Quadro 3000M vs Radeon HD 6970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 3000M 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 Quadro 3000M 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.

Quadro 3000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 3000M 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 Quadro 3000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 3000M Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 550 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 633% more power consumption, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Quadro 3000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 3000M and Radeon HD 6970 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro 3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6970 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 3000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • Quadro 3000M and Radeon HD 6970 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6970 is 750 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 14−16
ultra / 1080p 1−2 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 4−5 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 280% more, than Quadro 3000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 3000M Radeon HD 6970
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name Fermi Cayman
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 14 December 2010
Pipelines 240 1536
Core clock speed 450 MHz
Boost Clock 880 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 18.00 84.48
Floating-point performance 432.0 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 625 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 28 Mh/s 273 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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