Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 5 Arrandale (2010)no data
GPU code nameGMA HDno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 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 cores1216
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology45 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data

Form factor & compatibility

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Laptop sizeno datamedium sized

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 typeno dataLPDDR5-6400
Shared memory+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX10no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2010 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 45 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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