Quadro M2000 vs Radeon HD 7850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 7850, 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 7850, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 200% more power consumption, than Quadro M2000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M2000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7850.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M2000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 7850 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7850 is 9 mm longer, than Quadro M2000.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 5412 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 18−20
ultra / 1080p 12−14 10−12
QHD / 1440p 6−7 5−6
4K / 2160p 5−6 4−5
low / 720p 40−45 35−40
medium / 1080p 24−27 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 11% more, than Radeon HD 7850.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon HD 7850
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GM206 Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 8 April 2016 5 March 2012
Pipelines 768 1024
Core clock speed 796 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz 1000 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 55.82 55.04
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 201 mm 210 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan +
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
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Design reference
CrossFire +
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3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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