Quadro K4200 vs Radeon HD 6970

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K4200 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 K4200 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.

Main Specs

  Quadro K4200 Radeon HD 6970
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 550 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6970 has 409% more power consumption, than Quadro K4200.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K4200 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro K4200 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 6970 - with Terascale 2.
  • Quadro K4200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 6970 is 26 mm longer, than Quadro K4200.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 4025 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 14−16
ultra / 1080p 12−14 9−10
QHD / 1440p 7−8 3−4
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 30−35
medium / 1080p 27−30 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 46% more, than Radeon HD 6970.

Full Specs

  Quadro K4200 Radeon HD 6970
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK104 Cayman
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 22 July 2014 14 December 2010
Pipelines 1344 1536
Core clock speed 771 MHz
Boost Clock 784 MHz 880 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 87.81 84.48
Floating-point performance 2,107 gflops 2,703.4 gflops
Length 241 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth 172.8 GB/s
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) 119 Mh/s 273 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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