Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro K420
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro K420, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 stacks up against Quadro K420, check out specs charts below.
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
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Quadro K420
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
41 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB/2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
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Mobility Radeon HD 5870 has 21% more power consumption, than Quadro K420.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro K420 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro K420 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K420 - in Desktops.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro K420 - with Kepler.
Core clock speed of Quadro K420 is 176 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro K420 - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Quadro K420 is 782 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
10−11
0−1
ultra / 1080p
6−7
0−1
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
21−24
9−10
medium / 1080p
12−14
1−2
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 240% more, than Quadro K420.
high / 1080p
16−18
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
1−2
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
9−10
medium / 1080p
18−20
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Battlefield 5 is 475% more, than Quadro K420.
low / 768p
45−50
50−55
high / 1080p
−
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K420 in Call of Duty: Warzone is 10% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
170−180
100−110
medium / 768p
140−150
75−80
ultra / 1080p
70−75
30−35
QHD / 1440p
40−45
−
4K / 2160p
30−33
9−10
high / 768p
100−110
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 90% more, than Quadro K420.
low / 768p
55−60
70−75
ultra / 1080p
27−30
10−12
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 2% more, than Quadro K420.
low / 768p
90−95
65−70
medium / 768p
75−80
35−40
ultra / 1080p
45−50
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Dota 2 is 80% more, than Quadro K420.
high / 1080p
12−14
1−2
ultra / 1080p
10−12
−
4K / 2160p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
27−30
7−8
medium / 1080p
12−14
2−3
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Far Cry 5 is 500% more, than Quadro K420.
high / 1080p
18−20
−
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
QHD / 1440p
−
0−1
low / 720p
75−80
40−45
medium / 1080p
35−40
4−5
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Fortnite is 147% more, than Quadro K420.
high / 1080p
16−18
1−2
ultra / 1080p
14−16
−
QHD / 1440p
4−5
0−1
low / 720p
35−40
10−12
medium / 1080p
20−22
3−4
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Forza Horizon 4 is 400% more, than Quadro K420.
low / 768p
65−70
35−40
medium / 768p
55−60
−
high / 1080p
18−20
1−2
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
medium / 720p
−
30−35
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Grand Theft Auto V is 126% more, than Quadro K420.
high / 1080p
6−7
0−1
ultra / 1080p
5−6
0−1
4K / 2160p
1−2
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
1−2
medium / 1080p
9−10
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Metro Exodus is 1800% more, than Quadro K420.
low / 768p
100−110
85−90
high / 1080p
−
50−55
ultra / 1080p
90−95
−
medium / 1080p
95−100
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Minecraft is 20% more, than Quadro K420.
high / 1080p
18−20
14−16
ultra / 1080p
14−16
12−14
low / 720p
40−45
21−24
medium / 1080p
20−22
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 50% more, than Quadro K420.
high / 1080p
12−14
−
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
2−3
medium / 1080p
12−14
−
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 850% more, than Quadro K420.
low / 768p
35−40
4−5
medium / 768p
21−24
−
high / 1080p
12−14
2−3
ultra / 1080p
8−9
−
4K / 2160p
7−8
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 733% more, than Quadro K420.
low / 768p
90−95
65−70
medium / 768p
50−55
30−35
ultra / 1080p
24−27
10−12
high / 768p
45−50
27−30
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in World of Tanks is 58% more, than Quadro K420.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Quadro K420
Architecture
Terascale 2
Kepler
Code name
Broadway-XT
GK107
Type
Laptop
Workstation
Release date
7 January 2010
22 July 2014
Pipelines
800
192
Core clock speed
700 MHz
876 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
14.02
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
336.4 gflops
Length
160 mm
Memory bus width
128 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
Shared memory
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
12
Shader Model
5.0
5
OpenGL
4.4
4.5
OpenCL
1.2
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
+
CUDA
3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
11 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
3D Vision Pro
+
Mosaic
+
Width
1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays
4
nView Desktop Management
+
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