Quadro 5010M vs Radeon HD 6870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 6870, 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 5010M stacks up against Radeon HD 6870, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 5010M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 5010M 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 5010M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 6870
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 151 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 ECC GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6870 has 51% more power consumption, than Quadro 5010M.
  • Quadro 5010M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5010M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6870.
  • Quadro 5010M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6870 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 5010M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6870 - with Terascale 2.
  • Quadro 5010M and Radeon HD 6870 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 5010M is 250 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 10−12
ultra / 1080p 6−7 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 21−24 24−27
medium / 1080p 12−14 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Quadro 5010M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5010M Radeon HD 6870
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name N12E-Q5 RV940 Barts
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 22 October 2010
Pipelines 384 1120
Core clock speed 450 MHz
Boost Clock 900 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 21.60 50.40
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 2,016.0 gflops
Length 220 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1300 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bus support PCIe 2.0 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 213 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
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