Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and AMD Radeon R9 M395X 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).

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 93% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 723 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 46975 vs 27705

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	46975 vs 27705

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M395X

128x more pipelines: 2048 vs 16

Pipelines	2048 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M395X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

46975

27705

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD Radeon R9 M395X
Geekbench - OpenCL	46975	27705
PassMark - G3D Mark		5195
PassMark - G2D Mark		733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		65.367
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		799.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.718
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		71.057
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		413.329
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2154
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7365
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2154
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD Radeon R9 M395X
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	463	454
Architecture		GCN 3.0
Code name		Amethyst
Design		AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	2048
Render output units	64
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Texture fill rate		92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Transistor count		5,000 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory clock speed		1250 MHz
Shared memory		0
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		12
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
OpenGL		4.4
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
TrueAudio
ZeroCore