(ios-backends)=
# Backends

Available hardware acceleration backends for iOS deployment.

## Apple Hardware Acceleration (Recommended)

- {doc}`ios-coreml` — CoreML (NPU/GPU, recommended for iOS)
- {doc}`ios-mps` — Metal Performance Shaders (GPU)

## CPU Acceleration

- {doc}`ios-xnnpack` — XNNPACK (CPU acceleration)

```{toctree}
:hidden:
ios-coreml
ios-mps
ios-xnnpack