Quadro K2000 vs Radeon HD 6870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K2000 and Radeon HD 6870, 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 K2000 stacks up against Radeon HD 6870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro K2000 Radeon HD 6870
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 151 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6870 has 196% more power consumption, than Quadro K2000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K2000 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K2000 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Quadro K2000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6870 is 18 mm longer, than Quadro K2000.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K2000 is 2950 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 10−12
ultra / 1080p 4−5 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 16−18 24−27
medium / 1080p 9−10 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 55% more, than Quadro K2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro K2000 Radeon HD 6870
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 RV940 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 1 March 2013 22 October 2010
Pipelines 384 1120
Core clock speed 954 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53 50.40
Floating-point performance 732.7 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Length 202 mm 220 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s 213 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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