Apple M4 GPU (8-core) vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 GPU (8-core), vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 GPU (8-core) and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
33
15
15
n/a
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
22
20
14
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
46
29
23
n/a
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
28
20
9
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
18
13
11
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
26
16
11
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
13
9
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
13
12
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
27
15
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a26
1080p Ultran/a20
1440p Ultran/a14
4K Ultran/a-
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
3341
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2312
Time Spyn/a2352
Fire Striken/a7703
Night Raidn/a33459
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
31734
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
21180
Background Blurn/a56.6 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a27.4 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a0.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a1.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a1.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a66.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a1916.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6329
G2D Markn/a649
DirectX 11n/a45 fps
DirectX 12n/a25 fps
GPU Computen/a2657 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
34.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a196 fps
Car Chasen/a195.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a166.6 fps
T-Rexn/a839.6 fps
ALU 2n/a744.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a270.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a848.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Apple Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced October, 29, 2024 October, 25, 2016
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Apple M GPU Pascal
Codename Custom GP107
Price n/a 139

GPU

GPU Frequency 500 MHz 1291 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1800 MHz 1392 MHz
Shader Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 128 6
Ray Tracing Cores n/a 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 58 Gpix/sec 45 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 115 GTex/s 67 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.7 TFLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface Custom PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 15 W 75 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 3 nm 14 nm
Max temperature 100 °C 97 °C
Transistor Size n/a 132 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 3 billion
Transistor density n/a 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR5
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 4 GB
Max Throughput
Apple M4 GPU (8-core)
120 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX n/a 12
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenGL n/a 4.6
CUDA n/a 6.1
DisplayPort n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 GPU (8-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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