NVIDIA Quadro K5100M vs AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5100M and AMD Radeon HD 6970M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 771 MHz vs 680 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 98.69 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 960
Around 81% better floating-point performance: 2,369 gflops vs 1,305.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 1 GB
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3225 vs 2270
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11427 vs 3349
Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 5.972 vs 4.787
Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.022 vs 0.927
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3229
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3362 vs 3342
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3229
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3362 vs 3342

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	771 MHz vs 680 MHz
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s vs 32.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 960
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops vs 1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3225 vs 2270
Geekbench - OpenCL	11427 vs 3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.972 vs 4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.022 vs 0.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 vs 3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6970M

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 89% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 347
Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 617.819 vs 355.305
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.456 vs 15.706
3.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 117.801 vs 34.772

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	617.819 vs 355.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.456 vs 15.706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	117.801 vs 34.772

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5100M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6970M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3225

2270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

347

656

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

11427

3349

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.972

4.787

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

355.305

617.819

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.022

0.927

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.706

24.456

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

34.772

117.801

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3229

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3229

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3362

3342

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	AMD Radeon HD 6970M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3225	2270
PassMark - G2D Mark	347	656
Geekbench - OpenCL	11427	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.972	4.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	355.305	617.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.022	0.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.706	24.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	34.772	117.801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6747
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362	3342

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5100M	AMD Radeon HD 6970M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Blackcomb
Launch date	23 July 2013	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	777	779
Price now	$309.99
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	13.80
Technical info
Core clock speed	771 MHz	680 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,369 gflops	1,305.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1536	960
Texture fill rate	98.69 GTexel / s	32.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus