Apple M2 8-core vs NVIDIA Tesla T4

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 8-core and NVIDIA Tesla T4 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, 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).

Apple M2 8-core

NVIDIA Tesla T4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 1005 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm

Launch date	15 Jul 2022 vs 13 September 2018
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Tesla T4

2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61276 vs 26644

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	61276 vs 26644

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 8-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Tesla T4

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26644

61276

Name	Apple M2 8-core	NVIDIA Tesla T4
Geekbench - OpenCL	26644	61276
PassMark - G3D Mark		10616
PassMark - G2D Mark		592
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		127.622
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3026.812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		18.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		119.936
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		910.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14076
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1781
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14076
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1976
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1781

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 8-core	NVIDIA Tesla T4
Essentials
Launch date	15 Jul 2022	13 September 2018
Place in performance rating	850	270
Architecture		Turing
Code name		TU104
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.863 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8
Render output units	32
Texture Units	10 Watt
Boost clock speed		1515 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		75 Watt
Transistor count		13,600 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400
Memory clock speed		10000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6