Quadro M2000 vs Radeon HD 8870M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 8870M, 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 M2000 stacks up against Radeon HD 8870M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 8870M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8870M 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 HD 8870M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon HD 8870M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M2000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8870M.
  • Quadro M2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8870M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M2000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 8870M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 71 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8870M.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 8870M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 2112 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8870M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 7−8
ultra / 1080p 12−14 4−5
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 18−20
medium / 1080p 24−27 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Radeon HD 8870M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon HD 8870M
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN
Code name GM206 Venus
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 8 April 2016 18 December 2012
Pipelines 768 640
Core clock speed 796 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz 775 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 55.82 31.00
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 992.0 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 Mh/s 107 Mh/s
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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