create instance select physical device find a suitable queue family index create logical device, get device queue create command pool copy data to device local buffer copy vertices data create staging buffer (host visible), copy vertices data create vertex buffer (device local) submit copy command from staging buffer to vertex buffer destroy staging buffer copy indices data create staging buffer (host visible), copy indices data create indices buffer (device local) submit copy command from staging buffer to vertex buffer destroy staging buffer create device local image create color image & image view create depth stencil image & image view create renderpass create framebuffer of renderpass create graphics pipeline (set many state & shader modules) record command buffer -> submit -> wait create host visible image copy image from device to host