Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M2 Pro 16-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering all 16 of the 19 cores in the M2 Pro 10-Core Chip .
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 256 bit bus (up to 200 GBit/s).
According to Apple, the performance of the 19-core-GPU should be 30% higher than the old 16-core-GPU in the M1 Pro . Therefore, the cut down 16-core version should still beat the old full-featured 16-core M1 Pro slightly and the old 14-core more clearly.
The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10). A new feature in the MacBook Pro 14 of 2023 is the support for HDMI 2.1 and 8k output.
The Apple M2 Pro is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC.
Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU ► remove from comparison
The Apple M2 Max 30-Core-GPU is an integrated graphics card by Apple offering 30 of the 38 cores in the M2 Max Chip .
The graphics card has no dedicated graphics memory but can use the fast LPDDR5-6400 unified memory with a 512 bit bus (up to 400 GBit/s).
The GPU is intended to use Apple Metal 2 API and could still be based on the older PowerVR architectures (last used in the Apple A10). A new feature in the MacBook Pro 14 and 16 of 2023 is the support for HDMI 2.1 and 8k output.
The Apple M2 Pro is manufactured in the second generation 5nm process at TSMC.
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU Apple M2 Series Pipelines 16 - unified 30 - unified Memory Type LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400 Shared Memory no no technology 5 nm 5 nm Notebook Size medium sized medium sized Date of Announcement 17.01.2023 17.01.2023
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
11224 Points (13%)
20692 Points (24%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 54% 100%
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom METAL *
132 Seconds (14%)
83 Seconds (9%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 100% 106%
Cinebench R15 Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
141.9 fps (8%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
145.7 fps (9%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 97% 100%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.5 % (100%)
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
99.5 % (100%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 100% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
78.7 fps (32%)
145.3 fps (59%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 54% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
181.1 fps (33%)
326.1 fps (59%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 56% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
493 fps (37%)
853 fps (63%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 58% 100%
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
389 fps (44%)
585 fps (66%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 66% 100%
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
659 fps (14%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
1011 fps (59%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
1815 fps (14%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
74601 Points (22%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Metal
126173 Points (81%)
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
47.8 Watt (7%)
83.7 Watt (12%)
GPU TDP 25 W TDP 40 W 106% 100%
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
46.6 Watt (10%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
1 fps per Watt (96%)
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
0.9 fps per Watt (78%)
Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU → 100% n=8 Average Benchmarks Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU → 148% n=8
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
80.8 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
52 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
38 fps
140%
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
53.2 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
28.9 fps
156%
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
45.2 fps
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
35.1 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
258 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
75 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
48 fps
190%
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
91 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
36 fps
181%
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
65 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
22 fps
188%
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
41.4 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
159 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
72 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
65 fps
177%
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
115 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
57 fps
179%
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
102 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
36 fps
192%
M2 Max 30-Core GPU:
69 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
51 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
45 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
76 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
73 fps
100%
M2 Pro 16-Core GPU:
46 fps
Average Gaming Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU → 100% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
Average Gaming Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU → 175% Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 171%
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Borderlands 3 80.8 52 38 28.9 Total War: Three Kingdoms 258 75 48 36 22 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 159 72 65 57 36 The Witcher 3 51 45 GTA V 76 73 46 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 2 2 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 1
Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU low med. high ultra QHD 4K Borderlands 3 53.2 45.2 35.1 Total War: Three Kingdoms 91 65 41.4 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 115 102 69 < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps 1 2 1 2 2 1
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)