GRID K140Q vs Radeon HD 6970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K140Q and Radeon HD 6970. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GRID K140Q and Radeon HD 6970. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GRID K140Q Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 323% more power consumption, than GRID K140Q.
  • GRID K140Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 6970 has 1 GB more memory, than GRID K140Q.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID K140Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • GRID K140Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K140Q is 407 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 14−16
ultra / 1080p 0−1 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 9−10 30−35
medium / 1080p 1−2 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 400% more, than GRID K140Q.

Full Specs

  GRID K140Q Radeon HD 6970
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 28 June 2013 14 December 2010
Pipelines 192 1536
Core clock speed 850 MHz
Boost Clock 880 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 13.60 84.48
Floating-point performance 326.4 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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