Do GPU task still running when switch to standalone graphics card on Mac?

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Message 1732734 - Posted: 8 Oct 2015, 4:31:41 UTC

Most recent Macs have automatic graphics switching and now only intel GPU tasks are available. I want to know that is the intel GPU task still running when automatically switched to NVIDIA GPU or manually set only using NVIDIA GPU.
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Message 1732736 - Posted: 8 Oct 2015, 4:50:50 UTC

I'm not sure about Macs, but in the PC world a task that starts on the Intel GPU will continue to run if you are using an Nvidia GPU to do something else. It is possible however to set options to stop this behaviour.
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Message 1732803 - Posted: 8 Oct 2015, 10:27:38 UTC - in response to Message 1732736.  

Thanks.
After testing several tasks,I found Mac works the same way as PC.
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