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# MTLGPUFamily.metal3

Represents the Metal 3 features.

```
case metal3
```

## Discussion

The following platform and GPU combinations support Metal 3:

|      |GPUs                                                                                                                                                             |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|iOS   |A14 and later                                                                                                                                                    |
|iPadOS|A14 and later ![](spacer) M1 and later                                                                                                                           |
|macOS |M1 and later ![](spacer) AMD Vega ![](spacer) AMD 5000-series ![](spacer) AMD 6000-series ![](spacer) Intel Iris Pro Graphics  ![](spacer) Intel UHD Graphics 630|

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