Quadro M2000 vs GeForce GTX 970M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 970M with Quadro M2000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 970M
2014
3 GB GDDR5
14.76
+42.9%

GTX 970M outperforms M2000 by a considerable 43% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking362446
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.92
Power efficiency12.579.50
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM204GM206
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)8 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,560.89 $437.75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

GTX 970M and Quadro M2000 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1280768
Core clock speed924 MHz796 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1163 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown75 Watt
Texture fill rate83.0455.82
Floating-point processing power2.657 TFLOPS1.786 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8048

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data201 mm
Widthno data1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHz1653 MHz
Memory bandwidth120 GB/sUp to 106 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displaysno data4
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
BatteryBoost+-
3D Vision Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Desktop Managementno data+
Ansel+no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.11.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.1.126
CUDA+5.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GTX 970M 14.76
+42.9%
Quadro M2000 10.33

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 970M 5708
+42.9%
Quadro M2000 3994

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 970M 19035
+30.7%
Quadro M2000 14563

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 970M 18516
+28.5%
Quadro M2000 14412

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 970M 17191
+31.2%
Quadro M2000 13100

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 970M 51
+50%
Quadro M2000 34

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p136
+43.2%
95−100
−43.2%
Full HD58
+45%
40−45
−45%
1440p27
+50%
18−20
−50%
4K21
+50%
14−16
−50%

Cost per frame, $

1080p44.15
−303%
10.94
+303%
1440p94.85
−290%
24.32
+290%
4K121.95
−290%
31.27
+290%
  • Quadro M2000 has 303% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • Quadro M2000 has 290% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • Quadro M2000 has 290% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+61.1%
18−20
−61.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%
Battlefield 5 66
+46.7%
45−50
−46.7%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+61.1%
18−20
−61.1%
Far Cry 5 46
+53.3%
30−33
−53.3%
Fortnite 163
+48.2%
110−120
−48.2%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+52.5%
40−45
−52.5%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+58.3%
24−27
−58.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60
+50%
40−45
−50%
Valorant 110−120
+46.3%
80−85
−46.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 35−40
+50%
24−27
−50%
Battlefield 5 54
+54.3%
35−40
−54.3%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 190−200
+46.2%
130−140
−46.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+61.1%
18−20
−61.1%
Dota 2 85−90
+48.3%
60−65
−48.3%
Far Cry 5 43
+43.3%
30−33
−43.3%
Fortnite 65
+44.4%
45−50
−44.4%
Forza Horizon 4 53
+51.4%
35−40
−51.4%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+58.3%
24−27
−58.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 49
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%
Metro Exodus 24
+50%
16−18
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 49
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+50%
30−33
−50%
Valorant 110−120
+46.3%
80−85
−46.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 49
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%
Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30
+61.1%
18−20
−61.1%
Dota 2 85−90
+48.3%
60−65
−48.3%
Far Cry 5 39
+44.4%
27−30
−44.4%
Forza Horizon 4 36
+50%
24−27
−50%
Forza Horizon 5 35−40
+58.3%
24−27
−58.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 33
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+44.4%
18−20
−44.4%
Valorant 110−120
+46.3%
80−85
−46.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 49
+63.3%
30−33
−63.3%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 100−110
+48.6%
70−75
−48.6%
Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 14
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 120−130
+50.6%
85−90
−50.6%
Valorant 140−150
+45%
100−105
−45%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 33
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+60%
10−11
−60%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Far Cry 5 27
+50%
18−20
−50%
Forza Horizon 4 23
+43.8%
16−18
−43.8%
Forza Horizon 5 24−27
+56.3%
16−18
−56.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 31
+47.6%
21−24
−47.6%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Grand Theft Auto V 33
+57.1%
21−24
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 7
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
+60%
10−11
−60%
Valorant 75−80
+52%
50−55
−52%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 15
+50%
10−11
−50%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Dota 2 50−55
+66.7%
30−33
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 13
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Forza Horizon 4 6
+50%
4−5
−50%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12
+50%
8−9
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%

This is how GTX 970M and Quadro M2000 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 970M is 43% faster in 900p
  • GTX 970M is 45% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 970M is 50% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 970M is 50% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.76 10.33
Recency 7 October 2014 8 April 2016
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB

GTX 970M has a 42.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Quadro M2000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The GeForce GTX 970M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M2000 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 970M is a notebook card while Quadro M2000 is a workstation one.

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