Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs Radeon R9 M470X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking495not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)no data
GPU code nameEmeraldno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 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 cores89619
Core clock speed1000 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1398 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data20 Watt
Texture fill rate61.60no data
Floating-point processing power1.971 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs56no 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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1500 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth96 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 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 15 May 2016 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 M470X and Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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