Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro 6000

When choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro 6000, 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 and Quadro 6000.

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 6000
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 204 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 6000 has 308% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro 6000 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 6000 has 5 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 6000 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro 6000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 126 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro 6000 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 6000 is 1988 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 27−30
medium / 1080p 12−14 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 6000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Quadro 6000
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Broadway-XT GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 10 December 2010
Pipelines 800 448
Core clock speed 700 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 143.4 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 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 91 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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