Quadro 6000 vs Radeon HD 4870 X2

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 6000 and Radeon HD 4870 X2. 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 6000 and Radeon HD 4870 X2. 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 4870 X2

Main Specs

  Quadro 6000 Radeon HD 4870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 286 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 has 40% more power consumption, than Quadro 6000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro 6000 has 5 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 6000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 X2 is 126 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.
  • Quadro 6000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 4870 X2 is 19 mm longer, than Quadro 6000.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 X2 is 612 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 3−4
ultra / 1080p 8−9 1−2
QHD / 1440p 3−4 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 14−16
medium / 1080p 16−18 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 6000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 183% more, than Radeon HD 4870 X2.

Full Specs

  Quadro 6000 Radeon HD 4870 X2
Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name GF100 R700
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 10 December 2010 12 August 2008
Pipelines 448 800
Core clock speed 574 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 32.14 28.00
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops 2x 1,120.0 gflops
Length 248 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 91 Mh/s
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