Which graphics cards or integrated GPUs support metal?

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Apple announced metal for OS X.

Apple's website clearly states some features will not be available on all macs, which seems to refer to metal support.

But is there a list of already confirmed GPUs, most importantly are intel integrated GPUs supported?

This would help me choosing a future dev computer with metal support this summer.

We know Metal on iOS is linked to OpenGL ES 3.0 support. All devices which support OpenGL ES 3 also support Metal.

Is there a direct link between Metal support and a specific version of OpenGL (and maybe unrelated to graphics OpenCL)?

Let's see whether somebody digs out some publicly available information about this. — nohillside♦, Jun 11 '15 at 8:23

Matthieu Riegler · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-11 10:06:47Z

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In the WWDC 2015 video "What's new in Metal, Part 1", Rav Dhiraj from the GPU software division states at 8'40"

Metal is supported by all Macs introduced since 2012. (Nvidia, AMD and Intel)

This means :

answered Jun 11 '15 at 9:10

Matthieu Riegler

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Doesn't it coincide with OpenCL compatible GPU drivers? – Coyote Jun 11 '15 at 11:43
Not exactely : support.apple.com/en-gb/HT202823 It's probably with openGL 4/OpenCL 1.2 – Matthieu Riegler Jun 11 '15 at 12:09
Perfect! I just watched the keynote and this is exactly what they say: all configurations since 2012 across the 3 vendors (intel, nvidia, amd). – Coyote Jun 12 '15 at 14:04

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James · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31 22:49:39Z

I'm running a mac pro 3,1 with a gtx 760 card (kepler based) and according to the metalinfo app released by netkas it is metal supported:

MetalInfo! Metal Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Lower Power Device: No Headless Device: Yes logout Saving session...completed.

Turns out all you need is a modern graphics card!

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