DirectX 11 has been the industry standard for over a decade. It is a high-level API, meaning the driver software (from NVIDIA or AMD) does a lot of the heavy lifting regarding resource management and error handling.
Use DX12 . Suffer through the first 10 minutes of shader stutter, and you will be rewarded with a smoother, more responsive experience. the finals dx11 vs dx12
In the sprawling digital city of SysCore , there was no arena more brutal, more celebrated, or more nonsensical than the annual Finals of the Rendering Rumble. Every year, two competing graphics APIs fought to render the same scene: a chaotic, exploding skyscraper filled with particle effects, reflective glass, ragdoll physics, and one very nervous teapot. DirectX 11 has been the industry standard for over a decade