Quadro 2000 vs Radeon R9 M390

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 2000 and Radeon R9 M390, 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 R9 M390, check out specs charts below.

Radeon R9 M390 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon R9 M390 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 R9 M390 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon R9 M390
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 M390 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon R9 M390 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 2000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 M390 - with GCN.
  • Quadro 2000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 M390 - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 18−20
ultra / 1080p 0−1 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 10−12 35−40
medium / 1080p 2−3 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 M390 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 420% more, than Quadro 2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon R9 M390
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF106 Pitcairn
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 December 2010 9 June 2015
Pipelines 192 1024
Core clock speed 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 5000 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops
Length 178 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 Not Listed
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s 242 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
DualGraphics +
ZeroCore +
Switchable graphics +
Mantle +
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