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    Quadro M1200 vs Radeon HD 5870

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M1200 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 M1200 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.
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    Quadro M1200 is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Quadro M1200 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 M1200 here:

    Quadro M1200 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M1200 Radeon HD 5870
    Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 188 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
    Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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    • Radeon HD 5870 has 317% more power consumption, than Quadro M1200.
    • Quadro M1200 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
    • Quadro M1200 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5870 - in Desktops.
    • Quadro M1200 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M1200 is 141 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.
    • Quadro M1200 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro M1200 is 200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 18−20 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 10−12 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 5−6 1−2
    4K / 2160p 4−5 −
    low / 720p 35−40 24−27
    medium / 1080p 21−24 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Quadro M1200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 72% more, than Radeon HD 5870.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M1200 Radeon HD 5870
    Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 2
    Code name N17P-Q1 Cypress
    Type Mobile workstation Desktop
    Release date 13 January 2017 23 September 2009
    Pipelines 640 1600
    Core clock speed 991 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1150 MHz
    Transistor count 1870 Million 2,154 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 68.00
    Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops
    Length 282 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.0 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan N/A
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
    Display Port 1.2
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management +
    3D Stereo +
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