Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro K5200

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro K5200 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 K5200 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 Quadro K5200
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 150 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K5200 has 200% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro K5200 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K5200 has 7 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K5200 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro K5200 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 33 MHz higher, than Quadro K5200.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro K5200 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K5200 is 5008 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 35−40
ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K5200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 215% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Quadro K5200
Architecture Terascale 2 Kepler
Code name Broadway-XT GK110B
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 22 July 2014
Pipelines 800 2304
Core clock speed 700 MHz 667 MHz
Boost Clock 771 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 148.0
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops 3,553 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 192.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 3.5
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 226 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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