Apple M2 Ultra 60-core vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Ultra 60-core and NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 562 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 119711 vs 72896

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Jun 2023 vs 23 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	119711 vs 72896

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

55.5x more pipelines: 3328 vs 60

Pipelines	3328 vs 60

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Ultra 60-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

119711

72896

Name	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	119711	72896
PassMark - G2D Mark		1110
PassMark - G3D Mark		13725
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5815
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		207.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3385.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		22.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		240.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1030.098

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
Essentials
Launch date	13 Jun 2023	23 Nov 2021
Place in performance rating	115	114
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA106
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	27.2 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	60	3328
Render output units	240
Boost clock speed		1200 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Pixel fill rate		57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		70 Watt
Transistor count		12000 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	800 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 bit	192 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		12 GB
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		Dual-slot
Interface		PCIe 4.0 x16
Length		167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		69 mm, 2.7 inches
API support
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan