Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 6500M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking273not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.63no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameNavi 24no data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 January 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 cores102416
Core clock speed2000 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2400 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate153.6no data
Floating-point processing power4.915 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no 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 x4no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth144.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.2no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6500M and M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 6500M
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