Quadro M2000 vs Radeon R7 250

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M2000 and Radeon R7 250, 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 R7 250, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None N/A
Memory type 128 Bit DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • Quadro M2000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro M2000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M2000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • Quadro M2000 and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro M2000 is 33 mm longer, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 5462 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 3−4
ultra / 1080p 12−14 1−2
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 14−16
medium / 1080p 24−27 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 316% more, than Radeon R7 250.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000 Radeon R7 250
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN
Code name GM206 Oland XT
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 8 April 2016 1 October 2013
Pipelines 768 384
Core clock speed 796 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz 1050 MHz
Transistor count 2,940 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 55.82 25.20
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 201 mm 168 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72 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 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
AppAcceleration +
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