ATI Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition vs Quadro P5200 Max-Q

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking167not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency22.45no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGP104Cypress
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date21 February 2018 (6 years ago)30 June 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$479

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 cores25601600
Core clock speed1316 MHz850 MHz
Boost clock speed1569 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt228 Watt
Texture fill rate251.068.00
Floating-point processing power8.033 TFLOPS2.72 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16080

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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data279 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1804 MHz1195 MHz
Memory bandwidth230.9 GB/s153.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2018 30 June 2010
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 228 Watt

P5200 Max-Q has an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 128% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P5200 Max-Q and Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P5200 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while Radeon HD 5870 Mac Edition is a desktop one.


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