Quadro RTX 6000 Passive vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 691 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.00 | no data |
| Architecture | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Broadway-XT | TU102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (16 years ago) | 13 August 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $6,299 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1600 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 700 MHz | 1275 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1620 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 18,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 260 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 466.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 14.93 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 96 |
| TMUs | no data | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 576 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 72 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 4.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 6 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2x1 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1625 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 624.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 13 August 2018 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 260 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has 116.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 6000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Quadro RTX 6000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook graphics card while Quadro RTX 6000 Passive is a workstation one.
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