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And M1 is doing this in a 10w SoC. Think different.
And M1 is doing this in a 10w SoC. Think different.
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M1 Chip Beats GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Radeon RX 560 for Graphics Performance
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These new Mac mini's are looking better and better. I purchased the current Mini back in 2019 so by the time my Mac is no longer supported the Mini should have made a massive jump in performance in about 6 yrs.
Yup. Facts destroy their position.
Yes, we KNOW the comparison is against older cards. But they are discrete desktop cards. Look at any other INTEGRATED GPU at the moment and let us know how they compare.
I bought an early 2020 MBP with an i7 and both the CPU and GPU are both jokes in comparison to other machines and what the M1 brings to the table.
Those of you who are downplaying the M1 are showing us how much you love to hug your Pentium 4s.
It's about 4x better than the intel GPU it's replacing. Given Intel GPUs are considered garbage, and the 1050 is an old, low end card, this doesn't really mean much at all. The M1 chip could run circles around with Wii or 360 too, but nobody would consider that anything great either.
Mindblowing that this is just the beginning. I can’t remember feeling this kind of Apple hype since, like, early-gen iPhones.
Let’s borrow some Apple nomenclature even though I’m sure (or I hope, for their sake) they’ll never use it for such, just so we can theorize. This is their first gen—someday there’ll be an S version, a Plus version, a Pro version, a Pro Max version…even a mini version, one that might perform lesser than its generational equivalent but will have AMAZING power efficiency/temperature control—imagine a laptop made out of anodized aluminum that’s cool to the touch during use at all times. (Read: the crazy ones must dream so innovation can happen!)
This gives me something to be excited about with Macs for a long, long time. What a blessing after such a long stretch of focusing virtually singularly on iPhones.
Let’s borrow some Apple nomenclature even though I’m sure (or I hope, for their sake) they’ll never use it for such, just so we can theorize. This is their first gen—someday there’ll be an S version, a Plus version, a Pro version, a Pro Max version…even a mini version, one that might perform lesser than its generational equivalent but will have AMAZING power efficiency/temperature control—imagine a laptop made out of anodized aluminum that’s cool to the touch during use at all times. (Read: the crazy ones must dream so innovation can happen!)
This gives me something to be excited about with Macs for a long, long time. What a blessing after such a long stretch of focusing virtually singularly on iPhones.
Hartley, you may want to update the article to at least discuss integrated graphics in the most recent MacBook Air and Mac mini machines.
It may be fun to think about what major desktop cards will be beat in the future. But most important for people who have been buying these machines is how much improved the gpu power is over just the previous year.
It also shows how the M1 threatens Intel beyond sheer cpu, by far outperforming other packaged hardware Intel is still selling to Apple.
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It may be fun to think about what major desktop cards will be beat in the future. But most important for people who have been buying these machines is how much improved the gpu power is over just the previous year.
It also shows how the M1 threatens Intel beyond sheer cpu, by far outperforming other packaged hardware Intel is still selling to Apple.
See these posts:
I believe the proud accomplishment has to do with TDP and this is an all in one CPU/GPU chip. However, this is not intended to replace a high-end GPU graphics card. I believe Apple is doing something special within mobile to pull this chip off. They still have a long way to go to compete against Radeon and Nvidia for overall high performance supreme.
You can still build a faster PC over the Macbook and Mac Mini for the money. Although what's impressive is the all in one CPU/GPU with low TDP. That is something you can't get in a build. Again its benefits and drawbacks to both designs.
Great! Grateful I skipped a 21.5” iMac purchase.
Looking forward to doing some intensive image etc. tasks on my incoming M1 MBA.
Looking forward to doing some intensive image etc. tasks on my incoming M1 MBA.
1060 and 1050i are the most used graphics cards for on steam and they are remain a popular level to have support for.
We are not going to play ultra settings RD2 but I would love to able to play strategy games which hasn’t been possible with my hardware since 2012
We are not going to play ultra settings RD2 but I would love to able to play strategy games which hasn’t been possible with my hardware since 2012
It’s an integrated GPU on a first gen CPU. What are you not understanding about this?
I look forward to the second and third generation MBP models with updated M processors. This is a great start to be sure. Apple started out slow with the A-Series then hammered massive performance gains year after year. Should be a fun decade ahead.
Everyone seems to be talking about games, but the GPU is not only for games. This benchmark says the GPU in the M1 will help apps like Lightroom, Capture One, Photoshop, Affinity Photo (to name things I use) much better than previous integrated graphics and will probably be plenty enough for that. That is unqualified good news.
These knuckleheads will argue until the end of time. They cannot fathom that Apple has come out swinging with an integrated GPU that does really well and uses so little power.
Seems like M1 already catches up on base model 16" MacBook GPU (Radeon Pro 5300M) and it a MacBook Air chip. This means there is no doubt whatever chip they announce for 14" & 16" MacBook Pro, it will easily best the entire Intel/AMD MacBook Pro line-up.
I think you might be missing the point , there is currently NO iGPU that can compete with it , so they are looking for the relative dGPU to fight against.
As I gave the boxing analogy before , the M1 is fighting in the lightweight category due to its weight (10W) , it is the NEW undisputed unified (memory) world champion , now ppl are asking , can he beat the bigger boys ? and now we start looking up and see where is the limit , it will be silly to compare it against the 350W behemoth , it cannot beat the HW champion , M1 is a lightweight , but it can punch above its weight class ,and that's the point.
Also FYI on the CPU side it can beat the HW champs in single core and be competitive in multicore of the non HEDT machines.
Hope you enjoyed the boxing analogy , enjoy your day.
This is one of the most ridiculous comments here. Intel's current integrated graphics don't even stack up to dGPU's from 2017 so what in hell are you talking about?
You keep saying the "base" model...but it's still the fastest chip Apple makes, because nothing else exists, so it also the flagship model for now.
Can't innovate anymore my ass. Show me Intel's integrated graphics that are as good as any dGPU from 5 years ago. Intels iGPU's suck terribly. Show me where Dell, HP, Samsung or Lenovo is innovating like this. The M1 Chip is amazing!! Good Job Apple. Hush the haters.