Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1296not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)no data
GPU code nameSandy Bridgeno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 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 cores616
Core clock speed350 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nm5 nm

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
Memory bus width64/128 Bitno data
Shared memory++

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 May 2011 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 32 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

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


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