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What gpu offers the same power efficiency as the one in the m1? Apple is matching the 75w 1050ti with less than 5w of power. The 3060ti is a 200w gpu, which is

by Joeri 6y ago

What gpu offers the same power efficiency as the one in the m1? Apple is matching the 75w 1050ti with less than 5w of power. The 3060ti is a 200w gpu, which is 40x the power draw of the gpu in the m1, but it is only 5x the performance. Gpu’s might not scale linearly, but it may very well be the case that apple will blow us away when they ship their high end gpu’s.

kllrnohj 6y ago
> Apple is matching the 75w 1050ti with less than 5w of power. Who gives a shit about the desktop 1050 Ti here? The M1 comes close but can't match a 1650 Mobile, and the 1650 mobile is both faster than a 1050 Ti and uses less power. Almost like the 1050 Ti was never the pinnacle of anything but being cheap? Then again, the 1050 Ti doesn't use 75w, either ( https://www.techpowerup.com/review/palit-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-kalmx/28.html https://www.techpowerup.com/review/palit-geforce-gtx-1050-ti... ), just like the M1's isn't "less than 5W" ( https://www.anandtech.com/show/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-tested https://www.anandtech.com/show/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-teste... - more like ~10-15w for just the GPU) The M1's good enough it doesn't need nonsensical comparisons with fake numbers to exaggerate things further. Let it be what it is, which is a good integrated GPU not that dissimilar to other recent integrated GPUs EDIT: Although if you do care about power efficiency, sites like techpowerup have you covered: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt/36.html https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt/36.... performance / watt graphs.
forrestthewoods 6y ago
I can’t wait to see Apple’s high-end GPU configurations. In either laptop or desktop form factor. Efficiency is cool. (heh) But if I need X then a highly efficient X/5 still doesn’t deliver X. I doubt Apple will ever sacrifice their overly thin MacBook ergonomics for power. But I’m hoping they max out their desktop form factor.

by Joeri 6y ago

kllrnohj 6y ago

> Apple is matching the 75w 1050ti with less than 5w of power. Who gives a shit about the desktop 1050 Ti here? The M1 comes close but can't match a 1650 Mobile, and the 1650 mobile is both faster than a 1050 Ti and uses less power. Almost like the 1050 Ti was never the pinnacle of anything but being cheap? Then again, the 1050 Ti doesn't use 75w, either ( https://www.techpowerup.com/review/palit-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-kalmx/28.html https://www.techpowerup.com/review/palit-geforce-gtx-1050-ti... ), just like the M1's isn't "less than 5W" ( https://www.anandtech.com/show/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-tested https://www.anandtech.com/show/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-teste... - more like ~10-15w for just the GPU) The M1's good enough it doesn't need nonsensical comparisons with fake numbers to exaggerate things further. Let it be what it is, which is a good integrated GPU not that dissimilar to other recent integrated GPUs EDIT: Although if you do care about power efficiency, sites like techpowerup have you covered: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt/36.html https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6800-xt/36.... performance / watt graphs.

forrestthewoods 6y ago

I can’t wait to see Apple’s high-end GPU configurations. In either laptop or desktop form factor. Efficiency is cool. (heh) But if I need X then a highly efficient X/5 still doesn’t deliver X. I doubt Apple will ever sacrifice their overly thin MacBook ergonomics for power. But I’m hoping they max out their desktop form factor.