Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q 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 - 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 1020 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 46969 vs 35607

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 23 April 2019
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 1020 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	46969 vs 35607

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

56x more pipelines: 896 vs 16

Pipelines	896 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

46969

35607

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	46969	35607
PassMark - G3D Mark		6162
PassMark - G2D Mark		326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		129.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1047.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		7.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		78.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		346.498
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8824
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3707
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3352
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2950

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	463	459
Architecture		Turing
Code name		TU117
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	1020 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS	2.231 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	896
Render output units	64
Boost clock speed		1245 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		69.72 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		4.462 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate		39.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		69.72 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Transistor count		4700 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	128.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory clock speed		2000 MHz (8000 MHz effective)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL		1.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.4
Vulkan