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.

 

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 26538
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 883 881
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