How to find the version of OpenGL supported on my computer?
On Windows computers
- Download the tool glewinfo.exe, this tool is found in The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library
- Launch the program
- glewinfo will generate a report glewinfo.txt with the version of OpenGL supported :
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GLEW Extension Info
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GLEW version 2.1.0
Reporting capabilities of pixelformat 7
Running on a Radeon RX 580 Series from ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL version 4.6.13547 Compatibility Profile Context 25.20.15031.1000 is supported
The report contain a lot of information about the OpenGL functions supported.
For example here is the full report of my computer: glewinfo.txt
On Mac computers
You can find the version of OpenGL supported with the model of your computer here: Mac computers that use OpenCL and OpenGL graphics.
On linux computers
- You will need to install the package mesa-utils who contains GL utilities built by Mesa.
In a terminal type : sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
- Then call glxinfo with grep :
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version"