NVIDIA Quadro P500 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P500 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro P500

ATI Radeon HD 5870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P500

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 79% higher boost clock speed: 1519 MHz vs 850 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
6.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 188 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6352 vs 1853

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2018 vs 23 September 2009
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1519 MHz vs 850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 188 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	6352 vs 1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5870

3.2x more texture fill rate: 68.0 GTexel / s vs 21.25 GTexel / s
6.3x more pipelines: 1600 vs 256
4x better floating-point performance: 2,720.0 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2220 vs 1628
Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 409 vs 240
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4541 vs 2622
Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4541 vs 2622

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	68.0 GTexel / s vs 21.25 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1600 vs 256
Floating-point performance	2,720.0 gflops vs 679.9 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2220 vs 1628
PassMark - G2D Mark	409 vs 240
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4541 vs 2622
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4541 vs 2622

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1628

2220

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

240

409

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6352

1853

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2622

4541

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2622

4541

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3671

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3671

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3349

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P500	ATI Radeon HD 5870
PassMark - G3D Mark	1628	2220
PassMark - G2D Mark	240	409
Geekbench - OpenCL	6352	1853
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2622	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2622	4541
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685	3671
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1339.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		43.496
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		245.813
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P500	ATI Radeon HD 5870
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP108	Cypress
Launch date	5 January 2018	23 September 2009
Place in performance rating	801	798
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1519 MHz	850 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	679.9 gflops	2,720.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	256	1600
Texture fill rate	21.25 GTexel / s	68.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	188 Watt
Transistor count	1,800 million	2,154 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Length		282 mm
API support
DirectX	12_1	11
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	32.1 GB / s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
Multi Monitor
AMD Eyefinity