Quadro K2000D vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K2000D and Radeon HD 7970M 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 K2000D stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M 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 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K2000D Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 292% more power consumption, than Quadro K2000D.
  • Quadro K2000D is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K2000D is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K2000D is 104 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • Quadro K2000D and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 800 MHz higher, than Quadro K2000D.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 9−10 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Quadro K2000D.

Full Specs

  Quadro K2000D Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK107 Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 1 March 2013 1 May 2012
Pipelines 384 2560
Core clock speed 954 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 30.53
Floating-point performance 732.7 gflops
Length 202 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 31 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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