Radeon R7 M445 vs Quadro M2000
Aggregate performance score
Quadro M2000 outperforms Radeon R7 M445 by a whopping 322% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 407 | 803 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.13 | 0.09 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019) | GCN (2011−2017) |
| GPU code name | GM206 | Meso |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 8 April 2016 (8 years ago) | 15 May 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $437.75 | no data |
| Current price | $285 (0.7x MSRP) | $809 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Quadro M2000 has 4489% better value for money than R7 M445.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 796 MHz | 920 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1163 MHz | 920 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,940 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 15-25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 55.82 | 18.40 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,812 gflops | 588.8 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Quadro M2000 and Radeon R7 M445 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 201 mm | no data |
| Width | 1" (2.5 cm) | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | 128 Bit | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 6612 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 106 GB/s | 32 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 Connectors | DP DP DP DP | No outputs |
| Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Desktop Management | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5 | 6.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Quadro M2000 outperforms Radeon R7 M445 by 322% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
Quadro M2000 outperforms Radeon R7 M445 by 322% in Passmark.
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:
| Full HD | 50−55
+285%
| 13
−285%
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Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 10.30 | 2.44 |
| Recency | 8 April 2016 | 15 May 2016 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 15 Watt |
The Quadro M2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 M445 in performance tests.
Be aware that Quadro M2000 is a workstation card while Radeon R7 M445 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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