Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 863 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 28 nm
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 46996 vs 23385

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 23 May 2013
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 863 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	46996 vs 23385

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

144x more pipelines: 2304 vs 16

Pipelines	2304 vs 16

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

46996

23385

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Geekbench - OpenCL	46996	23385
PassMark - G3D Mark		8011
PassMark - G2D Mark		590
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		57.735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1269.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		174.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2779

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	23 May 2013
Place in performance rating	463	461
Architecture		Kepler
Code name		GK110
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$740.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		12.94
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	863 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	28 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16	2304
Render output units	64
Boost clock speed		900 MHz
CUDA cores		2304
Floating-point performance		4,156 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		95 °C
Texture fill rate		160.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Transistor count		7,080 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory clock speed		6008 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Display Connectors		One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Minimum recommended system power		600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		One 8-pin and one 6-pin
API support
DirectX		12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.3
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA