Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs Radeon RX 6950 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking17not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation27.15no data
Power efficiency14.94no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameNavi 21no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 May 2022 (2 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,099 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 cores512019
Core clock speed1925 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speed2324 MHz1398 MHz
Number of transistors26,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)335 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate743.7no data
Floating-point processing power23.8 TFLOPSno data
ROPs128no data
TMUs320no data
Ray Tracing Cores80no 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 4.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed2250 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth576.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 May 2022 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 335 Watt 20 Watt

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has an age advantage of 8 months, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 1575% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6950 XT and M2 Pro 19-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6950 XT is a desktop card while Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
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