Quadro RTX 6000 vs Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	272	57
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	32.38	10.05
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code name	Neptune CF	TU102
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	1 May 2012 (11 years old)	13 August 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$6,299
Current price	$170	$3083 (0.5x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD 8970M Crossfire has 222% better value for money than RTX 6000.

Technical specs

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	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

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire and Quadro RTX 6000 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	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

Memory

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	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	672.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

Video outputs and ports

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 support

List of supported graphics 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	no data	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	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

−143%

170−180
+143%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33

−150%

75−80
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −156%	100−105 +156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −150%	160−170 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −145%	120−130 +145%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −155%	130−140 +155%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −142%	160−170 +142%
Hitman 3	50−55 −141%	130−140 +141%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −150%	100−105 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −142%	75−80 +142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −150%	100−105 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −150%	90−95 +150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −156%	100−105 +156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −150%	160−170 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 −145%	120−130 +145%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −155%	130−140 +155%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −142%	160−170 +142%
Hitman 3	50−55 −141%	130−140 +141%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −150%	100−105 +150%
Metro Exodus	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −142%	75−80 +142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −150%	100−105 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −144%	100−105 +144%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −150%	90−95 +150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −156%	100−105 +156%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −142%	80−85 +142%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −150%	160−170 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Far Cry 5	50−55 −140%	120−130 +140%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −155%	130−140 +155%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −142%	160−170 +142%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −144%	100−105 +144%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −150%	90−95 +150%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 −150%	70−75 +150%
Hitman 3	30−33 −150%	75−80 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −140%	60−65 +140%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −150%	60−65 +150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −135%	40−45 +135%
Battlefield 5	40−45 −138%	100−105 +138%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −150%	90−95 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −150%	95−100 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −138%	50−55 +138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Hitman 3	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −137%	45−50 +137%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −150%	55−60 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −133%	35−40 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −141%	65−70 +141%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%