Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro M2000M

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro M2000M 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 M2000M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro M2000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro M2000M 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 M2000M here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Quadro M2000M
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 55 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro M2000M has 10% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro M2000M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro M2000M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro M2000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro M2000M - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M2000M is 338 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro M2000M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000M is 4000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 18−20
ultra / 1080p 6−7 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 21−24 35−40
medium / 1080p 12−14 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 69% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Quadro M2000M
Architecture Terascale 2 Maxwell
Code name Broadway-XT GM107
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 2 October 2015
Pipelines 800 640
Core clock speed 700 MHz 1038 MHz
Boost Clock 1197 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 43.92
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops 1,405 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 173 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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