ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire vs GeForce GTX 770M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 770M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 770M SLI
2013
2x 3 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
14.40
+200%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.80

GTX 770M SLI outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a whopping 200% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking363637
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.642.76
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameno dataBroadway-XT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2013 (11 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 cores19201600
Core clock speed811 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors2x 2540 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt120 Watt

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 sizelargelarge
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 amount2x 3 GB2x1 GB
Memory bus width2x 192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz1000 MHz
Shared memory--

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
CUDA+-

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:

900p150−160
+183%
53
−183%
Full HD160−170
+196%
54
−196%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+154%
12−14
−154%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+292%
12−14
−292%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+164%
10−12
−164%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+186%
14−16
−186%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+203%
30−35
−203%
Hitman 3 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+131%
30−35
−131%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+345%
10−12
−345%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+208%
12−14
−208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+161%
18−20
−161%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+65.2%
45−50
−65.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+154%
12−14
−154%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+292%
12−14
−292%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+164%
10−12
−164%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+186%
14−16
−186%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+203%
30−35
−203%
Hitman 3 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+131%
30−35
−131%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+345%
10−12
−345%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+208%
12−14
−208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+161%
18−20
−161%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+65.2%
45−50
−65.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+154%
12−14
−154%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+360%
5−6
−360%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+164%
10−12
−164%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+175%
8−9
−175%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+240%
10−11
−240%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+203%
30−35
−203%
Hitman 3 27−30
+145%
10−12
−145%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+131%
30−35
−131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+161%
18−20
−161%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+94.4%
18−20
−94.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+65.2%
45−50
−65.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+208%
12−14
−208%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+211%
9−10
−211%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+183%
6−7
−183%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+640%
10−11
−640%
Hitman 3 16−18
+88.9%
9−10
−88.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+164%
10−12
−164%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+213%
8−9
−213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+187%
30−35
−187%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+167%
9−10
−167%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Hitman 3 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+1083%
6−7
−1083%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%

This is how GTX 770M SLI and ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire compete in popular games:

  • GTX 770M SLI is 183% faster in 900p
  • GTX 770M SLI is 196% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 770M SLI is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 770M SLI surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.40 4.80
Recency 30 May 2013 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 120 Watt

GTX 770M SLI has a 200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

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

The GeForce GTX 770M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.


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