Apple M2 8-core vs AMD Radeon HD 8310E

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 8-core and AMD Radeon HD 8310E videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Apple M2 8-core

AMD Radeon HD 8310E

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	15 Jul 2022 vs 23 April 2013
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 8-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8310E

Name	Apple M2 8-core	AMD Radeon HD 8310E
Geekbench - OpenCL	26558
PassMark - G2D Mark		187
PassMark - G3D Mark		341

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 8-core	AMD Radeon HD 8310E
Essentials
Launch date	15 Jul 2022	23 April 2013
Place in performance rating	885	887
Architecture		GCN 2.0
Code name		Kalindi
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.863 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8
Render output units	32
Texture Units	10 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Transistor count		1,178 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		IGP
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL		4.5