Apple M1 7-Core GPU vs Quadro K5000M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking540not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.16no data
Power efficiency4.98no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)no data
GPU code nameGK104no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329.99 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 cores13447
Core clock speed601 MHz1278 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Wattno data
Texture fill rate67.31no data
Floating-point processing power1.615 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs112no 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth96 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

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 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2012 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Apple M1 7-Core GPU has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K5000M and Apple M1 7-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K5000M is a mobile workstation card while Apple M1 7-Core GPU is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
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