Quadro M2000 vs Radeon R9 M390

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M2000 and Radeon R9 M390, 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 R9 M390, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M390 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M390 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 R9 M390 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon R9 M390
Power consumption (TDP) 75 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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  • Quadro M2000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 M390.
  • Quadro M2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M390 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M2000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M390 - with GCN.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon R9 M390 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 18−20
ultra / 1080p 12−14 10−11
QHD / 1440p 6−7 5−6
4K / 2160p 5−6 4−5
low / 720p 40−45 35−40
medium / 1080p 24−27 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 18% more, than Radeon R9 M390.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon R9 M390
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN
Code name GM206 Pitcairn
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 8 April 2016 9 June 2015
Pipelines 768 1024
Core clock speed 796 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 5000 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
Shared memory -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 Not Listed
Vulkan +
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 Mh/s 242 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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