Quadro M1000M vs Radeon R9 A375

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M1000M and Radeon R9 A375, 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 R9 A375, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M1000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M1000M 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 M1000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M1000M Radeon R9 A375
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB/4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro M1000M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon R9 A375 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M1000M and Radeon R9 A375 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro M1000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 A375 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M1000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 A375 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M1000M is 93 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 A375.
  • Quadro M1000M and Radeon R9 A375 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M1000M is 4996 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 A375.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 2−3
ultra / 1080p 9−10 1−2
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 30−35 12−14
medium / 1080p 18−20 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M1000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 280% more, than Radeon R9 A375.

Full Specs

  Quadro M1000M Radeon R9 A375
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM107 Venus
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 no data
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 993 MHz 900 MHz
Boost Clock 1072 MHz 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.78 37.00
Floating-point performance 1,017 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2
CUDA 5.0
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.22 kh/s
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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