Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand vs Quadro M1000M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	497	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.84	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	GM107	Broadway
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$200.89	no data
Current price	$706 (3.5x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	800
Core clock speed	993 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1072 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	31.78	32.00
Floating-point performance	1,017 gflops	1,280.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M1000M and Radeon HD 6970M Rebrand compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Width	no data	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB/4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	64 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	no data
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	5.0	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 October 2015	4 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB/4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	75 Watt

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