Quadro 2000D vs Radeon HD 6970M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 2000D and Radeon HD 6970M, 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 2000D stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6970M 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 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 2000D Radeon HD 6970M
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 6970M has 20% more power consumption, than Quadro 2000D.
  • Quadro 2000D is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon HD 6970M has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 2000D.
  • Quadro 2000D is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6970M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 2000D is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6970M is 55 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000D.
  • Quadro 2000D and Radeon HD 6970M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 2000D is 1700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 10−12
ultra / 1080p 0−1 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 12−14 24−27
medium / 1080p 3−4 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 183% more, than Quadro 2000D.

Full Specs

  Quadro 2000D Radeon HD 6970M
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name GF106 Blackcomb XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 5 October 2011 6 January 2011
Pipelines 192 960
Core clock speed 625 MHz 680 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 32.64
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 1,305.6 gflops
Length 178 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s 118 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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