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metal-arch - metal platform tool

metal-arch [options]

The metal-arch command with no arguments, displays the architecture of all the GPUs found in the machine.

Known Apple GPU architectures are:

applegpu_gx2
applegpu_g4p
applegpu_g4g
applegpu_g5p
applegpu_g9p
applegpu_g9g
applegpu_g10p
applegpu_g11p
applegpu_g11m
applegpu_g11g
applegpu_g11g_8fstp
applegpu_g12p
applegpu_g13p
applegpu_g13g
applegpu_g13s
applegpu_g13c


Known AMD GPU architectures are:

amdgpu_gfx600
amdgpu_gfx600_nwh
amdgpu_gfx701
amdgpu_gfx704
amdgpu_gfx803
amdgpu_gfx802
amdgpu_gfx900
amdgpu_gfx904
amdgpu_gfx906
amdgpu_gfx1010_nsgc
amdgpu_gfx1010
amdgpu_gfx1011
amdgpu_gfx1012
amdgpu_gfx1030
amdgpu_gfx1032


Known Intel GPU architectures are:

intelgpu_skl_gt2r6
intelgpu_skl_gt2r7
intelgpu_skl_gt3r10
intelgpu_kbl_gt2r0
intelgpu_kbl_gt2r2
intelgpu_kbl_gt2r4
intelgpu_kbl_gt3r1
intelgpu_kbl_gt3r6
intelgpu_icl_1x6x8r7
intelgpu_icl_1x8x8r7


Display available options.

Print the architecture of the default GPU in the machine.

Print human friendly GPU names.

To print the architecture of all the GPUs in the machine:

$ metal-arch


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Metal Shading Language Specification: <https://developer.apple.com/metal/Metal-Shading-Language-Specification.pdf>

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