GRID K280Q vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K280Q and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GRID K280Q and Mobility Radeon HD 5870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 5870 here:

Main Specs

  GRID K280Q Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GRID K280Q has 350% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GRID K280Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GRID K280Q has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GRID K280Q is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - in Laptops.
  • GRID K280Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of GRID K280Q is 45 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GRID K280Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K280Q is 4000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 10−11
ultra / 1080p 7−8 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 21−24
medium / 1080p 14−16 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GRID K280Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 15% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  GRID K280Q Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Kepler Terascale 2
Code name GK104 Broadway-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 28 June 2013 7 January 2010
Pipelines 1536 800
Core clock speed 745 MHz 700 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 28.00
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 1,120.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0
Laptop size large
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