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    Quadro M5000M vs Radeon HD 8870M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M5000M 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 M5000M stacks up against Radeon HD 8870M, check out specs charts below.
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    Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 8870M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 8870M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 M5000M or Radeon HD 8870M here:

    Quadro M5000M Laptops
    Radeon HD 8870M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M5000M Radeon HD 8870M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5, DDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Quadro M5000M has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8870M.
    • Quadro M5000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 8870M - in Laptops.
    • Quadro M5000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 8870M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M5000M is 237 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8870M.
    • Quadro M5000M and Radeon HD 8870M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro M5000M is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8870M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 7−8
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 18−20
    medium / 1080p 40−45 9−10
    The average gaming FPS of Quadro M5000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Radeon HD 8870M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M5000M Radeon HD 8870M
    Architecture Maxwell GCN
    Code name GM204 Venus
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 18 December 2012
    Pipelines 1,536 640
    Core clock speed 962 MHz 725 MHz
    Boost Clock 1051 MHz 775 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 1,500 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 93.60 31.00
    Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops 992.0 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4500 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 72 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 12 (11_1)
    Shader Model 5.0 5.1
    OpenGL 4.5 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
    CUDA 5.2
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 366 Mh/s 107 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
    Display Port 1.2
    3D Vision Pro +
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management +
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