Quadro K2000D vs Radeon RX 540

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K2000D and Radeon RX 540, 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 K2000D stacks up against Radeon RX 540, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 540 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 540 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 RX 540 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K2000D Radeon RX 540
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 540 has 27% more power consumption, than Quadro K2000D.
  • Quadro K2000D is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 540 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon RX 540 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro K2000D.
  • Quadro K2000D is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 540 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K2000D is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon RX 540 - with Polaris.
  • Quadro K2000D is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 540 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 540 is 2000 MHz higher, than Quadro K2000D.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 14−16
ultra / 1080p 4−5 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 18−20 30−33
medium / 1080p 9−10 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 540 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 80% more, than Quadro K2000D.

Full Specs

  Quadro K2000D Radeon RX 540
Architecture Kepler Polaris
Code name GK107 Polaris 12
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 March 2013 21 March 2017
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 1219 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53 39.01
Floating-point performance 732.7 gflops 1,248 gflops
Length 202 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.0
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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