Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)	no data
GPU code name	GMA HD	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores	12	16
Core clock speed	500 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	no 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 size

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medium sized

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 type	no data	LPDDR5-6400
Shared memory	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

10

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 January 2010	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	45 nm	5 nm

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