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.

 

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 47535
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