ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 1070

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1070 with Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1070
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
34.69
+620%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.82

GTX 1070 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a whopping 620% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking148646
Place by popularity26not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation23.39no data
Power efficiency16.122.80
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGP104Broadway-XT
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 June 2016 (8 years ago)7 January 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$379 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores19201600
Core clock speed1506 MHz700 MHz
Boost clock speed1683 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt120 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate202.0no data
Floating-point processing power6.463 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs120no data

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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB2x1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed8 GB/s1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth256 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVIno data
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
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.

GTX 1070 34.69
+620%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 4.82

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.

GTX 1070 50995
+291%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 13046

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:

900p350−400
+560%
53
−560%
Full HD117
+117%
54
−117%
1440p69
+667%
9−10
−667%
4K49
+717%
6−7
−717%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.24no data
1440p5.49no data
4K7.73no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+773%
10−12
−773%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+545%
10−12
−545%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+722%
9−10
−722%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+773%
10−12
−773%
Battlefield 5 141
+642%
18−20
−642%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+545%
10−12
−545%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+722%
9−10
−722%
Far Cry 5 106
+715%
12−14
−715%
Fortnite 256
+848%
27−30
−848%
Forza Horizon 4 129
+514%
21−24
−514%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+850%
10−11
−850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 135
+650%
18−20
−650%
Valorant 200−210
+247%
55−60
−247%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+773%
10−12
−773%
Battlefield 5 119
+526%
18−20
−526%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+545%
10−12
−545%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+245%
80−85
−245%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+722%
9−10
−722%
Dota 2 130−140
+245%
40−45
−245%
Far Cry 5 100
+669%
12−14
−669%
Fortnite 175
+548%
27−30
−548%
Forza Horizon 4 121
+476%
21−24
−476%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+850%
10−11
−850%
Grand Theft Auto V 111
+640%
14−16
−640%
Metro Exodus 62
+675%
8−9
−675%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 122
+578%
18−20
−578%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120
+823%
12−14
−823%
Valorant 200−210
+247%
55−60
−247%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 107
+463%
18−20
−463%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+545%
10−12
−545%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+722%
9−10
−722%
Dota 2 130−140
+245%
40−45
−245%
Far Cry 5 90
+592%
12−14
−592%
Forza Horizon 4 94
+348%
21−24
−348%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+850%
10−11
−850%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 81
+350%
18−20
−350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 63
+385%
12−14
−385%
Valorant 200−210
+247%
55−60
−247%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 127
+370%
27−30
−370%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30
+367%
6−7
−367%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+543%
35−40
−543%
Grand Theft Auto V 60−65
+1180%
5−6
−1180%
Metro Exodus 38
+1167%
3−4
−1167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+447%
30−35
−447%
Valorant 230−240
+374%
50−55
−374%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 84
+2700%
3−4
−2700%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+1100%
3−4
−1100%
Far Cry 5 68
+656%
9−10
−656%
Forza Horizon 4 79
+618%
10−12
−618%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+729%
7−8
−729%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
+743%
7−8
−743%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 79
+778%
9−10
−778%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 24−27
+550%
4−5
−550%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Grand Theft Auto V 62
+288%
16−18
−288%
Metro Exodus 23
+667%
3−4
−667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43 0−1
Valorant 190−200
+757%
21−24
−757%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45
+4400%
1−2
−4400%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Dota 2 95−100
+560%
14−16
−560%
Far Cry 5 35
+600%
5−6
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 52
+767%
6−7
−767%
Forza Horizon 5 30−35
+1600%
2−3
−1600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35
+600%
5−6
−600%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 39
+680%
5−6
−680%

This is how GTX 1070 and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1070 is 560% faster in 900p
  • GTX 1070 is 117% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1070 is 667% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1070 is 717% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1070 is 4400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1070 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 34.69 4.82
Recency 10 June 2016 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 1070 has a 619.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1070 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1070 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is a notebook one.

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