---
title: MLCOptimizerDescriptor
framework: ML Compute
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
platforms: [iOS 14.0+, iPadOS 14.0+, Mac Catalyst 14.0+, macOS 11.0+, tvOS 14.0+]
path: mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor
---

# MLCOptimizerDescriptor

A configuration object you use to create an optimizer.

## Declaration

```swift
class MLCOptimizerDescriptor
```

## Topics

### Creating an Optimizer Descriptor

- [init(learningRate:gradientRescale:regularizationType:regularizationScale:)](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/init(learningrate:gradientrescale:regularizationtype:regularizationscale:).md)
- [init(learningRate:gradientRescale:appliesGradientClipping:gradientClipMax:gradientClipMin:regularizationType:regularizationScale:)](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/init(learningrate:gradientrescale:appliesgradientclipping:gradientclipmax:gradientclipmin:regularizationtype:regularizationscale:).md)
- [init(learningRate:gradientRescale:appliesGradientClipping:gradientClippingType:gradientClipMax:gradientClipMin:maximumClippingNorm:customGlobalNorm:regularizationType:regularizationScale:)](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/init(learningrate:gradientrescale:appliesgradientclipping:gradientclippingtype:gradientclipmax:gradientclipmin:maximumclippingnorm:customglobalnorm:regularizationtype:regularizationscale:).md)

### Inspecting an Optimizer Descriptor

- [learningRate](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/learningrate.md)
- [gradientRescale](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/gradientrescale.md)
- [appliesGradientClipping](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/appliesgradientclipping.md)
- [gradientClipMax](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/gradientclipmax.md)
- [gradientClipMin](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/gradientclipmin.md)
- [regularizationScale](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/regularizationscale.md)
- [regularizationType](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/regularizationtype.md)
- [gradientClippingType](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/gradientclippingtype.md)
- [MLCGradientClippingType](mlcompute/mlcgradientclippingtype.md)
- [maximumClippingNorm](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/maximumclippingnorm.md)
- [customGlobalNorm](mlcompute/mlcoptimizerdescriptor/customglobalnorm.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

### Supporting Types

- [MLCRegularizationType](mlcompute/mlcregularizationtype.md)