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by bkyiuuMbF 1569 days ago
> But surely the GPU things can't be real? The GPU in the M1 Ultra beats the top-of-the-line Nvidia?

Dubious. https://www.pcgamer.com/apple-m1-max-nvidia-rtx-3080-perform...

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From the article:

> Apple even says its new GPU is a match for Nvidia's RTX 3080 mobile chip, though you'll have to take Apple's word for it on that one. We've also reached out to Nvidia to see what it might have to say on the matter.

> RTX 3080 mobile chip

> mobile chip

There's a 50%[1] (!) difference with mobile and non-mobile versions of the chip. So that's hardly a deal breaker.

[1] https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

The "mobile" scam in GPUs is terrible. Nvidia flat out lies about Mobile performance by giving misleading product names (same as the desktop names).
its beyond that. the same chip might have several tdps and drastic performance differences between models, such that a high tdp 3070 mobile is faster than a low tdp 3080. you end up having to get benchmarks for each particular laptop configuration.
Just for clarity, that article is about the M1 Pro and the M1 Max chips from October.