Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs Quadro 6000

When comparing Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Quadro 6000, we look primarily at benchmarks and game tests. But it is not only about the numbers. Often you can find third-party models with higher clock speeds, better cooling, or a customizable RGB lighting. Not all of them will have all the features you need. Another thing to consider is the port selection. Most graphics cards have at least one DisplayPort and HDMI interface, but some monitors require DVI. Before you buy, check the TDP of the graphics card - this characteristic will help you estimate the consumption of the graphics card. You may even have to upgrade your PSU to meet its requirements. An important factor when choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Quadro 6000 is the price. Does the additional cost justify the performance hit? Our comparison should help you make the right decision.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Quadro 6000
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 204 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2x1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 6000 has 70% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Quadro 6000 has 4 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is used in Laptops, and Quadro 6000 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro 6000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is 126 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire 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 Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 14−16
ultra / 1080p 9−10 8−9
QHD / 1440p 4−5 3−4
low / 720p 30−35 27−30
medium / 1080p 18−20 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 14% more, than Quadro 6000.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire Quadro 6000
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Broadway-XT GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 10 December 2010
Pipelines 1600 448
Core clock speed 700 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 91 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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