Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition vs Quadro FX 4800
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 882 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.23 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GT200B | Blackcomb |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 November 2008 (17 years ago) | 25 August 2011 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,799 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 192 | 960 |
| Core clock speed | 602 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 1,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38.53 | 32.64 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4623 TFLOPS | 1.306 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 Cache | 192 KB | 512 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 115.2 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.3 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 November 2008 | 25 August 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 150 Watt | 75 Watt |
HD 6970M Mac Edition has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4800 and Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 4800 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition is a notebook one.
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