Quadro K600 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K600 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 K600 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 K600 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 387% more power consumption, than Quadro K600.
  • Quadro K600 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K600 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K600 is 26 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • Quadro K600 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3018 MHz higher, than Quadro K600.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 1−2 60−65
medium / 1080p 0−1 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Quadro K600.

Full Specs

  Quadro K600 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK107 Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 March 2013 1 May 2012
Pipelines 192 2560
Core clock speed 876 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 14.02
Floating-point performance 336.4 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 11 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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