Quadro K620 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K620 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 K620 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 K620 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 41 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type 128 Bit GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
  Check Price Check Price
  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 387% more power consumption, than Quadro K620.
  • Quadro K620 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K620 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K620 is 208 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • Quadro K620 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 3000 MHz higher, than Quadro K620.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 24−27 60−65
medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Quadro K620.

Full Specs

  Quadro K620 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM107 Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 July 2014 1 May 2012
Pipelines 384 2560
Core clock speed 1058 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 26.98
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 4800 MHz
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 5
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan +
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 104 Mh/s
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
  Check Price Check Price