Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 1 April 2010
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16

Pipelines	80 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
Geekbench - OpenCL	47393
PassMark - G2D Mark		352
PassMark - G3D Mark		170

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	ATI FirePro 2460 Multi-View
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	1 April 2010
Place in performance rating	455	452
Architecture		TeraScale 2
Code name		Cedar
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	40 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	80
Render output units	64
Floating-point performance		80 gflops
Texture fill rate		4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		17 Watt
Transistor count		292 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		1000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4