Quadro 5000M vs Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 5000M 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 Quadro 5000M 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.

Quadro 5000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 5000M 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 5000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 188 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5870 has 88% more power consumption, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 5870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5000M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • Quadro 5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5870 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 445 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.
  • Quadro 5000M and Radeon HD 5870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 3600 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000M.

Game benchmarks

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 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 7% more, than Quadro 5000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000M Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name Fermi Cypress
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 July 2010 23 September 2009
Pipelines 320 1600
Core clock speed 405 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 16.20 68.00
Floating-point performance 518.4 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Length 282 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
Laptop size large
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