Quadro M2000 vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 52 | 497 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 1.59 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 9.91 |
| Architecture | no data | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | no data | GM206 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 3 March 2026 (recently) | 8 April 2016 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $437.75 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 40 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 796 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1163 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,940 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 55.82 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.786 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 288 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 1024 KB |
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 | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 201 mm |
| Width | no data | 1" (2.5 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | LPDDR5x-8533 | 128 Bit |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1653 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | Up to 106 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 4x DisplayPort |
| Number of simultaneous displays | no data | 4 |
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 support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.1.126 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 101 | no data |
| 1440p | 57 | no data |
| 4K | 36 | no data |
Cost per frame, $
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 March 2026 | 8 April 2016 |
Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 9 years.
We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Quadro M2000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Quadro M2000 is a workstation one.
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