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  • Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs

    Ehunt101Ehunt101
    ***Wow... minutes after I posted the below screenshot from Apple’s Blackmagic page, I refreshed the page and the M1 models were gone!  That ends that.


    Near the bottom of the page, click on the “+” next to “Compatibility”.  The list of compatible macs are listed, including all the M1 models.  That was explicitly added.  Further to that, USB 4 specs indicate Thunderbolt compatibility can be support - hence Apple labeling the port “Thunderport/USB 4” - so it is technically possible.



    Ehunt101 said:

    Per Apple’s shop, the Blackmagic eGPU is compatible with the newly announced M1 systems:  
    https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HM8Y2VC/A/blackmagic-egpu

    While Apple was touting the improved graphical capability of the new Apple Silicon Macs, they neglected to mention during the event that the M1 chip does not support eGPU technologies.

    I read that page you cite, there is no mention of M1 at all. It does say "Compatible with Mac with Thunderbolt 3 ports" but that's probably out of date now. Apple needs to update several things on its website now.

    elijahgwatto_cobra

  • Apple Silicon M1 Macs do not support eGPUs

    Ehunt101Ehunt101

    Per Apple’s shop, the Blackmagic eGPU is compatible with the newly announced M1 systems:  
    https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HM8Y2VC/A/blackmagic-egpu






    While Apple was touting the improved graphical capability of the new Apple Silicon Macs, they neglected to mention during the event that the M1 chip does not support eGPU technologies.

    A MacBook Pro with an external GPU
    A MacBook Pro with an external GPU.


    AppleInsider has confirmed that the new Apple Silicon Macs based on the M1 processor will not support any external graphics processing units. This means the new Mac mini, MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro will solely utilize their own on-processor GPUs.

    This confirms a previous suspicion after developer support documentation appeared to imply that support for all non-Apple GPUs would be dropped. The current developer document primarily refers now to what it describes as "Apple family GPUs."

    Furthermore, Apple has removed its preferred solution, the Blackmagic eGPU, from the list of compatible accessories for the Mac mini, the MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon chips.

    Apple has only comparatively recently supported external GPUs. At times, though, it has also seen failures in that support, with certain combinations of Mac and GPU card causing problems in macOS Catalina. And, Nvidia support is lacking in its entirety.

    It's not known whether future Apple Silicon processors, such as the previously-rumored "A14T" option, will restore eGPU support.

    watto_cobra