Quadro M2000 vs Radeon R7 260X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M2000 and Radeon R7 260X. 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 R7 260X. 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 R7 260X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R7 260X has 53% more power consumption, than Quadro M2000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon R7 260X have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M2000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 260X - with GCN 2.0.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon R7 260X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro M2000 is 31 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 16−18
ultra / 1080p 12−14 9−10
QHD / 1440p 6−7 4−5
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 30−35
medium / 1080p 24−27 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 37% more, than Radeon R7 260X.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon R7 260X
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GM206 Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 8 April 2016 8 October 2013
Pipelines 768 896
Core clock speed 796 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 55.82 61.60
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 201 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan +
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 Mh/s 225 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.16 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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