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Life & fun · January 26, 2026

Volume Shader

Test your GPU instantly with professional volumetric ray marching. No install needed. Compare scores on global leaderboard for PC, Mac, iPhone & Android.

Volume Shader launched on January 26, 2026 with 6 votes, #2,272 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

What it does

Preset parameters are optimized for your device type. Mobile devices use lighter settings to ensure smooth performance, while desktop PCs use higher quality settings. Controls fractal detail level. Higher values create more intricate patterns but require more GPU processing power. Sampling stride along the ray. Lower values produce more accurate surface detection but significantly impact performance. Renders at scaled resolution relative to canvas size. Higher values produce sharper images but increase GPU workload. The fastest GPUs running our volume shader stress test. These machines push the limits of volumetric rendering performance. Everything you need to stress test your GPU with…from volumeshader.pro

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