In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and the Apple M2 8-Core GPU, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Apple M2 8-Core GPU is 53 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB and has 640 texture shaders and 5 execution units.
Apple M2 8-Core GPU is based on Apple M2 (8-GPU), which has 1024 shaders and 128 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Memory Size
2 GB
24 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory Clock
1.752 GHz
3.200 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
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Memory bandwidth
112 GB/s
102 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 has 2 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR5 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU can access 24 GB LPDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 102 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Base Clock
1.354 GHz
1.400 GHz
Boost Clock
1.455 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 clocks in the base with up to 1.354 GHz. The base frequency of the Apple M2 8-Core GPU is 1.400 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
TDP
75 W
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Tjunction max
97 °C
Unknown
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is 75 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU has a TDP of -- and is supplied with the required energy via -- PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Fan-Type
Axial
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Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 has a total of 0 Axial fans.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Max. Displays
3
2
HDCP
2.2
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HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0b
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DisplayPort
1x DP 1.4
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DVI
1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 3 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU supports a maximum of 2 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Max. resolution
7680x4320
6016x3384
DirectX
12_1
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Raytracing
No
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Apple M2 8-Core GPU is 6016x3384 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
No
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
No
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Length
145 mm
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Height
111 mm
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Width (Slots)
2 Slots
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SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 is 145 mm long, 111 mm high and -- wide.
The Apple M2 8-Core GPU is -- long, -- high and -- wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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