Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs AMD Radeon R9 285

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and AMD Radeon R9 285 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Technologies. 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

AMD Radeon R9 285

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 918 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 2 September 2014
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 918 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 285

112x more pipelines: 1792 vs 16

Pipelines	1792 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 285

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD Radeon R9 285
Geekbench - OpenCL	47728
PassMark - G3D Mark		6680
PassMark - G2D Mark		597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		72.799
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1474.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		91.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		391.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2782
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6474
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3043
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2782
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2778

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD Radeon R9 285
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	2 September 2014
Place in performance rating	455	456
Architecture		GCN 3.0
Code name		Tonga
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$249
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	918 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	1792
Render output units	64
Floating-point performance		3,290 gflops
Texture fill rate		102.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		190 Watt
Transistor count		5,000 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	176.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory clock speed		5500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		221 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Vulkan
Technologies
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)