Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
VS
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
515
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Value for money (0-100)
11.89
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Kepler
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Code name
GK104
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Type
Mobile workstation
25 August 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
1 June 2012 (9 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$155
$180
Price now
$223 (1.4x MSRP)
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Value for money
1.34
Blackcomb
GPU code name
N14E-Q1
Desktop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
576
680 MHz
Core clock speed
654 MHz
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Transistor count
3,540 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
32.64
Texture fill rate
31.39
1,305.6 gflops
Floating-point performance
753.4 gflops
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
576
1,700 million
Number of transistors
3,540 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
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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 Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
3600 MHz
Memory clock speed
2800 MHz
115.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
+
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Optimus
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
N/A
Vulkan
+
5.0
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro K3000M 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 Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition or NVIDIA Quadro K3000M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
Death Stranding (2020) Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
F1 2020 (2020) Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
Gears Tactics (2020) Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
Doom Eternal (2020) Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition
NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
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 Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition

Cheaper ($180 vs $223 (1.4x MSRP))

More memory bandwidth (115.2 GB/s vs 89.6 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K3000M

8.46% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

So, Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition or NVIDIA Quadro K3000M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro K3000M .

Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition versus NVIDIA Quadro K3000M performance benchmarks comparison

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