Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Apple M2 Pro 16-core

NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 560

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Geekbench - OpenCL	47629
PassMark - G3D Mark		114
PassMark - G2D Mark		360

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	450	447
Architecture		Curie
Code name		G73
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$150.25
Type		Workstation
Value for money (0-100)		0.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	90 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16
Render output units	64
Texture fill rate		4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30 Watt
Transistor count		177 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	19.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		198 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		9.0c
OpenGL		2.1