GRID K240Q vs Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K240Q and Radeon HD 5870. 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 GRID K240Q and Radeon HD 5870. 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.

Main Specs

  GRID K240Q Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 188 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GRID K240Q has 19% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • GRID K240Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID K240Q and Radeon HD 5870 have maximum RAM of 1 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID K240Q is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 105 MHz higher, than GRID K240Q.
  • GRID K240Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K240Q is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 10−12
ultra / 1080p 6−7 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 1−2
low / 720p 21−24 24−27
medium / 1080p 12−14 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 10% more, than GRID K240Q.

Full Specs

  GRID K240Q Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Cypress
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 28 June 2013 23 September 2009
Pipelines 1536 1600
Core clock speed 745 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 68.00
Floating-point performance 2,289 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Length 282 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0
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