Quadro M5000M vs Radeon HD 6970

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 6970, 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 M5000M stacks up against Radeon HD 6970, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M5000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M5000M 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 M5000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M5000M Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 450% more power consumption, than Quadro M5000M.
  • Quadro M5000M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M5000M has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970.
  • Quadro M5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6970 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M5000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • Quadro M5000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M5000M is 3625 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon HD 6970.

Full Specs

  Quadro M5000M Radeon HD 6970
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM204 Cayman
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 14 December 2010
Pipelines 1,536 1536
Core clock speed 962 MHz
Boost Clock 1051 MHz 880 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 93.60 84.48
Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 366 Mh/s 273 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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