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# MTLDataType.renderPipeline

A Metal render pipeline instance.

```
case renderPipeline
```

## See Also

[`MTLRenderPipelineState`](/documentation/Metal/MTLRenderPipelineState)

An interface that represents a graphics pipeline configuration for a render pass, which the pass applies to the draw commands you encode.


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