Quadro FX 5800 vs Radeon HD 4870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon HD 4870, 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 FX 5800 stacks up against Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 189 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 26% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro FX 5800 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 140 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon HD 4870 are manufactured by 55 nm process technology.
  • Quadro FX 5800 is 17 mm longer, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 2000 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 5−6 6−7
Quadro FX 5800 and Radeon HD 4870 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro FX 5800 Radeon HD 4870
Architecture Tesla 2.0 TeraScale
Code name GT200B RV770
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 11 November 2008 25 June 2008
Pipelines 240 800
Core clock speed 610 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 48.80 30.00
Floating-point performance 622.1 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Length 267 mm 250 mm
Memory bus width 512 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 4.0 4.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 1.3
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