Quadro 2000 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 2000 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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 2000 and Radeon HD 7870 XT. 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.
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Main Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 198% more power consumption, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7870 XT uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 2000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 2000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 300 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT is 89 mm longer, than Quadro 2000.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 3400 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 35−40
ultra / 1080p 0−1 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 10−12 60−65
medium / 1080p 2−3 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7870 XT in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 840% more, than Quadro 2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF106 Tahiti
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 December 2010 19 November 2012
Pipelines 192 1536
Core clock speed 625 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 975 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 93.60
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 178 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 192.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s 346 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.5 Mh/s
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