Total Texture memory size iOS OpenGL ES My team is running into an issue where the amount of texture memory allocated via the glTexImage2D is high enough that it crashes the app ( at about 400 MB for iPhone 5). We're taking steps to minimize the texture allocation ( via compression, using fewer bits channel and doing procedural shaders for VFX etc). Since the app crashed on glTexImage2D, I felt like, it's running out of texture memory (as against virtual memory). Is there any documentation guideline on the recommended texture memory usage by an app (not just optimize your texture memory) . AFAIK on iOS devices ( and many Android devices) there's no dedicated VRAM and our app process is still well within the virtual memory limit. Is this some how related to the size of physical RAM ? My searches so far has resulted only in info on max texture size and tricks for optimizing texture usage and such. Any information is appreciated.