Quadro K2000 vs Radeon RX 550 Mobile

Place in the ranking	549	685
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.47	0.36
Power efficiency	10.04	5.79
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Lexa	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	2 July 2017 (7 years ago)	1 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	$599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 550 Mobile has 1142% better value for money than Quadro K2000.

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	640	384
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,200 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	51 Watt
Texture fill rate	51.48	30.53
Floating-point processing power	1.647 TFLOPS	0.7327 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	32

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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	202 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	64 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

No outputs

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	+
CUDA	-	3.0

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

16
+77.8%

9−10

−77.8%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+100%

5−6
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
Battlefield 5	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +70.4%	27−30 −70.4%
Hitman 3	12 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +70.8%	24−27 −70.8%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +76.7%	30−33 −76.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
Battlefield 5	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +70.4%	27−30 −70.4%
Hitman 3	12 +71.4%	7−8 −71.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +70.8%	24−27 −70.8%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +90%	10−11 −90%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +75%	12−14 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +76.7%	30−33 −76.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Far Cry 5	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +70.4%	27−30 −70.4%
Hitman 3	14−16 +75%	8−9 −75%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +70.8%	24−27 −70.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4 +100%	2−3 −100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+90%

10−11

−90%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +85.7%	7−8 −85.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Hitman 3	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%
Metro Exodus	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +83.3%	24−27 −83.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

+71.4%

7−8
−71.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +75%	12−14 −75%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+75%

4−5

−75%

This is how RX 550 Mobile and Quadro K2000 compete in popular games:

RX 550 Mobile is 78% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.96	4.09
Recency	2 July 2017	1 March 2013
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	51 Watt

RX 550 Mobile has a 70.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 2% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 550 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K2000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 Mobile is a notebook card while Quadro K2000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.