Apple M2 Ultra 60-core vs NVIDIA RTX A2000

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Ultra 60-core and NVIDIA RTX A2000 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.

Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

NVIDIA RTX A2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Ultra 60-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 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 63% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 119579 vs 73528

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Jun 2023 vs 10 Aug 2021
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	119579 vs 73528

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

119579

73528

Name	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Geekbench - OpenCL	119579	73528
PassMark - G2D Mark		970
PassMark - G3D Mark		13587
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1343

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Ultra 60-core	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Essentials
Launch date	13 Jun 2023	10 Aug 2021
Place in performance rating	115	118
Architecture		Ampere
Code name		GA106
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
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		13250 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	800 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	1024 bit	128 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount		6 GB
Memory clock speed		1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		4x mini-DisplayPort
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		12.2
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan