Quadro 5000 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000 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 5000 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 5000
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP)
152 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
2.5 GB
2x2 GB
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
Quadro 5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is 167 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Quadro 5000 is 2100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
9−10
21−24
ultra / 1080p
5−6
12−14
QHD / 1440p
0−1
7−8
4K / 2160p
−
5−6
low / 720p
21−24
40−45
medium / 1080p
12−14
24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 108% more, than Quadro 5000.
high / 1080p
16−18
30−35
ultra / 1080p
14−16
27−30
QHD / 1440p
0−1
12−14
4K / 2160p
−
8−9
low / 720p
30−35
70−75
medium / 1080p
16−18
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Battlefield 5 is 110% more, than Quadro 5000.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Quadro 5000.
low / 768p
160−170
230−240
medium / 768p
130−140
200−210
ultra / 1080p
70−75
120−130
QHD / 1440p
40−45
95−100
4K / 2160p
30−33
50−55
high / 768p
100−110
170−180
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 62% more, than Quadro 5000.
low / 768p
55−60
60−65
ultra / 1080p
27−30
50−55
medium / 1080p
45−50
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Cyberpunk 2077 is 29% more, than Quadro 5000.
low / 768p
90−95
120−130
medium / 768p
70−75
100−110
ultra / 1080p
45−50
80−85
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Dota 2 is 48% more, than Quadro 5000.
high / 1080p
10−12
24−27
ultra / 1080p
10−11
21−24
QHD / 1440p
−
20−22
4K / 2160p
4−5
8−9
low / 720p
24−27
50−55
medium / 1080p
12−14
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Far Cry 5 is 125% more, than Quadro 5000.
high / 1080p
18−20
30−35
ultra / 1080p
12−14
24−27
QHD / 1440p
−
16−18
low / 720p
75−80
120−130
medium / 1080p
30−35
70−75
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Fortnite is 80% more, than Quadro 5000.
high / 1080p
16−18
35−40
ultra / 1080p
14−16
27−30
QHD / 1440p
4−5
14−16
4K / 2160p
−
12−14
low / 720p
35−40
70−75
medium / 1080p
18−20
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Forza Horizon 4 is 116% more, than Quadro 5000.
low / 768p
65−70
100−110
medium / 768p
55−60
95−100
high / 1080p
18−20
40−45
ultra / 1080p
8−9
16−18
QHD / 1440p
0−1
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Grand Theft Auto V is 71% more, than Quadro 5000.
high / 1080p
6−7
12−14
ultra / 1080p
4−5
10−11
QHD / 1440p
−
10−11
4K / 2160p
1−2
3−4
low / 720p
18−20
40−45
medium / 1080p
8−9
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Metro Exodus is 112% more, than Quadro 5000.
low / 768p
100−110
120−130
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Minecraft is 18% more, than Quadro 5000.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
40−45
70−75
medium / 1080p
20−22
18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 34% more, than Quadro 5000.
high / 1080p
12−14
16−18
ultra / 1080p
8−9
10−11
QHD / 1440p
0−1
2−3
4K / 2160p
−
1−2
low / 720p
18−20
40−45
medium / 1080p
12−14
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 76% more, than Quadro 5000.
low / 768p
35−40
75−80
medium / 768p
21−24
45−50
high / 1080p
12−14
24−27
ultra / 1080p
8−9
14−16
4K / 2160p
7−8
8−9
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 100% more, than Quadro 5000.
low / 768p
90−95
90−95
medium / 768p
50−55
60−65
ultra / 1080p
24−27
40−45
high / 768p
40−45
55−60
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in World of Tanks is 18% more, than Quadro 5000.
Full Specs
Quadro 5000
Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Architecture
Fermi
Terascale 2
Code name
GF100
Blackcomb XT
Type
Workstation
Laptop
Release date
23 February 2011
6 January 2011
Pipelines
352
1920
Core clock speed
513 MHz
680 MHz
Transistor count
3,100 million
2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Texture fill rate
22.57
Floating-point performance
722.3 gflops
Length
248 mm
Memory bus width
320 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
3000 MHz
900 MHz
Memory bandwidth
120.0 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
2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
66 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
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