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Based on Anandtech benchmarks the M1 Max GPU is basically on par with a mobile 3080, which a quick search tells me is about 60% as fast as a desktop 3080. Not u
by Omniusaspirer 5y ago
Based on Anandtech benchmarks the M1 Max GPU is basically on par with a mobile 3080, which a quick search tells me is about 60% as fast as a desktop 3080. Not unreasonable to believe 2 of them combined will outperform a 3090- with nearly 128 GB of VRAM to boot.
Even more incredible Anandtech reports the M1 max GPU block maxing at 43W in their testing. So a 90W GPU in the M1 Ultra is trading blows with a 350+ watt 3090.
1) https://www.anandtech.com/show/17024/apple-m1-max-performance-review/6 https://www.anandtech.com/show/17024/apple-m1-max-performanc...
- Macha 5y agoGPU scaling is absolutely not linear in that way. nvidia gave up on that in recent generations as without software support to match, you had situations where double 1080s were 95% as fast as one 1080 with worse frame times. Might be nice for e.g. ML where you can effectively treat them as entirely independent GPUs but for games I would be surprised if this matches a high end GPU.
- cassac 5y agoWhat on earth are you talking about. That link shows it’s not even half as fast as the 3060, let alone the 3080. In borderlands it got 24 FPS while the 3080 got 52 FPS. How is that on par?
- squeaky-clean 5y agoIf you buy a Mac for gaming, you're going to have a bad time. Look at the GFXBench 5.0 benchmark. The first graph on the page.
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- Omniusaspirer 5y agoGaming benchmarks are completely irrelevant when discussing the actual raw power of the GPU. As the other commenter said- look at the actual GPU benchmark in the first graph. Legacy games written for x86 CPUs obviously are going to perform poorly. I recommend you actually read the review and don't just scroll to the worst gaming benchmark you can find.
- mhh__ 5y ago> Gaming benchmarks are completely irrelevant when discussing the actual raw power of the GPU. Maybe, but the "raw power" is useless if it can't be exploited. > Legacy games written for x86 CPUs obviously are going to perform poorly. Not if they're GPU-bound. Even native performance isn't that impressive
- Omniusaspirer 5y agoIf the power is substantial enough it will get exploited eventually. Hopefully even if Metal ports don't occur the eventual Asahi-adjacent open source drivers will open the gaming doors.
- cassac 5y agoThere are only two real gaming benchmarks and they are both real bad for the M1. In Tomb Raider it fairs even worse at 4K than it does in borderlands. It’s a great chip but it doesn’t trade blows with anything Nvidia puts out especially at comparable price points. Maybe you buy things to run benchmarks. I buy them to run the software I own. For games they come up short on fps and high on price. That is the inverse of what I’m looking for.