Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Tesla M2070 Q

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Tesla M2070 Q you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Mobility Radeon HD 5870 will be the best choice, for others Tesla M2070 Q will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 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 Mobility Radeon HD 5870 here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Tesla M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 225 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 350% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M2070 Q uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M2070 Q has 5 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Tesla M2070 Q - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 126 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Tesla M2070 Q are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M2070 Q is 2132 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 3−4
ultra / 1080p 6−7 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 14−16
medium / 1080p 12−14 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 116% more, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture Terascale 2 Fermi
Code name Broadway-XT GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 25 July 2011
Pipelines 800 448
Core clock speed 700 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 32.14
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 150.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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