Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Quadro K620

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking590not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.37no data
Power efficiency8.93no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)no data
GPU code nameGM107no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date22 July 2014 (10 years ago)10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$189.89 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 cores38416
Core clock speed1058 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)41 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate26.98no data
Floating-point processing power0.8632 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs24no 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length160 mmno data
Width1" (2.5 cm)no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 type128 BitLPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed900 MHzno data
Memory bandwidthUp to 29 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data-

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 DVI, 1x DisplayPortno data
Number of simultaneous displays4no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 July 2014 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 10 Watt

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 6 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 310% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K620 and Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K620 is a workstation card while Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K620
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