Metal
Apple's GPU framework for Apple Silicon acceleration
B
Score: 74/100
Type
Execution
aot
Interface
sdk
About
Metal is Apple's low-level GPU programming framework for Apple Silicon and AMD GPUs on Mac. For local LLM inference, Metal enables GPU acceleration on M1/M2/M3 chips with unified memory architecture, allowing efficient use of system RAM for model weights.
Performance
50ms
Cold Start
100MB
Base Memory
20ms
Startup Overhead
✓ Last Verified
Date: Jan 18, 2026
Method: manual test
Manually verified
Languages
SwiftObjective-CC++
Details
- Isolation
- hardware
- Maturity
- production
- License
- Proprietary