Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs NVIDIA RTX A6000
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.
NVIDIA RTX A6000
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The Nvidia RTX A6000 is a professional desktop graphics card for workstation. It is based on the consumer GeForce RTX 3090 GPU and offers all 10,752 FP32 ALUs of the GA102 Ampere chip. As a formerly known Quadro card, the A6000 offers certified drivers for CAD, DCC, medical and visualization applications.
The RTX A6000 is rated at 300 Watt and is produced by Samsung in 8nm (8N).
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| Pipelines | 16 - unified | 10752 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5-6400 | GDDR6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 5 nm | 8 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | medium sized | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 17.01.2023 | 05.10.2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Ampere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Ampere | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 1410 - 1800 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 16000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 384 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 48 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.6, OpenGL 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 300 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 28.3 Billion |
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Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA RTX A6000
specvp12 sw-03 + NVIDIA RTX A6000
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 → 0% n=0
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA RTX A6000 → 0% n=0
- 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.
F1 2021
2021
F1 2020
2020
Borderlands 3
2019
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
Metro Exodus
2019
Strange Brigade
2018
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
The Witcher 3
2015
GTA V
2015Average Gaming Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA RTX A6000 → 363%
| Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU | NVIDIA RTX A6000 | |||||||||||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| F1 2021 | 333 | 313 | 281 | 162 | 155 | 99.7 | ||||||||
| F1 2020 | 278 | 248 | 241 | 224 | 210 | 137 | ||||||||
| Far Cry New Dawn | 71 | 66 | 68 | 65 | 63 | 63 | ||||||||
| Metro Exodus | 120 | 109 | 96.8 | 87.9 | 84.1 | 70.4 | ||||||||
| Strange Brigade | 382 | 300 | 293 | 288 | 247 | 149 | ||||||||
| Far Cry 5 | 55 | 52 | 53 | 52 | 52 | 50 | ||||||||
| X-Plane 11.11 | 109 | 97 | 78.1 | 67.2 | ||||||||||
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 176 | 168 | 135 | 127 | 82.4 | |||||||||
| Dota 2 Reborn | 160.5 | 144.8 | 138.7 | 131.2 | 127.9 | |||||||||
| The Witcher 3 | 51 | 45 | 362 | 334 | 307 | 180 | 146 | |||||||
| GTA V | 76 | 73 | 46 | 177 | 171 | 160 | 96.2 | 95.8 | 155 | |||||
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 8 | 1 3 7 | 1 3 7 | 1 3 5 | 1 3 4 | 1 5 5 |
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