Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs RTX A1000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking217not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency28.53no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA107no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date30 March 2022 (2 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 cores204816
Core clock speed630 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1140 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Wattno data
Texture fill rate72.96no data
Floating-point processing power4.669 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no data
Tensor Cores64no data
Ray Tracing Cores16no 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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no 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 amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1375 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth176.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

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-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 March 2022 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 9 months, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A1000 Mobile and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A1000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile
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M2 Pro 16-Core GPU

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