Quadro 2000 vs Radeon Pro 555

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 2000 and Radeon Pro 555, 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 2000 stacks up against Radeon Pro 555, check out specs charts below.

Radeon Pro 555 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon Pro 555 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 Pro 555 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon Pro 555
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon Pro 555 has 20% more power consumption, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Pro 555 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Radeon Pro 555 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon Pro 555 - in Mobile workstations.
  • Quadro 2000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Pro 555 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro 555 is 230 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 555 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 555 is 2480 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 16−18
ultra / 1080p 0−1 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 10−12 30−35
medium / 1080p 2−3 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 555 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 360% more, than Quadro 2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon Pro 555
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name GF106 Polaris 21
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 24 December 2010 5 June 2017
Pipelines 192 768
Core clock speed 625 MHz 855 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 40.80
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 1,306 gflops
Length 178 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 81.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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