GRID M60 2Q vs Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID M60 2Q 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 M60 2Q 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 M60 2Q Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GRID M60 2Q has 350% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GRID M60 2Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GRID M60 2Q has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • GRID M60 2Q is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - in Laptops.
  • GRID M60 2Q is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 143 MHz higher, than GRID M60 2Q.
  • GRID M60 2Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID M60 2Q is 4012 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−11
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 21−24
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of GRID M60 2Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 215% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  GRID M60 2Q Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GM204 Broadway-XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 30 August 2015 7 January 2010
Pipelines 2048 800
Core clock speed 557 MHz 700 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 150.8 28.00
Floating-point performance 4,833 gflops 1,120.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.4 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.2
Laptop size large
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