Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs Radeon R2 Graphics

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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
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)no data
GPU code nameBeemano data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 February 2015 (9 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 cores12819
Core clock speed351 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1398 MHz
Number of transistors930 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate2.808no data
Floating-point processing power0.08986 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no 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
InterfaceIGPno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)no data
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 February 2015 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 20 Watt

R2 Graphics has 33.3% lower power consumption.

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R2 Graphics and Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R2 Graphics is a desktop card while Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
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