Chrome Announces WebGPU Implementation in Chrome 113 Beta with Cross‑Platform Support

Chrome’s team announced that after years of development they have finally released a WebGPU implementation, which is now enabled by default in Chrome 113 Beta. WebGPU can be used on the web for high‑performance 3D graphics and data‑parallel computing.

The initial version is available on ChromeOS, macOS, and Windows, with support for other platforms expected later this year.

WebGPU is a specification published by the W3C GPU for the Web Community Group, aiming to allow web code to access GPU functionality in a high‑performance, safe, and reliable manner. It is a browser‑focused graphics API that abstracts differences among DirectX 12, Vulkan, and Metal, enabling developers to write TypeScript/JavaScript that delivers native‑level visual fidelity and leverages modern GPU compute capabilities for complex tasks.

Chrome states that WebGPU offers significant advantages, such as dramatically reducing the JavaScript workload for the same graphics and providing more than a three‑fold improvement for machine‑learning model inference, thanks to its flexible GPU programming model that surpasses what WebGL can achieve.

Browser support

The initial WebGPU version can be used on Vulkan‑enabled ChromeOS devices, Direct3D 12‑enabled Windows devices, and macOS Chrome 113. Linux, Android, and extended support for existing platforms are coming soon. In addition to Chrome’s early implementation, Firefox and Safari are also developing their own WebGPU support.

Library support

Babylon.js fully supports WebGPU

PlayCanvas announced preliminary WebGPU support

TensorFlow.js offers a WebGPU‑optimized version that supports most operators

Three.js is currently working on WebGPU support

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