Radeon HD 7970 vs Quadro M5000M

Place in performance ranking	287	355
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.09	4.00
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	GM204	Tahiti XT
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	22 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$549
Current price	$468	$89 (0.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

M5000M has 102% better value for money than HD 7970.

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	1,536	2048
Core clock speed	962 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1051 MHz	925 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	300 Watt
Texture fill rate	93.60	118.4
Floating-point performance	2,995 gflops	3,789 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 7970 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
Bus support	no data	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	274 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	264 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 outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Eyefinity	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
DisplayPort support	no data	-
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.

AppAcceleration	no data	-
CrossFire	no data	1
Enduro	no data	-
FreeSync	no data	1
HD3D	no data	-
PowerTune	no data	-
TrueAudio	no data	-
ZeroCore	no data	-
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	DirectX® 11
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	no data
Mantle	no data	-
CUDA	5.2	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

M5000M 17.95
+32.1%

HD 7970 13.59

Quadro M5000M outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

M5000M 6932
+32.1%

HD 7970 5248

Quadro M5000M outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 32% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

M5000M 11845
+52.4%

HD 7970 7770

Quadro M5000M outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 52% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

M5000M 9228
+34.5%

HD 7970 6862

Quadro M5000M outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 34% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

M5000M 63738
+45.5%

HD 7970 43795

Quadro M5000M outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 46% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

M5000M 112
+44.3%

HD 7970 78

Quadro M5000M outperforms Radeon HD 7970 by 44% in Unigine Heaven 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:

900p	130−140 +23.8%	105 −23.8%
Full HD	78 −32.1%	103 +32.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33	no data
Battlefield 5	55−60	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Metro Exodus	60−65	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33	no data
Battlefield 5	55−60	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Metro Exodus	60−65	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	67	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−33	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30	no data
Far Cry 5	40−45	no data
Forza Horizon 4	80−85	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	38	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11	no data
Far Cry 5	30−33	no data
Forza Horizon 4	35−40	no data
Hitman 3	21−24	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	30−35	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14	no data
Hitman 3	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry 5	10−11	no data
Forza Horizon 4	24−27	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22	no data
Metro Exodus	16−18	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8	no data