Quadro P2000 Max Q vs Radeon HD 7970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P2000 Max Q and Radeon HD 7970, 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 P2000 Max Q stacks up against Radeon HD 7970, check out specs charts below.

Quadro P2000 Max Q is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro P2000 Max Q 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 Quadro P2000 Max Q here:

Main Specs

  Quadro P2000 Max Q Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro P2000 Max Q has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Quadro P2000 Max Q is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7970 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P2000 Max Q is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • Quadro P2000 Max Q is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P2000 Max Q is 4633 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
Quadro P2000 Max Q and Radeon HD 7970 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro P2000 Max Q Radeon HD 7970
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP107GL Tahiti XT
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 5 July 2017 22 December 2011
Pipelines 768 2048
Core clock speed 1215 MHz
Boost Clock 1468 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 118.4
Floating-point performance 3,789 gflops
Length 274 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 485 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.71 Mh/s
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