Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Tesla X2090

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)no data
GPU code nameGF110no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date25 July 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 cores51216
Core clock speed651 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Wattno data
Texture fill rate41.66no data
Floating-point processing power1.332 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no 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
WidthMXM Moduleno 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 amount6 GBno data
Memory bus width384 Bitno data
Memory clock speed924 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth177.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data

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-
CUDA2.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 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 Tesla X2090 and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla X2090 is a workstation card while Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Tesla X2090
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