Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro 4000M

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro 4000M 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 Quadro 4000M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro 4000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro 4000M 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 or Quadro 4000M here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Quadro 4000M
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 100 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 4000M has 100% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro 4000M has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 4000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro 4000M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 225 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro 4000M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 4000M is 200 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 3−4
ultra / 1080p 6−7 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Quadro 4000M.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Quadro 4000M
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Broadway-XT Fermi
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 22 February 2011
Pipelines 800 336
Core clock speed 700 MHz 475 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 26.60
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops 638.4 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
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