Quadro M2000 vs Radeon R9 M470

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M2000 and Radeon R9 M470, 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 M470, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M470 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M470 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 M470 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon R9 M470
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 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 and Radeon R9 M470 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Quadro M2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M470 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M2000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 M470 - with GCN 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R9 M470 is 204 MHz higher, than Quadro M2000.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon R9 M470 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 612 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 M470.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 12−14
ultra / 1080p 12−14 7−8
QHD / 1440p 6−7 2−3
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 24−27
medium / 1080p 24−27 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Radeon R9 M470.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon R9 M470
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 2
Code name GM206 Saturn
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 8 April 2016 14 May 2016
Pipelines 768 768
Core clock speed 796 MHz 1000 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 48.00
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 96 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 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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