Quadro K4100M vs Radeon HD 5970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K4100M and Radeon HD 5970, 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 K4100M stacks up against Radeon HD 5970, check out specs charts below.

Quadro K4100M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro K4100M 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 K4100M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K4100M Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 294 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5970 has 194% more power consumption, than Quadro K4100M.
  • Quadro K4100M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K4100M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Quadro K4100M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5970 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K4100M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 19 MHz higher, than Quadro K4100M.
  • Quadro K4100M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 800 MHz higher, than Quadro K4100M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 10−12
ultra / 1080p 7−8 6−7
QHD / 1440p 2−3 1−2
low / 720p 24−27 24−27
medium / 1080p 14−16 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4100M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than Radeon HD 5970.

Full Specs

  Quadro K4100M Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name N15E-Q3-A2 Hemlock
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 23 July 2013 18 November 2009
Pipelines 1152 1600
Core clock speed 706 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 67.78 58.00
Floating-point performance 1,627 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 305 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 51 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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