Quadro K1200 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K1200 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire, 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 K1200 stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 6970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2x2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K1200 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
  • Quadro K1200 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 378 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
  • Quadro K1200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K1200 is 4100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 21−24
ultra / 1080p 8−9 12−14
QHD / 1440p 3−4 7−8
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 30−35 40−45
medium / 1080p 18−20 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 46% more, than Quadro K1200.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1200 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name GM107 Blackcomb XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 January 2015 6 January 2011
Pipelines 512 1920
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 680 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 2x1700 Million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 35.97
Floating-point performance 1,151 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 900 MHz
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan +
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 132 Mh/s
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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