Quadro 5010M vs Radeon HD 6850

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 6850. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 6850. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Quadro 5010M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 5010M 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 Quadro 5010M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 6850
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 127 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 ECC GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6850 has 27% more power consumption, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5010M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850.
  • Quadro 5010M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6850 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5010M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 6850 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 9−10
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 21−24
medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 6850 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 6850
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name N12E-Q5 Barts
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 21 October 2010
Pipelines 384 960
Core clock speed 450 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 37.20
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,488.0 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 128.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support AGP
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 139 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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