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    Quadro M5000M vs Radeon HD 7970M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 7970M. 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 M5000M and Radeon HD 7970M. 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.
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    Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 7970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 7970M 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 M5000M or Radeon HD 7970M here:

    Quadro M5000M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M5000M Radeon HD 7970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 100 Watt.
    • Quadro M5000M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Quadro M5000M has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Quadro M5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7970M - in Laptops.
    • Quadro M5000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M5000M is 112 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.
    • Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 7970M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro M5000M is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−12
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 5−6
    4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
    low / 720p 60−65 35−40
    medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
    The average gaming FPS of Quadro M5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 7970M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M5000M Radeon HD 7970M
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name GM204 Wimbledon XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 1,536 1280
    Core clock speed 962 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1051 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 93.60 68.00
    Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops 2,176 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.0 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
    CUDA 5.2
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 366 Mh/s 254 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
    Display Port 1.2
    3D Vision Pro +
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management +
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