Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU vs Quadro M2000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking436not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.45no data
Power efficiency9.57no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)no data
GPU code nameGM206no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date8 April 2016 (8 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$437.75 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 cores76819
Core clock speed796 MHz444 MHz
Boost clock speed1163 MHz1398 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate55.82no data
Floating-point processing power1.786 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs48no 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 3.0 x16no data
Length201 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 amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1653 MHzno data
Memory bandwidthUp to 106 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 Connectors4x 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 Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 April 2016 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 20 Watt

Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU has an age advantage of 6 years, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M2000 and Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M2000 is a workstation card while Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro M2000
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