Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking514not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.72no data
Power efficiency3.23no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF114no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 January 2011 (13 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores38416
Core clock speed823 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Wattno data
Texture fill rate52.67no data
Floating-point processing power1.263 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount1 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1002 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth128.3 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 January 2011 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 11 years, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 560 Ti and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a desktop card while Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
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Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
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