Quadro K5000 vs Radeon HD 6950M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K5000 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 K5000 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 K5000 Radeon HD 6950M
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro K5000 has 144% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Quadro K5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro K5000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Quadro K5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6950M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K5000 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6950M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K5000 is 126 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Quadro K5000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K5000 is 4500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 20−22 8−9
ultra / 1080p 12−14 5−6
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 35−40 20−22
medium / 1080p 24−27 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 118% more, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K5000 Radeon HD 6950M
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK104 Blackcomb Pro
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 17 August 2012 6 January 2011
Pipelines 1536 960
Core clock speed 706 MHz 580 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 90.37 27.84
Floating-point performance 2,169 gflops 1,113.6 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 172.8 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) 111 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.2 Mh/s
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