Apple M1 GPU (8-core) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile

Compared 2 processors: Apple M1 GPU (8-core), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M1 GPU (8-core) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
34
18
15
9
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
23
21
14
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
46
27
21
9
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
31
29
19
10
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
20
13
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28
26
15
11
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
17
9
10
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
17
12
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28
26
18
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a27
1080p Ultran/a20
1440p Ultran/a14
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
1869
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
2309
Time Spyn/a2345
Solar Bay5540n/a
Fire Striken/a7709
Night Raidn/a31352
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
20842
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
21976
Background Blur38.3 frames/s57 frames/s
Face Detection23 frames/s27.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.76 Gpix/sec0.84 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.33 Gpix/sec1.22 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.87 Gpix/sec1.32 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.27 Gpix/sec0.19 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching69.9 Gpix/sec73.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2766.4 fps2037 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
5918
G2D Markn/a323
DirectX 11n/a45 fps
DirectX 12n/a24 fps
GPU Computen/a2190 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
29.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a166.7 fps
Car Chasen/a150.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a134.4 fps
T-Rexn/a643.6 fps
ALU 2n/a622.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a202.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a730.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced November, 20, 2020 January, 3, 2017
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Apple M GPU Pascal
Codename n/a GP107 (N17P-G1)

GPU

GPU Frequency 450 MHz 1493 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 128 6
Ray Tracing Cores No No
Tensor Cores n/a No
L1 cache n/a 48 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 41 Gpix/sec 52 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTex/s 78 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS 2.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 15 W 65 W
Process Intel Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 14 nm
Max temperature 94 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 132 mm²
Transistor count 11.6 billion 3.3 billion
Transistor density n/a 25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8532 MB/s 7008 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 4 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M1 GPU (8-core)
68.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.2.131
OpenGL n/a 4.6
CUDA n/a 6.1
DisplayPort n/a 1.4
Ray Tracing No No
DLSS No No

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