Apple M2 8-core vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Comparative analysis of Apple M2 8-core and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M2 8-core
- Videocard is newer: launch date 22 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- 11.7x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 120 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 220 nm
Launch date | 15 Jul 2022 vs 1 February 2000 |
Core clock speed | 1398 MHz vs 120 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm vs 220 nm |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Apple M2 8-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Name | Apple M2 8-core | NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 26538 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 201 | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 5 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Apple M2 8-core | NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR | |
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Essentials |
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Launch date | 15 Jul 2022 | 1 February 2000 |
Place in performance rating | 883 | 882 |
Architecture | Celsius | |
Code name | NV10 A3 | |
Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1398 MHz | 120 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 220 nm |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 2.863 TFLOPS | |
Pipelines | 8 | |
Render output units | 32 | |
Texture Units | 10 Watt | |
Texture fill rate | 480 MTexel / s | |
Transistor count | 17 million | |
Memory |
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Memory bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 4.8 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
Memory type | LPDDR5-6400 | DDR |
Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | |
Memory clock speed | 300 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x VGA | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | AGP 4x | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 7.0 | |
OpenGL | 1.2 |