Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 7 January 2018
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 14 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
Geekbench - OpenCL	46969
PassMark - G2D Mark		320
PassMark - G3D Mark		1015

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	7 January 2018
Place in performance rating	463	447
Architecture		GCN 5th gen
Code name		Vega Raven Ridge
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	14 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS	384
Pipelines	16
Render output units	64
Boost clock speed		1100 MHz
Transistor count		4500 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400
API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL		2.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.0
Vulkan