Apple M2 8-core vs AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 8-core and AMD Radeon R9 M375X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Apple M2 8-core

AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 925 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26314 vs 9124

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 Jul 2022 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26314 vs 9124

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M375X

80x more pipelines: 640 vs 8

Pipelines	640 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 8-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M375X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26314

9124

Name	Apple M2 8-core	AMD Radeon R9 M375X
Geekbench - OpenCL	26314	9124
PassMark - G3D Mark		1728
PassMark - G2D Mark		310
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3548
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1333
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1333
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2185

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 8-core	AMD Radeon R9 M375X
Essentials
Launch date	15 Jul 2022	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	894	897
Architecture		GCN 1.0
Code name		Tropo
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	925 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.863 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8	640
Render output units	32
Texture Units	10 Watt
Boost clock speed		1015 MHz
Compute units		10
Floating-point performance		1,299 gflops
Texture fill rate		40.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count		1,500 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory clock speed		1125 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
API support
DirectX		12
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
OpenGL		4.4
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore