Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Tesla C2070

When choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Tesla C2070, it is worth examining the specifications of the models in detail. Do they meet the recommended requirements of modern games and software? Storage capacity, form factor, TDP, available ports, warranty and manufacturer support are all important. For example, the size of a PC case can limit the maximum thickness and length of the card. Often, instead of the factory overclocked card and RGB backlight, it is better to choose a reference model with a more efficient GPU. And make sure that your current power supply unit has the correct connection pins (using adapters is not recommended). This GPUs compare tool is meant to help you to choose the best graphics card for your build. Let's find out the difference between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Tesla C2070.

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:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Tesla C2070
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 238 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI
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  • Tesla C2070 has 98% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Tesla C2070 has 4 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Tesla C2070 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla C2070 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 126 MHz higher, than Tesla C2070.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Tesla C2070 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla C2070 is 1988 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 16−18
ultra / 1080p 9−10 9−10
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 30−35 30−35
medium / 1080p 18−20 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla C2070 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Tesla C2070
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Broadway-XT GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 25 July 2011
Pipelines 1600 448
Core clock speed 700 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,030.4 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Laptop size large
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