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.

Apple M2 8-core

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

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
Geekbench - OpenCL	26558
PassMark - G2D Mark		201
PassMark - G3D Mark		5

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 8-core	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Launch date	15 Jul 2022	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	885	884
Architecture		Celsius
Code name		NV10 A3
Type		Desktop
Technical info
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
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
Display Connectors		1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		7.0
OpenGL		1.2