Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2060 Super

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking90not rated
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.01no data
Power efficiency16.79no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU106no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 July 2019 (5 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores217616
Core clock speed1470 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1650 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Wattno data
Texture fill rate224.4no data
Floating-point processing power7.181 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs136no data
Tensor Cores272no data
Ray Tracing Cores34no 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 3.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 July 2019 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 Super and M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a desktop card while Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
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Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
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