Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU vs RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking162not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency37.31no data
ArchitectureBlackwell 2.0 (2025)no data
GPU code nameGB206no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date11 August 2025 (recently)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

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 cores435216
Core clock speed790 MHz1296 MHz
Boost clock speed1950 MHzno data
Number of transistors21,900 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate265.2no data
Floating-point processing power16.97 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs136no data
Tensor Cores136no data
Ray Tracing Cores34no 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).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x8no data
Length167 mmno data
Width2-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 typeGDDR7LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount16 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1125 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+
Resizable BAR+-

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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1bno data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.4-
CUDA12.0-
DLSS+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 August 2025 10 November 2020
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 10 Watt

RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has an age advantage of 4 years.

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU, on the other hand, has 600% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell and M1 Pro 16-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is a workstation graphics card while Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU is a notebook one.

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NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell
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