Quadro M4000 vs Radeon HD 5970

In this comparison between Quadro M4000 and Radeon HD 5970 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 M4000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon HD 5970 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5970 has 145% more power consumption, than Quadro M4000.
  • Quadro M4000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M4000 has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 48 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.
  • Quadro M4000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is 64 mm longer, than Quadro M4000.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 2008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 24−27
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon HD 5970.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 TeraScale 2
Code name GM204 Hemlock
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 29 June 2015 18 November 2009
Pipelines 1664 1600
Core clock speed 773 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 58.00
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 241 mm 305 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan + N/A
CUDA 5.2
SLI options +
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3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync
High-Performance Video I/O6 +
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