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# MTLGPUFamily

Represents the functionality for families of GPUs.

```
enum MTLGPUFamily
```

## Overview

Check whether a GPU supports the features of a specific family by calling the [`supportsFamily(_:)`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDevice/supportsFamily(_:)) method of a GPU’s [`MTLDevice`](/documentation/Metal/MTLDevice) instance.

## Topics

### Checking for Metal family GPU support

[`MTLGPUFamily.metal4`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/metal4)

[`MTLGPUFamily.metal3`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/metal3)

Represents the Metal 3 features.

### Checking for Apple family GPU support

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple9`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple9)

Represents the Apple family 9 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A17, M3, and M4 GPUs.

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple8`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple8)

Represents the Apple family 8 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A15, A16, and M2 GPUs.

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple7`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple7)

Represents the Apple family 7 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A14 and M1 GPUs.

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple6`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple6)

Represents the Apple family 6 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A13 GPUs.

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple5`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple5)

Represents the Apple family 5 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A12 GPUs.

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple4`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple4)

Represents the Apple family 4 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A11 GPUs.

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple3`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple3)

Represents the Apple family 3 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A9 and A10 GPUs.

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple2`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple2)

Represents the Apple family 2 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A8 GPUs.

[`MTLGPUFamily.apple1`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/apple1)

Represents the Apple family 1 GPU features that correspond to the Apple A7 GPUs.

### Checking for common GPU support

[`MTLGPUFamily.common3`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/common3)

Represents the Common family 3 GPU features.

[`MTLGPUFamily.common2`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/common2)

Represents the Common family 2 GPU features.

[`MTLGPUFamily.common1`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/common1)

Represents the Common family 1 GPU features.

### Checking for macOS family GPU support

[`MTLGPUFamily.mac2`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/mac2)

Represents the Mac family 2 GPU features.

[`MTLGPUFamily.mac1`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/mac1)

Represents the Mac family 1 GPU features.

### Checking for Mac Catalyst family GPU support

[`MTLGPUFamily.macCatalyst2`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/macCatalyst2)

Represents a family 2 Mac GPU when running an app you built with Mac Catalyst.

[`MTLGPUFamily.macCatalyst1`](/documentation/Metal/MTLGPUFamily/macCatalyst1)

Represents a family 1 Mac GPU when running an app you built with Mac Catalyst.

### Swift support

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

Creates a GPU family instance from a raw value.


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