Quadro 7000 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 7000 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 7000 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.

Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M 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 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 7000 has 2% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • Quadro 7000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 7000 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 199 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.
  • Quadro 7000 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 1396 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 4−5 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Quadro 7000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN
Code name GF110 Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 2 May 2012 1 May 2012
Pipelines 512 2560
Core clock speed 651 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 41.66
Floating-point performance 1,332 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3404 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 163.4 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
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