Different API, WebGPU is supposed to be a safe common denominator for Vulkan, DirectX 12 and Metal. WebGL is that, but for OpenGL ES 2.0, and WebGL 2 is that b

Different API, WebGPU is supposed to be a safe common denominator for Vulkan, DirectX 12 and Metal. WebGL is that, but for OpenGL ES 2.0, and WebGL 2 is that but for OpenGL ES 3.0. WebGL is OK for graphics, but pretty hard to effectively adapt for compute / simulations.