Metal 3

E519907

Metal 3 is an updated generation of Apple’s low-level graphics and compute API designed to deliver higher performance and more advanced GPU features on Apple platforms.

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Metal 3 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apple technology ⓘ
compute API ⓘ
graphics API ⓘ
category application programming interface ⓘ
graphics and multimedia technology ⓘ
compatibleWith Metal Shading Language ⓘ
Xcode ⓘ
designedFor Apple platform integration ⓘ
tight hardware–software optimization ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
enables console-quality games on Mac ⓘ
efficient porting of games to Apple platforms ⓘ
goal enable advanced visual effects in games ⓘ
higher performance on Apple GPUs ⓘ
improve GPU compute efficiency ⓘ
reduced CPU overhead for graphics ⓘ
introducedAt Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) ⓘ
partOf Metal ⓘ
platform Apple GPUs ⓘ
linked to: Apple GPU

Apple silicon Macs ⓘ
linked to: Apple silicon

iOS ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
tvOS ⓘ
predecessor Metal 2 ⓘ
supports GPU compute ⓘ
MetalFX Spatial Upscaling ⓘ
MetalFX Temporal Upscaling ⓘ
linked to: MetalFX Upscaling

MetalFX Upscaling ⓘ
advanced GPU features ⓘ
advanced debugging and profiling tools ⓘ
fast resource loading ⓘ
graphics rendering ⓘ
high-performance gaming ⓘ
improved shader compilation pipeline ⓘ
low-level GPU access ⓘ
machine learning workloads via GPU compute ⓘ
modern rendering techniques ⓘ
ray tracing (Apple GPU–specific) ⓘ
resource management APIs ⓘ
useCase GPU-accelerated compute tasks ⓘ
game development ⓘ
professional graphics applications ⓘ
real-time rendering ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metal → version → Metal 3 ⓘ
Apple GPU → supports → Metal 3 ⓘ