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by DeRock 2051 days ago
No, it shows it performs better? Go look again at the numbers in the linked comparison. Also calling it low-end is misleading, the 1050Ti was solidly mid-tier, and also a dedicated graphics card used in desktop machines. This is comparing it to integrated graphics in a lightweight laptop (the M1 in the recently announced MacBook Air).
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I'm a graphics engineer. It's so low end at this point I honestly dread benchmarking on it.
If you really are a graphics engineer you'll know that the person you're replying to is absolutely right. The performance on this integrated gpu is outstanding and outperforms a dedicated desktop gpu that's ~2 years old on 10W of power.
1060 is budget mid-tier, I don't really see how you could say the 1050ti is anything but low-end when looking at either performance or price
We are talking about a half-inch thick ultrabook with 18 hours of battery life here.

The idea is that this can do the same as what was historically in a thick and heavy gaming laptop that got 4 hours of battery life in use..is very impressive. It firmly destroys all SKUs of the 15 inch MBP