Quadro 5010M vs Radeon HD 4870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 4870. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 4870. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 ECC GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4870 has 50% more power consumption, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5010M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Quadro 5010M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4870 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5010M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 300 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 2300 MHz higher, than Quadro 5010M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 3−4
ultra / 1080p 6−7 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5010M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon HD 4870.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 4870
Architecture Fermi TeraScale
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 750 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 30.00
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Length 250 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1300 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 115.2 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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