Quadro 410 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire with Quadro 410, including specs and performance data.

HD 6970M Crossfire
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5
8.41
+693%

HD 6970M Crossfire outperforms 410 by a whopping 693% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4911081
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.12
Power efficiencyno data2.06
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBlackcomb XTGK107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date6 January 2011 (14 years ago)7 August 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

no data

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 cores1920192
Core clock speed680 MHz706 MHz
Number of transistors2x1700 Million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data38 Watt
Texture fill rateno data11.30
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2711 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data16

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data176 mm
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz891 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.26 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 data1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX1112 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p94
+840%
10−12
−840%
Full HD98
+717%
12−14
−717%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data12.42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Valorant 30−35
+750%
4−5
−750%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Dota 2 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Fortnite 50−55
+783%
6−7
−783%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+788%
8−9
−788%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+800%
3−4
−800%
Valorant 30−35
+750%
4−5
−750%
World of Tanks 130−140
+731%
16−18
−731%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Dota 2 30−35
+700%
4−5
−700%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Forza Horizon 5 21−24
+1000%
2−3
−1000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
+788%
8−9
−788%
Valorant 30−35
+750%
4−5
−750%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Grand Theft Auto V 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+740%
5−6
−740%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8 0−1
World of Tanks 65−70
+713%
8−9
−713%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8 0−1
Far Cry 5 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Valorant 21−24
+1050%
2−3
−1050%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 5−6 0−1
Dota 2 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Grand Theft Auto V 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Counter-Strike 2 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Fortnite 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%
Forza Horizon 5 6−7 0−1
Valorant 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%

This is how HD 6970M Crossfire and Quadro 410 compete in popular games:

  • HD 6970M Crossfire is 840% faster in 900p
  • HD 6970M Crossfire is 717% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.41 1.06
Recency 6 January 2011 7 August 2012
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

HD 6970M Crossfire has a 693.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Quadro 410, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 410 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire is a notebook card while Quadro 410 is a workstation one.


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AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
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