GeForce GTX 960A vs Quadro M2000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 960A and Quadro M2000, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 960A stacks up against Quadro M2000, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Quadro M2000
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro M2000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M2000 has 2 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 960A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 960A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro M2000 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 960A is 233 MHz higher, than Quadro M2000.
  • GeForce GTX 960A and Quadro M2000 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 1600 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 960A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 21−24
ultra / 1080p 7−8 12−14
QHD / 1440p 2−3 6−7
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 24−27 40−45
medium / 1080p 14−16 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than GeForce GTX 960A.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 960A Quadro M2000
Architecture Maxwell Maxwell 2.0
Code name GM107 GM206
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 13 March 2015 8 April 2016
Pipelines 640 768
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 796 MHz
Boost Clock 1085 MHz 1163 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 43.40 55.82
Floating-point performance 1,389 gflops 1,812 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80.19 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12
Shader Model 5.1 5
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 180 Mh/s 215 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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