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    Quadro K5100M vs Radeon HD 6970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K5100M and Radeon HD 6970M, 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 K5100M stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M, check out specs charts below.
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    Quadro K5100M and Radeon HD 6970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro K5100M and Radeon HD 6970M 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 K5100M or Radeon HD 6970M here:

    Quadro K5100M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro K5100M Radeon HD 6970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Quadro K5100M has 33% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Quadro K5100M has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Quadro K5100M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6970M - in Laptops.
    • Quadro K5100M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro K5100M is 91 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Quadro K5100M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro K5100M is 2700 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 14−16 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 8−9 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 3−4 1−2
    low / 720p 30−35 24−27
    medium / 1080p 18−20 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Quadro K5100M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 36% more, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro K5100M Radeon HD 6970M
    Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
    Code name N15E-Q5-A2 Blackcomb XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 23 July 2013 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 1536 960
    Core clock speed 771 MHz 680 MHz
    Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 98.69 32.64
    Floating-point performance 2,369 gflops 1,305.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 3600 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 115.2 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) 35 Mh/s 118 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
    Display Port 1.2
    3D Vision Pro +
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management +
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