Quadro RTX 6000 vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

Place in the ranking	292	65
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.27
Power efficiency	6.52	13.02
Architecture	GCN (2012−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Neptune CF	TU102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)	13 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$6,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	2560	4608
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	1770 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	260 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	509.8
Floating-point processing power	no data	16.31 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	96
TMUs	no data	288
Tensor Cores	no data	576
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	72

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 size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	24 GB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	672.0 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 Connectors

no data

4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.0
Vulkan	-	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

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:

Full HD

−150%

170−180
+150%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

37.05

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33

−150%

75−80
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −156%	110−120 +156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −154%	160−170 +154%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −156%	100−105 +156%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −144%	110−120 +144%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −155%	130−140 +155%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −152%	300−310 +152%
Hitman 3	35−40 −157%	95−100 +157%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −158%	240−250 +158%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −158%	170−180 +158%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −155%	130−140 +155%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −154%	160−170 +154%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −158%	230−240 +158%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −156%	110−120 +156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −154%	160−170 +154%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −156%	100−105 +156%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −144%	110−120 +144%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −155%	130−140 +155%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −152%	300−310 +152%
Hitman 3	35−40 −157%	95−100 +157%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −158%	240−250 +158%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −158%	170−180 +158%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −155%	130−140 +155%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −154%	160−170 +154%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −156%	110−120 +156%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −158%	230−240 +158%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −156%	110−120 +156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −156%	100−105 +156%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −144%	110−120 +144%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −152%	300−310 +152%
Hitman 3	35−40 −157%	95−100 +157%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −158%	240−250 +158%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −154%	160−170 +154%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −156%	110−120 +156%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −158%	230−240 +158%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
−155%

130−140

+155%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −157%	95−100 +157%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −159%	75−80 +159%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −135%	40−45 +135%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −138%	50−55 +138%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −150%	55−60 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −157%	270−280 +157%
Hitman 3	21−24 −150%	55−60 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −156%	100−105 +156%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −157%	90−95 +157%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −150%	95−100 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −150%	55−60 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 −154%	290−300 +154%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

−150%

80−85
+150%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Hitman 3	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −155%	250−260 +155%
Metro Exodus	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −150%	65−70 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −138%	50−55 +138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−135%

40−45
+135%

This is how HD 8970M Crossfire and RTX 6000 compete in popular games:

RTX 6000 is 150% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.72	48.56
Recency	1 May 2012	13 August 2018
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	260 Watt

HD 8970M Crossfire has 30% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000, on the other hand, has a 159.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire is a notebook card while Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.