Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Quadro M600M

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Quadro M600M 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 M600M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Quadro M600M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Quadro M600M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Quadro M600M here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Quadro M600M
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 30 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire has 300% more power consumption, than Quadro M600M.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Quadro M600M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Quadro M600M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro M600M - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M600M is 137 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro M600M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M600M is 4012 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 10−11
ultra / 1080p 9−10 6−7
QHD / 1440p 4−5 1−2
low / 720p 30−35 21−24
medium / 1080p 18−20 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 60% more, than Quadro M600M.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Quadro M600M
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell
Code name Broadway-XT GM107
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 2 October 2015
Pipelines 1600 384
Core clock speed 700 MHz 837 MHz
Boost Clock 876 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 14.02
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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