Apple M2 Pro 16-core vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Comparative analysis of Apple M2 Pro 16-core and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 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 NVS 440

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro 16-core

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 10 month(s) later
5.6x more core clock speed: 1398 MHz vs 250 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 110 nm

Launch date	17 Jan 2023 vs 9 March 2009
Core clock speed	1398 MHz vs 250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 110 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple M2 Pro 16-core
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440

Name	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Geekbench - OpenCL	47697
PassMark - G3D Mark		38
PassMark - G2D Mark		358

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple M2 Pro 16-core	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440
Essentials
Launch date	17 Jan 2023	9 March 2009
Place in performance rating	450	449
Architecture		Curie
Code name		NV43 A4
Launch price (MSRP)		$96.99
Price now		$93.61
Type		Workstation
Value for money (0-100)		0.53
Technical info
Core clock speed	1398 MHz	250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	110 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.726 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16
Render output units	64
Texture fill rate		2x 2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		31 Watt
Transistor count		146 million
Memory
Memory bandwidth	204.8 GB/s	2x 8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 128 Bit
Memory type	LPDDR5-6400	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount		2x 128 MB
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		2x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		187 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		9.0c
OpenGL		2.1