Quadro 5010M vs Radeon HD 4850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 4850, 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 Quadro 5010M stacks up against Radeon HD 4850, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 5010M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 5010M 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 Quadro 5010M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 4850
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 110 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 ECC GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4850 has 10% more power consumption, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 4850 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 has 508 GB more memory, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4850 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5010M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 - with Terascale 1.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 is 175 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 5010M is 307 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4850.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 1−2
ultra / 1080p 6−7 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 12−14
medium / 1080p 12−14 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5010M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Radeon HD 4850.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 4850
Architecture Fermi Terascale 1
Code name N12E-Q5 RV770
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 25 June 2008
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 450 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 25.00
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,000.0 gflops
Length 246 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1300 MHz 993 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 63.55 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Laptop size large
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