Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition vs Quadro K1000M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking890not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.49no data
Power efficiency3.08no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGK107Blackcomb
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date1 June 2012 (12 years ago)25 August 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$119.90 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192960
Core clock speed850 MHz680 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate13.6032.64
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS1.306 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1648

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s115.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2012 25 August 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 75 Watt

K1000M has an age advantage of 9 months, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K1000M and Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K1000M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition is a mobile workstation one.


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