Apple M1 8-core vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 8-core and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Technologies, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Apple M1 8-core

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 8-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 1278 MHz vs 550 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 90 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 21 Watt
64x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 128 MB

Launch date	10 Nov 2020 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1278 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 21 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 128 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 8-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Name	Apple M1 8-core	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
Geekbench - OpenCL	18824
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10433
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10433
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3723
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3364
PassMark - G3D Mark		86
PassMark - G2D Mark		378

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 8-core	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2020	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	424	422
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Workstation
Architecture		Curie
Code name		G72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1278 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	650 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	5200 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	2.617 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8
Render output units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	21 Watt
Texture fill rate		2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count		112 million
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	66.67 GB/s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR2
Memory clock speed		810 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		9.0c
OpenGL		2.1