Apple M2 8-core vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 8-core and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300 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 PCX 5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 18 year(s) 4 month(s) later
4.3x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 325 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 150 nm

Launch date	15 Jul 2022 vs 17 February 2004
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 150 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 8-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300

Name	Apple M2 8-core	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300
Geekbench - OpenCL	26319
PassMark - G3D Mark		6
PassMark - G2D Mark		197

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 8-core	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300
Essentials
Launch date	15 Jul 2022	17 February 2004
Place in performance rating	903	892
Architecture		Rankine
Code name		NV37
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	325 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	150 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.863 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8
Render output units	32
Texture Units	10 Watt
Texture fill rate		1.3 GTexel / s
Transistor count		45 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	DDR
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory clock speed		650 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)