The Apple M1 Ultra has been absolutely flattened by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 in a synthetic benchmark and gaming comparison. This particular M1 Ultra, in a brand-new Apple Mac Studio, was the 20-core CPU/64-core GPU model, which is as high-end as it gets. But the RTX 3090 was able to score over +158% higher than the Apple silicon in one synthetic benchmark.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple-M1-Ultra-gets-flattened-by-GeForce-RTX-3090-in-synthetic-and-gaming-benchmark-comparison.608821.0.html
Good to know Shadow of the Tomb Raider is now Apple Silicon native and that Apple no longer considers OpenCL deprecated on its hardware.
For sure they didn't even use DLSS or raytracing in TR. What enrages me is all the fanboys that suggest mac product for game design, like gamesfromscratch. How can you paddle that overpriced middle range machines to people that are just starting?!
apple graph shows performance per watt, not outright performance figures.
so the only people suprised are those that dont understand how to interpret a graph. If you want top fps buy 3090, and dont look at the electricity bill when it next arrives
I'm wondering if the M1 family might be good for mining. Since miners are always seeking the next best thing I'm sure we'll all know soon.
Apple needs to modernise Metal and expand its capabilities for AAA titles if it is going to keep pushing its GPU hardware capability. Native games on Apple optimised for the M1 GPU, with better Graphics API will close the gap significantly. Given how good it actually is, if Apple focuses on the entire end to end ecosystem for GPU usage then the future is extremely bright for M2, M3. If they stick with their current progress on hardware and leave studios in the cold and their API in the past then forget it. The reality is people do want to play AAA titles on M1 Macbooks and Studio, Apple need to include these users in their designs.