Quadro M2000M vs Radeon R7 250

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M2000M 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 M2000M stacks up against Radeon R7 250, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M2000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M2000M 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 Quadro M2000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M2000M Radeon R7 250
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 75 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None N/A
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Radeon R7 250 has 36% more power consumption, than Quadro M2000M.
  • Quadro M2000M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R7 250 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro M2000M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 250.
  • Quadro M2000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R7 250 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M2000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 250 - with GCN.
  • Quadro M2000M and Radeon R7 250 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000M is 3850 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 250.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 3−4
ultra / 1080p 10−11 1−2
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 14−16
medium / 1080p 21−24 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 266% more, than Radeon R7 250.

Full Specs

  Quadro M2000M Radeon R7 250
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Oland XT
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 1 October 2013
Pipelines 640 384
Core clock speed 1038 MHz
Boost Clock 1197 MHz 1050 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 43.92 25.20
Floating-point performance 1,405 gflops 716.8 gflops
Length 168 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1150 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 173 Mh/s 117 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Design reference
CrossFire +
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 3 Mh/s
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
AppAcceleration +
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