Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Knights Corner

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Knights (2010)	no data
GPU code name	Knights Corner	no data
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	no data	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 cores	976	16
Number of transistors	5,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	5 nm
TMUs	32	no 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 size

no data

medium 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 type	no data	LPDDR5-6400
Shared memory	no data	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	N/A	no data
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

22 nm

5 nm

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