Quadro 5010M vs Radeon HD 6970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 6970. 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 5010M and Radeon HD 6970. 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.

Quadro 5010M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 5010M 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 Quadro 5010M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 550 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 ECC DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 450% more power consumption, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6970 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5010M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970.
  • Quadro 5010M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6970 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5010M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 6970 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6970 is 75 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 30−35
medium / 1080p 12−14 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 58% more, than Quadro 5010M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 6970
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name N12E-Q5 Cayman
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 14 December 2010
Pipelines 384 1536
Core clock speed 450 MHz
Boost Clock 880 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 84.48
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1300 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 273 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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