AMD Radeon HD 6950M vs NVIDIA Quadro 2000
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6950M and NVIDIA Quadro 2000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6950M
- Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 27.84 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s
- 5x more pipelines: 960 vs 192
- 2.3x better floating-point performance: 1,113.6 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
- Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 62 Watt
- Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 2600 MHz
Texture fill rate | 27.84 GTexel / s vs 20 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 960 vs 192 |
Floating-point performance | 1,113.6 gflops vs 480.0 gflops |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 62 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz vs 2600 MHz |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 2000
- Around 8% higher core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 580 MHz
Core clock speed | 625 MHz vs 580 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6950M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 2000
Name | AMD Radeon HD 6950M | NVIDIA Quadro 2000 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 946 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 301 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 3903 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 10.229 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 258.26 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.885 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 13.688 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 19.02 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1600 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1682 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2668 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1600 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1682 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2668 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon HD 6950M | NVIDIA Quadro 2000 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale 2 | Fermi |
Code name | Blackcomb | GF106 |
Launch date | 4 January 2011 | 24 December 2010 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1289 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | |
Price now | $87.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 17.65 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 580 MHz | 625 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 1,113.6 gflops | 480.0 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
Pipelines | 960 | 192 |
Texture fill rate | 27.84 GTexel / s | 20 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 62 Watt |
Transistor count | 1,700 million | 1,170 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Length | 178 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12.0 (11_0) |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 115.2 GB / s | 41.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 3600 MHz | 2600 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 |