Quadro M1000M vs Radeon R7 Carrizo

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M1000M and Radeon R7 Carrizo, 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 M1000M stacks up against Radeon R7 Carrizo, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M1000M and Radeon R7 Carrizo are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M1000M and Radeon R7 Carrizo are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 M1000M or Radeon R7 Carrizo here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M1000M Radeon R7 Carrizo
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 12-35 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB/4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Quadro M1000M has 233% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.
  • Quadro M1000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M1000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R7 Carrizo - with GCN 1.2/2.0.
  • Quadro M1000M and Radeon R7 Carrizo are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 2−3
ultra / 1080p 9−10 0−1
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 12−14
medium / 1080p 18−20 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M1000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 214% more, than Radeon R7 Carrizo.

Full Specs

  Quadro M1000M Radeon R7 Carrizo
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.2/2.0
Code name GM107 Carrizo
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 2 October 2015 4 June 2015
Pipelines 512 512
Core clock speed 993 MHz
Boost Clock 1072 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2410 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.78
Floating-point performance 1,017 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s
Shared memory - +
DirectX 12 DirectX 12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.22 kh/s
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s
Laptop size large medium sized
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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