Arc Pro A30M vs Quadro M2000
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro M2000 with Arc Pro A30M, including specs and performance data.
Arc Pro A30M outperforms M2000 by a considerable 47% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 448 | 360 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 3.79 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.43 | 20.73 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | GM206 | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 8 April 2016 (8 years ago) | 8 August 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $437.75 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 cores | 768 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 796 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1163 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,940 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 55.82 | 128.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.786 TFLOPS | 4.096 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 8 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 201 mm | no data |
| Width | 1" (2.5 cm) | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | 128 Bit | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1653 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 106 GB/s | 128.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 Connectors | 4x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no 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 and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.95 | 13.12 |
| Recency | 8 April 2016 | 8 August 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 50 Watt |
Arc Pro A30M has a 46.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.
The Arc Pro A30M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M2000 in performance tests.
Be aware that Quadro M2000 is a workstation card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.
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