AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
VS
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

281
Place in performance rating
1019
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Value for money (0-100)
14.24
Terascale 2
Architecture
G7x
Blackcomb XT
Code name
G71
Laptop
Type
Mobile workstation
6 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
29 September 2005 (16 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$99.99
$170
Price now
$126 (1.3x MSRP)
9.03
Value for money
0.02
Blackcomb XT
GPU code name
G71glm
Laptop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1920
Pipelines
32
680 MHz
Core clock speed
8 MHz
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Boost Clock
500 MHz
2x1700 Million
Transistor count
278 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
45 Watt
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Texture fill rate
12.00
1920
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
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Boost clock speed
500 MHz
2x1700 Million
Number of transistors
278 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
45 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M.

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Interface
MXM-III
large
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
2x2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
900 MHz
Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
38.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
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OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire or NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

17.52% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1920 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 90 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M

Cheaper ($126 (1.3x MSRP) vs $170)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2x2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire or NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire .

AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire versus NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M performance benchmarks comparison

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