Programmatically fetching graphics card details in MacOS

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aparnajoshi OP

Created Jul ’21

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Is there any native cocoa API available which gives below graphic card details in Intel and Apple M1 machines?

Chipset Model, Type, Bus, VRAM (Dynamic, Max), Vendor, Device ID, Revision ID, Automatic Graphics Switching, gMux Version, Metal Family

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aparnajoshi OP

Jul ’21

I need to get Graphics card information in my application. The information I need is the same as displayed by system_profiler SPDisplays command under the section Graphics/Displays but i am looking for native API instead of command.

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Engineer OP

Apple

Jul ’21

Hi, please take a look at these API to get that information

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtldevice/1433359-name?language=objc
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/mtldevice/2915737-registryid?language=objc (coupled with IORegistryEntryIDMatching)

Thanks

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