AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA Quadro 6000 SDI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition and NVIDIA Quadro 6000 SDI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition

NVIDIA Quadro 6000 SDI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 680 MHz vs 574 MHz
Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 32.6 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
2.1x more pipelines: 960 vs 448
Around 27% better floating-point performance: 1,305.6 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 231 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 2988 MHz

Launch date	25 August 2011 vs 25 July 2011
Core clock speed	680 MHz vs 574 MHz
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s vs 32.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	960 vs 448
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops vs 1,027.7 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 231 Watt
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 2988 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 6000 SDI

3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB

Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6970M Mac Edition	NVIDIA Quadro 6000 SDI
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Blackcomb	GF100
Launch date	25 August 2011	25 July 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$11,499
Technical info
Core clock speed	680 MHz	574 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,305.6 gflops	1,027.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	960	448
Texture fill rate	32.6 GTexel / s	32.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	231 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video, 2x SDI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length		248 mm
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	143.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	2988 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5