Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU vs Quadro P5000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	166	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.39	no data
Power efficiency	12.43	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	no data
GPU code name	GP104	no data
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 October 2016 (8 years ago)	17 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,499	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2048	16
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	277.3	no data
Floating-point processing power	8.873 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	64	no data
TMUs	160	no 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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	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 type	GDDR5	LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	no data
Memory bus width	256 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1127 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	no 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort	no data
Display Port	1.4	no 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.

DirectX	12	no data
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	1.2	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-
CUDA	6.1	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2016	17 January 2023
Chip lithography	16 nm	5 nm

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