Quadro 2000 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 2000 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro 2000 stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 2000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is 55 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 2000 is 1700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 21−24
ultra / 1080p 0−1 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 10−12 40−45
medium / 1080p 2−3 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 500% more, than Quadro 2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF106 Blackcomb XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 24 December 2010 6 January 2011
Pipelines 192 1920
Core clock speed 625 MHz 680 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops
Length 178 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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