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.

 

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 47535
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