Quadro K2000 vs Radeon HD 6950M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K2000 and Radeon HD 6950M, 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 6950M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6950M 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 Radeon HD 6950M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K2000 Radeon HD 6950M
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro K2000 has 2% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Quadro K2000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro K2000 and Radeon HD 6950M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro K2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6950M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K2000 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6950M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K2000 is 374 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Quadro K2000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K2000 is 3100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 8−9
ultra / 1080p 4−5 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 20−22
medium / 1080p 9−10 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6950M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 22% more, than Quadro K2000.

Full Specs

  Quadro K2000 Radeon HD 6950M
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK107 Blackcomb Pro
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 March 2013 6 January 2011
Pipelines 384 960
Core clock speed 954 MHz 580 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53 27.84
Floating-point performance 732.7 gflops 1,113.6 gflops
Length 202 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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