Quadro M2000 vs Radeon HD 7870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 7870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 7870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon HD 7870
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 175 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7870 has 133% more power consumption, than Quadro M2000.
  • Quadro M2000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M2000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 is 204 MHz higher, than Quadro M2000.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 7870 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 1812 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 24−27
ultra / 1080p 12−14 14−16
QHD / 1440p 6−7 9−10
4K / 2160p 5−6 6−7
low / 720p 40−45 45−50
medium / 1080p 24−27 30−33
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 15% more, than Quadro M2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon HD 7870
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN
Code name GM206 Pitcairn XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 8 April 2016 5 March 2012
Pipelines 768 1280
Core clock speed 796 MHz 1000 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 2800 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 55.82
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 4800 MHz
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.1
Shader Model 5
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan +
CUDA 5.2
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.39 kh/s
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.63 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 16.6 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 145 Sol/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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