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# MPSNNGradientFilterNode

A representation of a gradient filter.

```
class MPSNNGradientFilterNode
```

## Relationships

### Inherited By

[`MPSCNNSpatialNormalizationGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNSpatialNormalizationGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNUpsamplingNearestGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNUpsamplingNearestGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNPoolingGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNPoolingGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNBatchNormalizationGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNBatchNormalizationGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNGroupNormalizationGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNGroupNormalizationGradientNode)

[`MPSNNReductionSpatialMeanGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSNNReductionSpatialMeanGradientNode)

[`MPSNNArithmeticGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSNNArithmeticGradientNode)

[`MPSNNConcatenationGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSNNConcatenationGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNDropoutGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNDropoutGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNLocalContrastNormalizationGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNLocalContrastNormalizationGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNLogSoftMaxGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNLogSoftMaxGradientNode)

[`MPSNNLossGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSNNLossGradientNode)

[`MPSNNPadGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSNNPadGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNNeuronGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNNeuronGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNInstanceNormalizationGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNInstanceNormalizationGradientNode)

[`MPSNNReshapeGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSNNReshapeGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNSoftMaxGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNSoftMaxGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNUpsamplingBilinearGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNUpsamplingBilinearGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNCrossChannelNormalizationGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNCrossChannelNormalizationGradientNode)

[`MPSNNGramMatrixCalculationGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSNNGramMatrixCalculationGradientNode)

[`MPSCNNConvolutionGradientNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSCNNConvolutionGradientNode)

### Inherits From

[`MPSNNFilterNode`](/documentation/MetalPerformanceShaders/MPSNNFilterNode)

### Conforms To

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

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