NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6970

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC and AMD Radeon HD 6970. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

1833
Place in performance rating
386
0.06
Value for money (0-100)
56.19
Kepler
Architecture
Terascale 2
GK104
Code name
Cayman
Workstation
Type
Desktop
25 January 2013
Release date
14 December 2010 (10 years ago)
$3,299
Launch price (MSRP)
$369
$452
Price now
$217 (0.6x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
3.34
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GPU code name
Cayman
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Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC and AMD Radeon HD 6970 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
1536
706 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
880 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
2,640 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
122 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
550 Watt
90.37
Texture fill rate
84.48
2,169 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,703.4 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
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Boost clock speed
880 MHz
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Number of transistors
2,640 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
550 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC and AMD Radeon HD 6970.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
267 mm
Length
267 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 2.0 x16

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 NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC and AMD Radeon HD 6970 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5400 MHz
Memory clock speed
1375 MHz
172.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC and AMD Radeon HD 6970, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
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DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC and AMD Radeon HD 6970 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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Enduro
-

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC and AMD Radeon HD 6970. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC and AMD Radeon HD 6970 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 NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC or AMD Radeon HD 6970 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC
AMD Radeon HD 6970
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC
AMD Radeon HD 6970
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC
AMD Radeon HD 6970
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC
AMD Radeon HD 6970
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC
AMD Radeon HD 6970
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 NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (122 Watt vs 550 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6970

13.56% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($217 (0.6x MSRP) vs $452)

So, NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC or AMD Radeon HD 6970?

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

NVIDIA Quadro K5000 SYNC versus AMD Radeon HD 6970 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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