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===Direct3D 11 levels===
In Direct3D 11.4 for Windows 10, there are nine feature levels provided by {{code|D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL}} structure; levels 9_1, 9_2 and 9_3 (collectively known as '''Direct3D 10 Level 9''') re-encapsulate various features of popular Direct3D 9 cards, levels 10_0, 10_1 refer to respective legacy versions of Direct3D 10,<ref name="D3D11_downlevel"/> 11_0 and 11_1 reflects the feature introduced with Direct3D 11 and Direct3D 11.1 APIs and runtimes, while levels 12_0 and 12_1 correspond the new feature levels introduced with the Direct3D 12 API.

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|+ Feature levels in Direct3D 11.4
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! Feature level !! Mandatory hardware features !! Optional features 
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| '''9_1'''
|Shader Model 2.0 ({{code|vs_2_0}}/{{code|ps_2_0}}), 2K textures, volume textures, event queries, BC1-3 (a.k.a. DXTn), a few other specific capabilities.
| rowspan="3" {{N/A}}
|-
| '''9_2'''
| Occlusion queries, floating-point formats (no blending), extended caps, all 9_1 features.
|-
| '''9_3'''
| {{code|vs_2_a}}/{{code|ps_2_x}} with instancing and additional shader caps, 4K textures, multiple render targets (4 MRTs), floating-point blending (limited), all 9_2 features.
|-
| '''10_0'''
| Shader Model 4.0, geometry shader, stream out, alpha-to-coverage, 8K textures, MSAA textures, 2-sided stencil, general render target views, texture arrays, BC4/BC5, full floating-point format support, all 9_3 features.
| rowspan="2"| Logical blend operations, DirectCompute (CS 4.0/4.1), extended pixel formats.<ref name="CheckFeatureSupport"/><br /> 
|-
| '''10_1'''
| Shader Model 4.1, cubemap arrays, extended MSAA, all 10_0 features.
|-
| '''11_0'''
| Shader Model 5.0/5.1, hull & domain shaders, DirectCompute (CS 5.0/5.1), 16K textures, BC6H/BC7, extended pixel formats, all 10_1 features.
|style="border-bottom-style:hidden"| UAV only rendering with force sample count, constant buffer offsetting and partial updates, double precision (64-bit) floating point operations, minimum floating-point precision (10- or [[16-bit computing|16-bit]]), min/max filtering.
|-
| '''11_1'''
| Logical blend operations, target-independent rasterization, UAVs at every pipeline stage with increased slot count, UAV only rendering with force sample count, constant buffer offsetting and partial updates, all 11_0 features.
|rowspan=3 style="border-top-style:hidden"| Tiled resources (four tiers), conservative rasterization (three tiers), stencil reference value from Pixel Shader, rasterizer ordered views, typed UAV loads for additional formats.
|-
| '''12_0''' 
| Tiled Resources Tier 2 (Texture2D), Typed UAV Loads (additional formats).
|-
| '''12_1'''
| Conservative Rasterization Tier 1, Rasterizer Ordered Views.
|}