Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs Apple M2 GPU (8-core)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, vs Apple M2 GPU (8-core). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
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
33
15
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
22
20
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
46
29
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
30
28
20
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
18
13
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
30
26
16
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
13
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
30
27
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High26n/a
1080p Ultra20n/a
1440p Ultra14n/a
4K Ultra-n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
2312
Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
2072
Time Spy2352n/a
Fire Strike7703n/a
Night Raid33459n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
21180
Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
29705
Background Blur56.6 frames/s58.7 frames/s
Face Detection27.4 frames/s35.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.82 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.2 Gpix/sec1.82 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.27 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.18 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching66.3 Gpix/sec96 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1916.5 fps3825.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
6329
Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
n/a
G2D Mark649n/a
DirectX 1145 fpsn/a
DirectX 1225 fpsn/a
GPU Compute2657 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
34.4 fps
Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
48.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)196 fps296.7 fps
Car Chase195.2 fps231.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)166.6 fps178.6 fps
T-Rex839.6 fps935.1 fps
ALU 2744.9 fps404.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2270.3 fps445 fps
APIOpenGLMetal
OSWindowsOS X
Tessellation848.1n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced October, 25, 2016 June, 6, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Apple M GPU
Codename GP107 n/a
Price 139 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1291 MHz 500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1392 MHz 1398 MHz
Shader Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 6 128
Ray Tracing Cores No n/a
Tensor Cores No n/a
L1 cache 48 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 45 Gpix/sec 45 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 67 GTex/s 89 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.1 TFLOPS 2.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 Custom
TGP 75 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 5 nm
Max temperature 97 °C 94 °C
Transistor Size 132 mm² n/a
Transistor count 3 billion 11.6 billion
Transistor density 22.73 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1752 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 12800 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
112.1 GB/s
Apple M2 GPU (8-core)
102.4 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M2 GPU (8-core) the clear winner in this comparison.

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