Let’s make it clear right away that feature level DirectX 12_2 is not a new version of the API. While the standard set of DirectX API functions is supported by any card, the feature level is rather an extension of the set of basic functions that are supported only by certain video cards. For example, the ray tracing technology found on NVIDIA GeForce 20 Series graphics cards is a feature level feature. In other words, the feature level shows what exactly a particular hardware or software platform supports.

In its blog, Microsoft notes that feature level DirectX 12_2 is characterized by support for DirectX Ray Tracing 1.1, Mesh Shaders 1 (increases the image quality when rendering a large number of complex objects in the scene), Variable Shading Rate 2.0 (dynamically adjusts shading, reduces the load on the GPU and improves performance) and Sampler Feedback 0.9 (works on the same principle as the previous technology).