---
title: MTLRenderPassSampleBufferAttachmentDescriptor
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptor
---

# MTLRenderPassSampleBufferAttachmentDescriptor

A description of where to store GPU counter information at the start and end of a render pass.

## Declaration

```swift
class MTLRenderPassSampleBufferAttachmentDescriptor
```

## Mentioned in

Creating a counter sample buffer to store a GPU’s counter data during a pass Sampling GPU data into counter sample buffers

## Topics

### Configuring the sample buffer attachment

- [sampleBuffer](metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptor/samplebuffer.md)
- [startOfVertexSampleIndex](metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptor/startofvertexsampleindex.md)
- [endOfVertexSampleIndex](metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptor/endofvertexsampleindex.md)
- [startOfFragmentSampleIndex](metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptor/startoffragmentsampleindex.md)
- [endOfFragmentSampleIndex](metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptor/endoffragmentsampleindex.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Configuring a render command encoder

- [MTL4RenderPassDescriptor](metal/mtl4renderpassdescriptor.md)
- [MTLRenderPassDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpassdescriptor.md)
- [MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpassattachmentdescriptor.md)
- [MTLRenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptorArray](metal/mtlrenderpasscolorattachmentdescriptorarray.md)
- [MTLRenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpasscolorattachmentdescriptor.md)
- [MTLClearColor](metal/mtlclearcolor.md)
- [MTLRenderPassDepthAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpassdepthattachmentdescriptor.md)
- [MTLMultisampleDepthResolveFilter](metal/mtlmultisampledepthresolvefilter.md)
- [MTL4RenderPipelineColorAttachmentDescriptorArray](metal/mtl4renderpipelinecolorattachmentdescriptorarray.md)
- [MTLTileRenderPipelineColorAttachmentDescriptorArray](metal/mtltilerenderpipelinecolorattachmentdescriptorarray.md)
- [MTLRenderPassStencilAttachmentDescriptor](metal/mtlrenderpassstencilattachmentdescriptor.md)
- [MTLMultisampleStencilResolveFilter](metal/mtlmultisamplestencilresolvefilter.md)
- [MTLRenderPassSampleBufferAttachmentDescriptorArray](metal/mtlrenderpasssamplebufferattachmentdescriptorarray.md)
- [MTLLogicalToPhysicalColorAttachmentMap](metal/mtllogicaltophysicalcolorattachmentmap.md)
- [MTLDispatchThreadsIndirectArguments](metal/mtldispatchthreadsindirectarguments.md)