Quadro P2000 vs Radeon HD 6950M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P2000 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 P2000 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 P2000 Radeon HD 6950M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro P2000 has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Quadro P2000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro P2000 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Quadro P2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6950M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro P2000 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 6950M - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P2000 is 496 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Quadro P2000 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P2000 is 6108 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 8−9
ultra / 1080p 24−27 5−6
QHD / 1440p 18−20 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 20−22
medium / 1080p 45−50 10−12
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 290% more, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Full Specs

  Quadro P2000 Radeon HD 6950M
Architecture Pascal Terascale 2
Code name GP106 Blackcomb Pro
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 6 February 2017 6 January 2011
Pipelines 1024 960
Core clock speed 1076 MHz 580 MHz
Boost Clock 1480 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 94.72 27.84
Floating-point performance 3,031 gflops 1,113.6 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 160 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 900 MHz
Memory bandwidth 140.2 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 6.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.19 kh/s
Laptop size large
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