What Eevee Runs On?

[sphereoid]

This may seem like a stupid question, but what does eevee run on? CPU? GPU? OpenGL? Vulcan? If it’s on a mac does it use Metal? Thanks

[joseph (J)]

GPU- the underlying library depends on your architecture. You can learn more about Mac specific Eevee development here:

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