Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Apple M4 10-core GPU
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
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The Apple M2 Pro 16-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering all 16 of the 19 cores in the M2 Pro 10-Core Chip.
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 256 bit bus (up to 200 GBit/s).
According to Apple, the performance of the 19-core-GPU should be 30% higher than the old 16-core-GPU in the M1 Pro. Therefore, the cut down 16-core version should still beat the old full-featured 16-core M1 Pro slightly and the old 14-core more clearly.
The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10). A new feature in the MacBook Pro 14 of 2023 is the support for HDMI 2.1 and 8k output.
The Apple M2 Pro is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC.
Apple M4 10-core GPU
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The 10-core Apple M4 GPU is a graphics adapter built into the 9-core and 10-core Apple M4 processors that has direct access to fast on-package LPDDR5x-7500 RAM (120 GB/s bandwidth) as well as hardware support for ray tracing and mesh shading and other modern technologies. It supports up to 3 displays with an "8K" resolution attainable on a single display. It also can HW-decode a few popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC and AV1.
Performance
As our Fall 2024 Mac mini review confirmed, the iGPU is fast enough to run many 2023 and 2024 games at 1080p on low or medium quality settings. It appears its real-world performance is almost as good as the GeForce GTX 1650 Laptop. That being said, very few games have been compiled specifically for Apple silicon Macs meaning most titles have to be run via emulation layers. Some of them are displayed with visual artefacts as a result, or don't start at all.
- Сyberpunk 2077 2.1 Phantom Liberty (1080p, Med): 28 fps
M4-powered iPad Pros will be much slower in long-term GPU-intensive workloads than M4 iMacs, Mac minis and MacBook Pros due to the lack of proper cooling.
Power consumption
In M4 Mac minis, the GPU gets just slightly over a half of the total 40 W power budget allocated to the entire M4 chip. Needless to say, it has to be a lot more modest in iPad Pros where the entire M4 chip can consume ~14 W in short-term tasks and less than half of that in long-term tasks.
Just like the rest of the M4 chip, the graphics adapter is manufactured on a "second generation 3 nm" TSMC process which is still cutting-edge as of late 2024.
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| Pipelines | 16 - unified | 10 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | LPDDR5X-7500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 3 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 17.01.2023 | 07.05.2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 8 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | M3 10-Core GPU |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU → 100% n=11
Average Benchmarks Apple M4 10-core GPU → 79% n=11
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Total War Pharaoh
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
Call of Duty Mobile
2020
Genshin Impact
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
PUBG Mobile
2018
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015
Asphalt 8: Airborne
2013
Asphalt 9: Legends
2013Average Gaming Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M4 10-core GPU → 72%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 72%
| Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU | Apple M4 10-core GPU | |||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Total War Pharaoh | 53 | 46 | 45 | 39 | 27.1 | |||||||||
| Cyberpunk 2077 2.2 Phantom Liberty | 34 | 27 | 23 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 44 | 36 | 32 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Diablo Immortal | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Call of Duty Mobile | 78.2 | |||||||||||||
| Genshin Impact | 80 | 79 | 87 | |||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 159 | 72 | 65 | 57 | 36 | 129 | 48 | 44 | 39 | 27 | ||||
| PUBG Mobile | 72 | 40 | 41 | |||||||||||
| The Witcher 3 | 51 | 45 | 120 | 42.8 | 28.6 | |||||||||
| Asphalt 8: Airborne | 85.8 | |||||||||||||
| Asphalt 9: Legends | 75 | |||||||||||||
| Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU | Apple M4 10-core GPU | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 | 1 | 1 1 | 2 | 1 | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 3 2 2 | 1 3 1 | 1 5 2 | 2 5 2 | 2 | |
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