Quadro 7000 vs Radeon HD 6870

In this comparison between Quadro 7000 and Radeon HD 6870 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro 7000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 6870 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon HD 6870
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro 7000 has 35% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro 7000 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 7000 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Quadro 7000 and Radeon HD 6870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Quadro 7000 is 28 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 7000 is 2354 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 10−12
ultra / 1080p 10−11 6−7
QHD / 1440p 4−5 1−2
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 24−27
medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 63% more, than Radeon HD 6870.

Full Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon HD 6870
Architecture Fermi 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GF110 RV940 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 May 2012 22 October 2010
Pipelines 512 1120
Core clock speed 651 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 41.66 50.40
Floating-point performance 1,332 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Length 248 mm 220 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3404 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 163.4 GB/s 134.4 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 2.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 213 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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