Quadro 2000 vs Radeon HD 5970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 2000 and Radeon HD 5970. 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 2000 and Radeon HD 5970. 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.

Main Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon HD 5970
Power consumption (TDP) 62 Watt 294 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5970 has 374% more power consumption, than Quadro 2000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro 2000 and Radeon HD 5970 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 2000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 5970 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 100 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.
  • Quadro 2000 and Radeon HD 5970 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 5970 is 127 mm longer, than Quadro 2000.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5970 is 1400 MHz higher, than Quadro 2000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 1−2 10−12
ultra / 1080p 0−1 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 10−12 24−27
medium / 1080p 2−3 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 240% more, than Quadro 2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 2000 Radeon HD 5970
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF106 Hemlock
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 December 2010 18 November 2009
Pipelines 192 1600
Core clock speed 625 MHz 725 MHz
Transistor count 1,170 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 20.00 58.00
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops 2x 2,320.0 gflops
Length 178 mm 305 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2600 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s
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