Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU vs Quadro P5000 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking187not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.23no data
Power efficiency20.89no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)no data
GPU code nameGP104no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,885 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 cores204832
Core clock speed1278 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt44 Watt
Texture fill rate202.5no data
Floating-point processing power6.48 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no 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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no 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 amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bit512 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth192 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 ConnectorsNo outputsno data
Display Port1.4no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+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
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 44 Watt

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU has an age advantage of 3 years, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 127.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P5000 Mobile and Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P5000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P5000 Mobile
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