NVIDIA Quadro M2000 vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M2000 and AMD Radeon R7 260 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro M2000

AMD Radeon R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1163 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 56.64 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Around 18% better floating-point performance: 1,812 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 115 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4000 vs 2892
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 565 vs 559
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 55.048 vs 26.189

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 April 2016 vs 17 December 2013
Boost clock speed	1163 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	56.64 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	1,812 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4000 vs 2892
PassMark - G2D Mark	565 vs 559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.048 vs 26.189

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 798.239 vs 639.056
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.223 vs 3.697
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.294 vs 35.796
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 240.395 vs 225.868

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	798.239 vs 639.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.223 vs 3.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.294 vs 35.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	240.395 vs 225.868

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M2000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4000

2892

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

565

559

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.048

26.189

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

639.056

798.239

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.697

4.223

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.796

45.294

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

225.868

240.395

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M2000	AMD Radeon R7 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	4000	2892
PassMark - G2D Mark	565	559
Geekbench - OpenCL	14591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	55.048	26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	639.056	798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.697	4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.796	45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	225.868	240.395
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3325
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3325

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M2000	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM206	Bonaire
Launch date	8 April 2016	17 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$437.75	$109
Place in performance rating	572	570
Price now	$409.99	$89.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.23	44.11
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1163 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	796 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,812 gflops	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	768
Texture fill rate	56.64 GTexel / s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	2,940 million	2,080 million
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays	4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	201 mm	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	1625 MHz
Memory type	128 Bit	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		104 GB/s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync