Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 770M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking541not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.47no data
Power efficiency6.62no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)no data
GPU code nameGK106no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2013 (11 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores96016
Core clock speed811 MHzno data
Boost clock speed797 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate63.76no data
Floating-point processing power1.53 TFLOPSno data
ROPs24no data
TMUs80no 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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount3 GBno data
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth96.0 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
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

Blu-Ray 3D Support+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
3D Vision / 3DTV Play+-

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
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2013 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 770M and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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