---
title: "sparseTileSizeInBytes(sparsePageSize:)"
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "metal/mtldevice/sparsetilesizeinbytes(sparsepagesize:)"
---

# sparseTileSizeInBytes(sparsePageSize:)

Returns the size, in bytes, of a sparse tile the GPU device creates with a specific page size.

## Declaration

```swift
func sparseTileSizeInBytes(sparsePageSize: MTLSparsePageSize) -> Int
```

## Parameters

- `sparsePageSize`: An doc://com.apple.metal/documentation/Metal/MTLSparsePageSize instance.

## See Also

### Working with sparse textures

- [sparseTileSize(textureType:pixelFormat:sampleCount:sparsePageSize:)](metal/mtldevice/sparsetilesize(texturetype:pixelformat:samplecount:sparsepagesize:).md)
- [sparseTileSize(with:pixelFormat:sampleCount:)](metal/mtldevice/sparsetilesize(with:pixelformat:samplecount:).md)
- [sparseTileSizeInBytes](metal/mtldevice/sparsetilesizeinbytes.md)
- [convertSparsePixelRegions(_:toTileRegions:withTileSize:alignmentMode:numRegions:)](metal/mtldevice/convertsparsepixelregions(_:totileregions:withtilesize:alignmentmode:numregions:).md)
- [convertSparseTileRegions(_:toPixelRegions:withTileSize:numRegions:)](metal/mtldevice/convertsparsetileregions(_:topixelregions:withtilesize:numregions:).md)
- [MTLSparsePageSize](metal/mtlsparsepagesize.md)
- [MTLSparseTextureRegionAlignmentMode](metal/mtlsparsetextureregionalignmentmode.md)