Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs AMD FirePro S10000

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and AMD FirePro S10000 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 - T-Rex (Frames/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 Pro 16-core

AMD FirePro S10000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 825 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47850 vs 30631

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 12 November 2012
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	47850 vs 30631

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S10000

256x more pipelines: 4096 vs 16

Pipelines	4096 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S10000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47850

30631

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD FirePro S10000
Geekbench - OpenCL	47850	30631
PassMark - G3D Mark		4768
PassMark - G2D Mark		502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		73.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7867
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3621
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3321

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD FirePro S10000
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	12 November 2012
Place in performance rating	446	443
Architecture		GCN 1.0
Code name		Tahiti
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,599
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	4096
Render output units	64
Boost clock speed		950 MHz
Floating-point performance		2x 3,405 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		750 Watt
Transistor count		4,313 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	480 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory clock speed		5000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		305 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX		12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL		4.5