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.

 

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
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 105171 vs 39706
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1620 MHz vs 1296 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 105171 vs 39706

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39706
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 39706 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 15945
PassMark - G2D Mark 730
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 162 161
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