Quadro 5000 vs Radeon HD 8870M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 8870M, 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 5000 stacks up against Radeon HD 8870M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 8870M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8870M 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 Radeon HD 8870M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon HD 8870M
Power consumption (TDP) 152 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2.5 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro 5000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8870M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 5000 and Radeon HD 8870M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro 5000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8870M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 5000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 8870M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8870M is 212 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.
  • Quadro 5000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8870M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8870M is 1500 MHz higher, than Quadro 5000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 7−8
ultra / 1080p 5−6 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon HD 8870M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 5000 Radeon HD 8870M
Architecture Fermi GCN
Code name GF100 Venus
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 February 2011 18 December 2012
Pipelines 352 640
Core clock speed 513 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 22.57 31.00
Floating-point performance 722.3 gflops 992.0 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 320 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3000 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 120.0 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s 107 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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