Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs Radeon VII

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking86not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation25.48no data
Power efficiency10.01no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameVega 20no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 February 2019 (5 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 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 cores384019
Core clock speed1400 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speed1750 MHz1398 MHz
Number of transistors13,230 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)295 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate420.0no data
Floating-point processing power13.44 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs240no 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 3.0 x16no data
Length280 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 typeHBM2LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width4096 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth1024 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 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 February 2019 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 295 Watt 20 Watt

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 1375% lower power consumption.

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

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


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