---
title: MTLTensorUsage
framework: metal
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: metal/mtltensorusage
---

# MTLTensorUsage

The type that represents the different contexts for a tensor.

## Declaration

```swift
struct MTLTensorUsage
```

## Topics

### Initializers

- [init(rawValue:)](metal/mtltensorusage/init(rawvalue:).md)

### Type Properties

- [compute](metal/mtltensorusage/compute.md)
- [machineLearning](metal/mtltensorusage/machinelearning.md)
- [render](metal/mtltensorusage/render.md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [BitwiseCopyable](swift/bitwisecopyable.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [ExpressibleByArrayLiteral](swift/expressiblebyarrayliteral.md)
- [OptionSet](swift/optionset.md)
- [RawRepresentable](swift/rawrepresentable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)
- [SetAlgebra](swift/setalgebra.md)

## See Also

### Tensors

- [MTLTensor](metal/mtltensor.md)
- [MTLTensorDescriptor](metal/mtltensordescriptor.md)
- [MTLTensorExtents](metal/mtltensorextents.md)
- [MTLTensorReferenceType](metal/mtltensorreferencetype.md)
- [MTLTensorDomain](metal/mtltensordomain.md)
- [MTLTensorBinding](metal/mtltensorbinding.md)
- [MTLTensorError](metal/mtltensorerror-swift.struct.md)
- [MTLTensorError.Code](metal/mtltensorerror-swift.struct/code.md)
- [MTLTensorDataType](metal/mtltensordatatype.md)
- [MTLTensorDomain](metal/mtltensordomain.md)
- [MTL_TENSOR_MAX_RANK](metal/mtl_tensor_max_rank.md)