NVIDIA Quadro M2000 vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M2000 and AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 6612 MHz vs 6500 MHz
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3994 vs 3182
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3684 vs 971
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3325 vs 1980
  • 3.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3684 vs 971
  • Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3325 vs 1980
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 April 2016 vs 21 December 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz vs 6500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3994 vs 3182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3325 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 vs 1980

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 796 MHz
  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 56.64 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,812 gflops
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 566
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 796 MHz
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s vs 56.64 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 768
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops vs 1,812 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 586 vs 566

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M2000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3994
3182
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
566
586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3684
971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3325
1980
Name NVIDIA Quadro M2000 AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 3994 3182
PassMark - G2D Mark 566 586
Geekbench - OpenCL 14036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 55.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 639.056
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.697
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.796
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 225.868
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3684 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3325 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5523
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3684 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3325 1980

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M2000 AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GM206 Bonaire
Launch date 8 April 2016 21 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $437.75
Place in performance rating 579 573
Price now $409.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.23

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1163 MHz
Core clock speed 796 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,812 gflops 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 896
Texture fill rate 56.64 GTexel / s 61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 2,940 million 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 201 mm 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Width 1" (2.5 cm)

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6612 MHz 6500 MHz
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 104.0 GB / s

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management