Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 2080 Engineering Sample

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
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU104no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data (2024 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 cores307219
Core clock speed1515 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz1398 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)215 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate328.3no data
Floating-point processing power10.51 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs192no data
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no 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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 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 HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 215 Watt 20 Watt

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 975% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Engineering Sample and Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Engineering Sample is a desktop card while Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Engineering Sample
GeForce RTX 2080 Engineering Sample
Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

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