Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU vs Quadro K2000

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking652not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.32no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)no data
GPU code nameGK107no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)31 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data
Current price$550 (0.9x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores38414
Core clock speed954 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)51 Wattno data
Texture fill rate30.53no data
Floating-point performance732.7 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K2000 and Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length202 mmno data
Width1-slotno 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 amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed4000 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth64 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+no data
CUDA3.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2013 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

We couldn't decide between Quadro K2000 and Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K2000 is a workstation card while Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K2000
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