Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs ATI FirePro V3800

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)no data
GPU code nameRedwoodno data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date26 April 2010 (14 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40019
Core clock speed650 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1398 MHz
Number of transistors627 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)43 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate13.00no data
Floating-point processing power0.52 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs20no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount512 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x DisplayPortno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.2 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.4no data
OpenCL1.2no data
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 April 2010 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 43 Watt 20 Watt

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 115% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V3800 and M2 Pro 19-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro V3800 is a workstation card while Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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