Apple M2 8-core vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Comparative analysis of Apple M2 8-core and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Apple M2 8-core
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
- Around 53% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 914 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
- 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26479 vs 9729
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 15 Jul 2022 vs 13 March 2015 |
Core clock speed | 1398 MHz vs 914 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm vs 28 nm |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 26479 vs 9729 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
- 80x more pipelines: 640 vs 8
Pipelines | 640 vs 8 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Apple M2 8-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Geekbench - OpenCL |
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Name | Apple M2 8-core | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 26479 | 9729 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 2585 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 217 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 42.396 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 373.644 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.54 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 39.412 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 139.158 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 4148 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3715 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 4148 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3715 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3350 |
Compare specifications (specs)
Apple M2 8-core | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M | |
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Essentials |
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Launch date | 15 Jul 2022 | 13 March 2015 |
Place in performance rating | 883 | 884 |
Architecture | Maxwell | |
Code name | GM107 | |
Type | Laptop | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1398 MHz | 914 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 | 1124 MHz | |
CUDA cores | 640 | |
Floating-point performance | 1,439 gflops | |
Texture fill rate | 44.96 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | |
Transistor count | 1,870 million | |
Memory |
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Memory bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 32 or 80 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
Memory type | LPDDR5-6400 | DDR3 or GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | |
Memory clock speed | 1000 or 2500 MHz | |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | |
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
HDMI | ||
VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | |
Technologies |
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Adaptive VSync | ||
Ansel | ||
BatteryBoost | ||
CUDA | ||
DSR | ||
GameStream | ||
GameWorks | ||
GeForce Experience | ||
GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
GPU Boost | ||
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
Optimus | ||
SLI |