Quadro 2000D vs Radeon R7 M270

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 2000D and Radeon R7 M270, 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 Quadro 2000D stacks up against Radeon R7 M270, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R7 M270 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R7 M270 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon R7 M270 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 2000D Radeon R7 M270
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 Not Listed
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI No outputs
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  • Quadro 2000D is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 M270 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro 2000D is used in Desktops, and Radeon R7 M270 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 2000D is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 M270 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R7 M270 is 200 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000D.
  • Quadro 2000D is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 M270 - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 0−1
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 1−2
medium / 1080p 3−4 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 2000D in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than Radeon R7 M270.

Full Specs

  Quadro 2000D Radeon R7 M270
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF106 Opal XT / Mars
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 5 October 2011 7 January 2014
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 625 MHz 825 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 19.80
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 633.6 gflops
Length 178 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 28.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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