Quadro M2000 vs Radeon HD 7970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 7970. 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 M2000 and Radeon HD 7970. 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.

Main Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon HD 7970
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 300 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970 has 300% more power consumption, than Quadro M2000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M2000 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M2000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970 - with GCN.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon HD 7970 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7970 is 73 mm longer, than Quadro M2000.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 5237 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 35−40
ultra / 1080p 12−14 21−24
QHD / 1440p 6−7 16−18
4K / 2160p 5−6 10−11
low / 720p 40−45 60−65
medium / 1080p 24−27 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than Quadro M2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon HD 7970
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN
Code name GM206 Tahiti XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 8 April 2016 22 December 2011
Pipelines 768 2048
Core clock speed 796 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 55.82 118.4
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 3,789 gflops
Length 201 mm 274 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 264 GB/s
Shared memory -
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 +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 Mh/s 485 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
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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