MTLDevice

argumentBuffersSupport MTLArgumentBuffersTier argumentBuffersSupport(): Returns the GPU device’s support tier for argument buffers.
minimumTextureBufferAlignmentForPixelFormat NSUInteger minimumTextureBufferAlignmentForPixelFormat(MTLPixelFormat ): Returns the minimum alignment the GPU device requires to create a texture buffer from a buffer.
name NSString name(): The full name of the GPU device.
newBuffer MTLBuffer newBuffer(NSUInteger length, MTLResourceOptions options): Creates a buffer the method clears with zero values, length is size in bytes.
newBuffer MTLBuffer newBuffer(const(void)* pointer, NSUInteger length, MTLResourceOptions options): Allocates a new buffer of a given length and initializes its contents by copying existing data into it.
newCommandQueue MTLCommandQueue newCommandQueue(): Creates a queue you use to submit rendering and computation commands to a GPU.
newCommandQueue MTLCommandQueue newCommandQueue(NSUInteger maxCommandBufferCount): Creates a queue you use to submit rendering and computation commands to a GPU that has a fixed number of uncompleted command buffers.
newDefaultLibrary MTLLibrary newDefaultLibrary(): Creates a Metal library instance that contains the functions from your app’s default Metal library.
newDepthStencilStateWithDescriptor MTLDepthStencilState newDepthStencilStateWithDescriptor(MTLDepthStencilDescriptor ): Creates a depth-stencil state instance.
newFence MTLFence newFence(): Creates a new memory fence instance.
newIOCommandQueueWithDescriptor MTLIOCommandQueue newIOCommandQueueWithDescriptor(MTLIOCommandQueueDescriptor descriptor, NSError* error): Creates an input/output command queue you use to submit commands that load assets from the file system into GPU resources or system memory.
newLibraryWithSource MTLLibrary newLibraryWithSource(NSString source, MTLCompileOptions options, NSError* error): Synchronously creates a Metal library instance by compiling the functions in a source string.
newRenderPipelineStateWithDescriptor MTLRenderPipelineState newRenderPipelineStateWithDescriptor(MTLRenderPipelineDescriptor descriptor, NSError* error): Synchronously creates a render pipeline state.
newSamplerStateWithDescriptor MTLSamplerState newSamplerStateWithDescriptor(MTLSamplerDescriptor descriptor): Creates a sampler state instance.
newTextureWithDescriptor MTLTexture newTextureWithDescriptor(MTLTextureDescriptor descriptor): Creates a new texture instance.
supportsFamily BOOL supportsFamily(MTLGPUFamily ): Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the GPU device supports the feature set of a specific GPU family.
supportsTextureSampleCount BOOL supportsTextureSampleCount(NSUInteger sampleCount): Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the GPU can sample a texture with a specific number of sample points.