Quadro 5000 vs Radeon HD 7970M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 7970M. 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 5000 and Radeon HD 7970M. 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.

Radeon HD 7970M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7970M 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 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon HD 7970M
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000 has 52% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7970M.
  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 7970M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro 5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7970M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 337 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M is 1800 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 18−20
ultra / 1080p 5−6 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 21−24 35−40
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than Quadro 5000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon HD 7970M
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF100 Wimbledon XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 February 2011 1 May 2012
Pipelines 352 1280
Core clock speed 513 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 68.00
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 2,176 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 254 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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