Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro P520
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro P520, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 stacks up against Quadro P520, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro P520 are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro P520 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 P520 here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Quadro P520
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
2 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Quadro P520 has 1 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro P520 - in Mobile workstations.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro P520 - with Pascal.
Core clock speed of Quadro P520 is 603 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro P520 - by 14 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Quadro P520 is 5000 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
10−11
10−12
ultra / 1080p
6−7
6−7
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
21−24
24−27
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
18−20
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
35−40
35−40
medium / 1080p
18−20
18−20
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro P520 have the same average FPS in Battlefield 5.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro P520 have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
170−180
170−180
medium / 768p
140−150
140−150
ultra / 1080p
70−75
75−80
QHD / 1440p
40−45
40−45
4K / 2160p
30−33
30−33
high / 768p
100−110
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 2% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
27−30
30−33
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Cyberpunk 2077 is 2% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
95−100
medium / 768p
75−80
75−80
ultra / 1080p
45−50
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Dota 2 is 4% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
10−12
12−14
4K / 2160p
4−5
5−6
low / 720p
27−30
27−30
medium / 1080p
12−14
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Far Cry 5 is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
20−22
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
low / 720p
75−80
80−85
medium / 1080p
35−40
35−40
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Fortnite is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
16−18
18−20
ultra / 1080p
14−16
14−16
QHD / 1440p
4−5
5−6
low / 720p
35−40
35−40
medium / 1080p
20−22
21−24
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro P520 have the same average FPS in Forza Horizon 4.
low / 768p
65−70
70−75
medium / 768p
55−60
60−65
high / 1080p
18−20
21−24
ultra / 1080p
8−9
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Grand Theft Auto V is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
6−7
7−8
ultra / 1080p
5−6
5−6
4K / 2160p
1−2
1−2
low / 720p
18−20
21−24
medium / 1080p
9−10
9−10
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Metro Exodus is 12% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
100−110
100−110
ultra / 1080p
90−95
90−95
medium / 1080p
95−100
100−105
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Minecraft is 2% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
18−20
18−20
ultra / 1080p
14−16
16−18
low / 720p
40−45
45−50
medium / 1080p
20−22
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 8% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
high / 1080p
12−14
12−14
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
18−20
20−22
medium / 1080p
12−14
12−14
Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro P520 have the same average FPS in Red Dead Redemption 2.
low / 768p
35−40
40−45
medium / 768p
21−24
24−27
high / 1080p
12−14
14−16
ultra / 1080p
8−9
8−9
4K / 2160p
7−8
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 11% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
low / 768p
90−95
95−100
medium / 768p
50−55
55−60
ultra / 1080p
24−27
27−30
high / 768p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in World of Tanks is 5% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 5870
Quadro P520
Architecture
Terascale 2
Pascal
Code name
Broadway-XT
Type
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
7 January 2010
27 May 2019
Pipelines
800
384
Core clock speed
700 MHz
1303 MHz
Boost Clock
1493 MHz
Transistor count
1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
14 nm
Texture fill rate
28.00
Floating-point performance
1,120.0 gflops
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
DirectX 12_1
Shader Model
5.0
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
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Laptop size
large
large
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