Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--disable-gpu-vsync

What does --disable-gpu-vsync do?

Stop the GPU from synchronizing presentation with vblank.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-vsync using CLI

chrome --disable-gpu-vsync

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-vsync using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--disable-gpu-vsync']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-vsync using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-gpu-vsync']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-vsync using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-gpu-vsync')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

ENABLE_VULKAN && \