Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Quadro P1000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking412not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.98no data
Power efficiency20.17no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP107no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date7 February 2017 (7 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$375 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 cores64016
Core clock speed1493 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1519 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Wattno data
Texture fill rate48.61no data
Floating-point processing power1.555 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs32no 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
Length145 mmno data
WidthMXM Moduleno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1502 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth96.13 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)no data
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 February 2017 17 January 2023
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P1000 and Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P1000 is a workstation card while Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P1000
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