Quadro T2000 Max Q vs Radeon HD 5870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro T2000 Max Q and Radeon HD 5870, 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 T2000 Max Q stacks up against Radeon HD 5870, check out specs charts below.

Quadro T2000 Max Q is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro T2000 Max Q 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 T2000 Max Q here:

Main Specs

  Quadro T2000 Max Q Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 188 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5870 has 370% more power consumption, than Quadro T2000 Max Q.
  • Quadro T2000 Max Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 5870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro T2000 Max Q has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • Quadro T2000 Max Q is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5870 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro T2000 Max Q is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro T2000 Max Q is 80 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • Quadro T2000 Max Q is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro T2000 Max Q is 3200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 24−27
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro T2000 Max Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Radeon HD 5870.

Full Specs

  Quadro T2000 Max Q Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Turing TeraScale 2
Code name N19P-Q3 MAX-Q Cypress
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 May 2019 23 September 2009
Pipelines 1024 1600
Core clock speed 930 / 1200 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1500 / 1620 MHz
Transistor count 4,700 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 103.7 68.00
Floating-point performance 2,720.0 gflops
Length 282 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 128.0 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 6.5 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 N/A
CUDA 7.5
Laptop size medium sized
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