Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 5700

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking124not rated
Place by popularity67not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation45.30no data
Power efficiency14.48no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)no data
GPU code nameNavi 10no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$349 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores230419
Core clock speed1465 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speed1725 MHz1398 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate248.4no data
Floating-point processing power7.949 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs144no 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
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length268 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth448.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 20 Watt

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 800% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5700 and Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5700 is a desktop card while Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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