Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple M1 Pro 14-core

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
13.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20379 vs 19811
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20379 vs 19811
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7440 vs 3719
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7440 vs 3719
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6721 vs 3358
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6721 vs 3358

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2021 vs 13 August 2018
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379 vs 19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379 vs 19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440 vs 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721 vs 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721 vs 3358

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1296 MHz
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 105171 vs 39596

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	105171 vs 39596

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M1 Pro 14-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

39596

105171

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

19811

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20379

19811

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7440

3719

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6721

3358

Name	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
Geekbench - OpenCL	39596	105171
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20379	19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20379	19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7440	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7440	3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	6721	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	6721	3358
PassMark - G3D Mark		15940
PassMark - G2D Mark		733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		226.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4161.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		25.476
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		118.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1106.12
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10685

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M1 Pro 14-core	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
Essentials
Launch date	26 Oct 2021	13 August 2018
Place in performance rating	164	161
Architecture		Turing
Code name		TU104
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,299
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	1620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.644 TFLOPS
Pipelines	14
Render output units	56
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	200 Watt
Boost clock speed		1815 MHz
Transistor count		13,600 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400
Memory clock speed		14000 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL		4.6