Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)

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. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)	no data
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 May 2011 (13 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	6	16
Core clock speed	350 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	5 nm

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
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	no data
Shared memory	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

10.1

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 May 2011	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm

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