Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking348not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.09no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameN17P-G1 Max-Qno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2018 (6 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price$1140 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores76816
Core clock speed1151 – 1290 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1290 – 1417 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 - 46 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate68.02no data
Floating-point performance2,177 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed7000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth112.1 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131no data
CUDA6.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2018 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 10 Watt

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