#GRAPHICS VIDEO CARD FOR APPLE MAC PRO PRO#
The problem with the plan is when it comes to third-party GPUs from the likes of Nvidia, AMD or Intel these (at least at the moment) will not be supported by Silicon Macs. This includes those external GPUs used by MacBook Pro and Mac Pro.Īpple’s argument may be that the need for such external GPU systems will be mitigated by the move to more powerful home-baked graphics technologies, which may be true. Will it translate into performance advantages for Macs?Įarly graphics performance tests concerning the new Apple Silicon suggest Apple’s eight-core A12Z running macOS 11 currently surpasses the integrated graphics of both the AMD Ryzen 5 4500U and the Intel Core i7-1065G7 chips. That’s promising, given the imminent debut of Apple Silicon A14 chips. It replaced Imagination’s PowerVR tech some time ago, though subsequently reached a new licensing deal with the latter firm.īut making GPU tech that works well on an iPhone or iPad is one thing. Apple already makes its own GPUĪpple has been making its own GPU silicon for years. It’s not as if it’s news that Apple is going to make GPUs. You won’t need to wait long until the Mac’s fan starts making a racket in the future, that won't happen (so long as they run Apple Silicon and the apps are Metal native). One of the best ways to see the difference this makes is to run a high-performance Apple Arcade game such as Oceanhorn on both an iOS system and an Intel Mac. It also means you can easily tweak iOS apps to run on Apple Silicon Macs.Īpple Silicon processors also carry high-efficiency audio coding, power management, storage controllers, the Secure Enclave, camera processor, and handle the cryptographic functions Macs currently use a T2 chip to support.Īs a result, these systems can handle a great deal of work, all on processor, for fast performance and better memory bandwidth, power management and battery life. This means that graphics resources can be shared between CPU and GPU more efficiently with no overhead. Another difference between (most) Intel and Apple Silicon Macs is the GPU. While Intel systems use a discrete GPU from other manufacturers, Apple Silicon Macs combine the processor, co-processors – including video encoders and decoders – the Neural Engine and machine learning accelerators onto one chip.
0 kommentar(er)
