What are the differences between OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenGL ES 3.0

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pushyu picture pushyu · Jul 9, 2013 · Viewed 36.8k times · Source

I want to know what is the differences between OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenGL ES 3.0.

What is the main advantage of OpenGL ES 3.0?

Answer

Alexey Odintsov picture Alexey Odintsov · Jul 9, 2013

I think it would be best to read section "Version 3.0 and Before -> New Features" on the official specs

And it is backward compatible with ES 2.0.

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