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    Quadro 5010M vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. 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 5010M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire. 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.
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    Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 5010M or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    Quadro 5010M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Memory type GDDR5 ECC GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 100% more power consumption, than Quadro 5010M.
    • Quadro 5010M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • Quadro 5010M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 400 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.
    • Quadro 5010M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3500 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 21−24 60−65
    medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Quadro 5010M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name N12E-Q5 Wimbledon XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 22 February 2011 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 384 2560
    Core clock speed 450 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 3,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 21.60
    Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1300 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA 2.0
    Laptop size large large
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