Apple M1 Pro 14-core vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Apple M1 Pro 14-core and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 12 nm
  • 5.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20379 vs 19377
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20379 vs 19377
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7440 vs 3717
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7440 vs 3717
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6721 vs 3357
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6721 vs 3357
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 Oct 2021 vs 27 May 2019
Core clock speed 1296 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20379 vs 19377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20379 vs 19377
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7440 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7440 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6721 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6721 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q

  • 219.4x more pipelines: 3072 vs 14
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 83812 vs 39932
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 3072 vs 14
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 83812 vs 39932

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
39932
83812
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20379
19377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20379
19377
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7440
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7440
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6721
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6721
3357
Name Apple M1 Pro 14-core NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL 39932 83812
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20379 19377
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20379 19377
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7440 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7440 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6721 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6721 3357
PassMark - G3D Mark 13053
PassMark - G2D Mark 540
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7879

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple M1 Pro 14-core NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q

Essentials

Launch date 26 Oct 2021 27 May 2019
Place in performance rating 166 168
Architecture Turing
Code name TU104
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1296 MHz 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 12 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.644 TFLOPS 8.294 TFLOPS
Pipelines 14 3072
Render output units 56
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 80 Watt
Boost clock speed 1350 MHz
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 259.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 16.59 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate 86.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 259.2 GTexel/s
Transistor count 13600 million

Memory

Memory bandwidth 204.8 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory type LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Width IGP

API support

OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan