Apple M2 8-core vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 8-core and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Apple M2 8-core

NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 130 nm

Launch date	15 Jul 2022 vs 24 February 2005
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 130 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Around 50% higher pipelines: 12 vs 8

Pipelines	12 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 8-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Name	Apple M2 8-core	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Geekbench - OpenCL	26558
PassMark - G3D Mark		138
PassMark - G2D Mark		198

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 8-core	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Launch date	15 Jul 2022	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	885	883
Architecture		Curie
Code name		NV41
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	130 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.863 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8	12
Render output units	32
Texture Units	10 Watt
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Texture fill rate		5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		89 Watt
Transistor count		222 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	600 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	256
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Shared memory		0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		9.0c
OpenGL		2.1