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This basically seems to line up with what another tech community (outside of AI / ML) seem to agree on: that Apple hardware is not that great for 3D modeling or

This basically seems to line up with what another tech community (outside of AI / ML) seem to agree on: that Apple hardware is not that great for 3D modeling or animation work. Their M1 and M2 chips rank terribly on the open-source Blender benchmark: https://opendata.blender.org/ https://opendata.blender.org/ Despite Apple engineers contributing hardware support to Blender: https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/09/blender-3-1-update-adds-metal-gpu-rendering-for-m1-macs/ https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/09/blender-3-1-update-adds-metal... So looks like NVidia (and AMD to some extent) are winning the 3D usage war as well for now.

p1necone 4y ago
They're pretty darn good for laptop GPUs. This isn't really an Apple specific problem - GPUs with low power budgets are never going to beat GPUs intended to permanently run off of wall power. (I know there's stuff like the Mac Studio and iMac, but those are effectively still just laptop guts in a (compact) desktop form factor rather than a system designed from the ground up for high performance workstation type use) I'd love to see a dedicated PCIe GPU developed by Apple with their knowledge from designing the m1/m2, but it's not really their style.
hbbio 4y ago
Specifically, a Macbook Air M2 ranks more or less like a NVidia GTX 970 of 2014. But... the GTX by itself has a 145W TDP, whereas the whole laptop has a TDP of 20W! This is super impressive imho, but of course not in the raw power department.