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    Quadro M5000M vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire. 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 M5000M and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire. 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.
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    Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 M5000M or Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire here:

    Quadro M5000M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M5000M Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2x2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Quadro M5000M has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Quadro M5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • Quadro M5000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M5000M is 282 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Quadro M5000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro M5000M is 4100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 7−8
    4K / 2160p 10−11 5−6
    low / 720p 60−65 40−45
    medium / 1080p 40−45 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Quadro M5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 68% more, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M5000M Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name GM204 Blackcomb XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 1,536 1920
    Core clock speed 962 MHz 680 MHz
    Boost Clock 1051 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 2x1700 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 93.60
    Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA 5.2
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 366 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
    Display Port 1.2
    3D Vision Pro +
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management +
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