ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs GeForce GT 650M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 650M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 650M SLI
2012
2x2 GB GDDR5
5.08
+71.6%

GT 650M SLI outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 by an impressive 72% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking622777
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data4.09
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameN13E-GEBroadway
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)

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 cores768800
Core clock speed790 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed835 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data28.00
Floating-point processing powerno data1.12 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data40

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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)

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 amount2x2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width2x 128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data64 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX1111.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 650M SLI 5.08
+71.6%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.96

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 650M SLI 12812
+60.2%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p79
+155%
31
−155%
Full HD47
+27%
37
−27%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Hitman 3 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+50%
21−24
−50%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+20.5%
35−40
−20.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Battlefield 5 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Hitman 3 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+50%
21−24
−50%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+20.5%
35−40
−20.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+55.6%
9−10
−55.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+100%
16−18
−100%
Hitman 3 10−12
+37.5%
8−9
−37.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+50%
21−24
−50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+20.5%
35−40
−20.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+100%
7−8
−100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+100%
6−7
−100%
Hitman 3 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
+57.1%
7−8
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

This is how GT 650M SLI and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

  • GT 650M SLI is 155% faster in 900p
  • GT 650M SLI is 27% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GT 650M SLI is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 650M SLI is ahead in 60 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.08 2.96
Recency 22 March 2012 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

GT 650M SLI has a 71.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 650M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.


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