Radeon Pro Duo Polaris vs Quadro 2000M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 969 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.28 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.53 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GF106 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 January 2011 (15 years ago) | 24 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $46.56 | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 192 | 2304 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 1243 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,170 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.60 | 179.0 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4224 TFLOPS | 5.728 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 ×2 |
| TMUs | 32 | 144 ×2 |
| L1 Cache | 256 KB | 576 KB |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 2 MB |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 305 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
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 type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 16 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s ×2 |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.0b, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 January 2011 | 24 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 250 Watt |
Quadro 2000M has 354.5% lower power consumption.
Pro Duo Polaris, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro 2000M and Radeon Pro Duo Polaris. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro 2000M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon Pro Duo Polaris is a workstation one.
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