Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Tesla M60

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Tesla M60 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 will be the best choice, for others Tesla M60 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

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 Tesla M60
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 300 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M60 has 500% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M60 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M60 has 7 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Tesla M60 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 143 MHz higher, than Tesla M60.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M60 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 is 4012 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 230% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Tesla M60
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell 2.0
Code name Broadway-XT GM204
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 30 August 2015
Pipelines 800 2048
Core clock speed 700 MHz 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 150.8
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops 2x 4,833 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 432 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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