12 API should query for feature support before using specific hardware features. Please note that DirectX12 is only supported on Windows 10 and DirectX11.3 support is also available on supported Microsoft* operating systems.

KNOWN ISSUES

Game may exit if quality settings are set to high on Hitman Absolution on 4 th /5 th Gen Intel Core Processors

/5 Gen Intel Core Processors Two active taskbars may appear when DisplayPort monitor attached to the system is unplugged while in extended desktop display configuration

Graphics corruption may be observed in Battlefield 4*, Battlefield Hardline*, GRID Autosport*, Metal Gear Solid V*, EVE Online*, Angry Birds*, Total War Shogun 2*, Bioshock 2*, Just Cause*, Just Cause 3*, The Witness*, Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen*, Tron Evolution*, Warframe*, Oil Rush*, Toukiden Kiwami*, F1 2015*, Doom 3*, Doom 4*, Might and Magic Heroes VII*, Worms Revolution*, Reign of Kings*, The Witcher 3*, Catzilla*, Blackguards Cemetery*, Civilization V*, Rise of the Tomb Raider*, Mortal Kombat X*, Monster Hunter Online*, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst*, Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2*, Fallout 4*, XCOM 2*, FIFA 16*, Act of Aggression*, World of Tanks*, Ark Survival Evolved*, Netflix* with Edge* browser, 3DMark11*, Kishonti* benchmark

Crash or hang in Grand Theft Auto V*, Jedi Academy*, FIFA 16*, Mortal Kombat X*, Call of Duty: Black Ops III*, Dying Light*, Diner Dash Hometown Hero*, Dark Souls 3*, Batman Arkham Knight*, Vendetta Curse of Raven’s Cry*, Jedi Academy*, Warhammer*, Kishonti CompuBench* benchmark

Game may return to desktop during gameplay on Fallout 4*, Lego Jurassic World*, The Witcher 3*, H1Z1: Just Survive*

Lighting may turn off and on frequently and randomly in Final Fantasy XIII*

Display flickering may be observed while adjusting brightness on the main menu of the Rage* game

Blank screen may occur in Angry Birds* when going from window to Full screen

Blood is blue instead of red in Far Cry Primal*

Assassins Creed Syndicate* may stop responding

Game gets dimmed on Lego Star Wars 3: The Clone Wars*

Blue screen or error message may occur in DayZ* game

Screen may not rotate in full screen mode and other miscellaneous issues with screen rotation

Flickering may be seen on GFXBench 4.0*

Jerky video playback when external display is plugged or unplugged

Unable to play back Amazon Prime video after resume from S3 or S4

More on Intel® Core™ processors

For more information on the Intel® Core™ processor family, Intel® Xeon® processor E3 family, and 6th Generation Intel Core processors, please visit:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/core-processor-family.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/xeon/xeon-processor-e3-family.html http://www.intel.com/graphics http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/core/6th-gen-core-family-mobile-brief.html

We continuously strive to improve the quality of our products to better serve our users and appreciate feedback on any issues you discover and suggestions for future driver releases.

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