Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Radeon R9 M290X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	500	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.79	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	no data
GPU code name	Neptune	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	9 January 2014 (10 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 cores	1280	16
Compute units	20	no data
Core clock speed	850 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	72.00	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.304 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	80	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	large	medium sized
Bus support	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	No outputs	no data
Eyefinity	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
DualGraphics	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	no data
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.4	no data
OpenCL	Not Listed	no data
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 January 2014	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm

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