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# MTLCommonCounterSet

The name of a specific counter set that a GPU device can support.

```
struct MTLCommonCounterSet
```

## Overview

This type defines the constants that let a GPU device declare which counter sets it supports.

> Important:
> Some GPUs may only support some of the counters within a counter set.

For more information, see [Confirming which counters and counter sets a GPU supports](/documentation/Metal/confirming-which-counters-and-counter-sets-a-gpu-supports).

## Topics

### Common counter set names

[`timestamp`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCommonCounterSet/timestamp)

The common name for the counter set that contains the timestamp counter.

[`stageUtilization`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCommonCounterSet/stageUtilization)

The common name for the counter set that contains hardware utilization measurements from various render stages.

[`statistic`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCommonCounterSet/statistic)

The common name for the counter set that contains GPU workload statistics.

### Swift support

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLCommonCounterSet/init(rawValue:))

Creates a common counter set name from a raw value.


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