Render pipelines

A render pipeline performs a series of operations that take the contents of a Scene, and displays them on a screen.

In Unity, you can choose between different render pipelines. Unity provides three prebuilt render pipelines with different capabilities and performance characteristics, or you can create your own.

This section contains the following information:

• Render pipelines introduction
• Switching render pipelines
• Using the Built-in Render Pipeline
• Using the Universal Render Pipeline (URP)
• Using the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)
• Scriptable Render Pipeline (SRP) fundamentals
• Creating a custom render pipeline