Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce GT 520MX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1163not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.50no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF119no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2011 (13 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores4816
Core clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors292 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Wattno data
Texture fill rate7.200no data
Floating-point processing power0.1728 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no 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

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 amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 APIno data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2011 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520MX and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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