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    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Quadro FX 5800

    In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Quadro FX 5800 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire will be the best choice, for others Quadro FX 5800 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.
    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Check Price
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    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 Crossfire here:

    Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Quadro FX 5800
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 189 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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    • Quadro FX 5800 has 57% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Quadro FX 5800 has 2 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Quadro FX 5800 - in Desktops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro FX 5800 - with Tesla 2.0.
    • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 90 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro FX 5800 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 5800 is 600 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 3−4
    ultra / 1080p 9−10 1−2
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
    low / 720p 30−35 14−16
    medium / 1080p 18−20 5−6
    The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 216% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Quadro FX 5800
    Architecture Terascale 2 Tesla 2.0
    Code name Broadway-XT GT200B
    Type Laptop Workstation
    Release date 7 January 2010 11 November 2008
    Pipelines 1600 240
    Core clock speed 700 MHz 610 MHz
    Transistor count 1,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 48.80
    Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 512 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1600 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 11.1 (10_0)
    Shader Model 4.0
    OpenGL 3.3
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA 1.3
    Laptop size large
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