diff --git a/examples/utilities/render/stats.qml b/examples/utilities/render/stats.qml
index 6326910220..0e51cb8834 100644
--- a/examples/utilities/render/stats.qml
+++ b/examples/utilities/render/stats.qml
@@ -122,13 +122,13 @@ Item {
             plots: [
                 {
                     prop: "frameTriangleCount",
-                    label: "Frame",
-                    color: "#E2334D"
+                    label: "Triangles",
+                    color: "#1AC567"
                 },
                 {
                     prop: "frameTriangleRate",
                     label: "rate",
-                    color: "#1AC567",
+                    color: "#E2334D",
                     scale: 0.001,
                     unit: "MT/s"
                 }
@@ -140,15 +140,20 @@ Item {
             object: stats.config
             trigger: stats.config["frameDrawcallCount"]
             plots: [
+                {
+                    prop: "frameAPIDrawcallCount",
+                    label: "API Drawcalls",
+                    color: "#00B4EF"
+                },
                 {
                     prop: "frameDrawcallCount",
-                    label: "Frame",
-                    color: "#E2334D"
+                    label: "GPU Drawcalls",
+                    color: "#1AC567"
                 },
                 {
                     prop: "frameDrawcallRate",
                     label: "rate",
-                    color: "#1AC567",
+                    color: "#E2334D",
                     scale: 0.001,
                     unit: "K/s"
                 }
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Context.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Context.h
index b898bddef9..7f442895a5 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Context.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Context.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public:
 
     int _RSNumTextureBounded = 0;
 
+    int _DSNumAPIDrawcalls = 0;
     int _DSNumDrawcalls = 0;
     int _DSNumTriangles = 0;
  
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
index e847ad1a42..b5b6437ed8 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ void GLBackend::do_draw(Batch& batch, size_t paramOffset) {
     glDrawArrays(mode, startVertex, numVertices);
     _stats._DSNumTriangles += numVertices / 3;
     _stats._DSNumDrawcalls++;
+    _stats._DSNumAPIDrawcalls++;
 
     (void)CHECK_GL_ERROR();
 }
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ void GLBackend::do_drawIndexed(Batch& batch, size_t paramOffset) {
     glDrawElements(mode, numIndices, glType, indexBufferByteOffset);
     _stats._DSNumTriangles += numIndices / 3;
     _stats._DSNumDrawcalls++;
+    _stats._DSNumAPIDrawcalls++;
 
     (void) CHECK_GL_ERROR();
 }
@@ -358,6 +360,7 @@ void GLBackend::do_drawInstanced(Batch& batch, size_t paramOffset) {
     glDrawArraysInstancedARB(mode, startVertex, numVertices, numInstances);
     _stats._DSNumTriangles += (numInstances * numVertices) / 3;
     _stats._DSNumDrawcalls += numInstances;
+    _stats._DSNumAPIDrawcalls++;
 
     (void) CHECK_GL_ERROR();
 }
@@ -383,6 +386,7 @@ void GLBackend::do_drawIndexedInstanced(Batch& batch, size_t paramOffset) {
 #endif
     _stats._DSNumTriangles += (numInstances * numIndices) / 3;
     _stats._DSNumDrawcalls += numInstances;
+    _stats._DSNumAPIDrawcalls++;
 
     (void)CHECK_GL_ERROR();
 }
@@ -395,6 +399,8 @@ void GLBackend::do_multiDrawIndirect(Batch& batch, size_t paramOffset) {
 
     glMultiDrawArraysIndirect(mode, reinterpret_cast<GLvoid*>(_input._indirectBufferOffset), commandCount, (GLsizei)_input._indirectBufferStride);
     _stats._DSNumDrawcalls += commandCount;
+    _stats._DSNumAPIDrawcalls++;
+
 #else
     // FIXME implement the slow path
 #endif
@@ -410,7 +416,7 @@ void GLBackend::do_multiDrawIndexedIndirect(Batch& batch, size_t paramOffset) {
   
     glMultiDrawElementsIndirect(mode, indexType, reinterpret_cast<GLvoid*>(_input._indirectBufferOffset), commandCount, (GLsizei)_input._indirectBufferStride);
     _stats._DSNumDrawcalls += commandCount;
-
+    _stats._DSNumAPIDrawcalls++;
 #else
     // FIXME implement the slow path
 #endif
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/EngineStats.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/EngineStats.cpp
index ee96e0cd86..794f278fcf 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/EngineStats.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/EngineStats.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ void EngineStats::run(const SceneContextPointer& sceneContext, const RenderConte
     gpu::ContextStats gpuStats(_gpuStats);
     renderContext->args->_context->getStats(_gpuStats);
 
+    config->frameAPIDrawcallCount = _gpuStats._DSNumAPIDrawcalls - gpuStats._DSNumAPIDrawcalls;
     config->frameDrawcallCount = _gpuStats._DSNumDrawcalls - gpuStats._DSNumDrawcalls;
     config->frameDrawcallRate = config->frameDrawcallCount * frequency;
 
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/EngineStats.h b/libraries/render/src/render/EngineStats.h
index 478d94855e..4a57724644 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/EngineStats.h
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/EngineStats.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace render {
         Q_PROPERTY(qint64 textureCPUMemoryUsage MEMBER textureCPUMemoryUsage NOTIFY dirty)
         Q_PROPERTY(qint64 textureGPUMemoryUsage MEMBER textureGPUMemoryUsage NOTIFY dirty)
 
+        Q_PROPERTY(quint32 frameAPIDrawcallCount MEMBER frameAPIDrawcallCount NOTIFY dirty)
         Q_PROPERTY(quint32 frameDrawcallCount MEMBER frameDrawcallCount NOTIFY dirty)
         Q_PROPERTY(quint32 frameDrawcallRate MEMBER frameDrawcallRate NOTIFY dirty)
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ namespace render {
         qint64 textureCPUMemoryUsage{ 0 };
         qint64 textureGPUMemoryUsage{ 0 };
 
+        quint32 frameAPIDrawcallCount{ 0 };
         quint32 frameDrawcallCount{ 0 };
         quint32 frameDrawcallRate{ 0 };