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Originally Posted by PB PM
Apple picks graphics cards based on what will give them the best profit per unit, not what is best for users. That's nothing new, why does that surprise you? I think the last time Apple put a good GPU in a Mac was when the 8800GT/GTX was king of the hill for consumer GPUs, so ten years ago.  |
This is what you think Apple is doing, but it has no basis in reality. Apple chose AMD because the Radeon 400 series is brand new, stamped on a 14nm FinFET process and comes with a significantly lower TDP than Nvidia's newest Pascal mobile chips. The GTX 1070M for example has a TDP of 120W. That's almost as high as the MBP's entire system power consumption.
The problem is really just battery capacity.
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Radeon Pro 460 TDP: 35W
GeForce GTX 1060M TDP: 90W
GeForce GTX 1050M TDP: 60W