Radeon RX 5700 XT vs ATI Mobility HD 4870

Place in the ranking	876	92
Place by popularity	not in top-100	41
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	46.22
Power efficiency	no data	13.14
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	M98	Navi 10
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	9 January 2009 (16 years ago)	7 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$399

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 cores	800	2560
Core clock speed	550 MHz	1605 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1905 MHz
Number of transistors	956 million	10,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.00	304.8
Floating-point processing power	0.88 TFLOPS	9.754 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	40	160

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 size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	272 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	888 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	56.83 GB/s	448.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready	no data	+
Multi Monitor	no data	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	+

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 2.10

RX 5700 XT 41.87
+1894%

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.

ATI Mobility HD 4870 6631

RX 5700 XT 83961
+1166%

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:

Full HD	26 −388%	127 +388%
1440p	3−4 −2467%	77 +2467%
4K	2−3 −2300%	48 +2300%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.14
1440p	no data	5.18
4K	no data	8.31

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −675%	93 +675%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1200%	78 +1200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −2225%	93 +2225%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −533%	76 +533%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1267%	82 +1267%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −2027%	234 +2027%
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	130
Metro Exodus	3−4 −5100%	156 +5100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −1178%	115 +1178%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −4750%	194 +4750%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −433%	64 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1100%	72 +1100%
Dota 2	5−6 −2440%	127 +2440%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −307%	57 +307%
Fortnite	10−12 −1555%	180−190 +1555%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −1655%	193 +1655%
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	110
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 −2800%	145 +2800%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −3600%	111 +3600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −1071%	246 +1071%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −633%	66 +633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −1622%	150−160 +1622%
World of Tanks	40−45 −580%	270−280 +580%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −1925%	81 +1925%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −375%	57 +375%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −950%	63 +950%
Dota 2	5−6 −1960%	103 +1960%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −629%	100−110 +629%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −1455%	171 +1455%
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	104
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −886%	200−210 +886%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −450%	30−35 +450%
Dota 2	0−1	79
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	79
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 −1150%	170−180 +1150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −4100%	42 +4100%
World of Tanks	14−16 −1843%	270−280 +1843%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −7900%	80 +7900%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −875%	39 +875%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −2200%	130−140 +2200%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −3500%	72 +3500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1440%	75−80 +1440%
Valorant	8−9 −1388%	119 +1388%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −394%	79 +394%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −427%	79 +427%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −2300%	144 +2300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −2600%	27 +2600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −427%	79 +427%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2500%	52 +2500%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −750%	17 +750%
Dota 2	16−18 −481%	93 +481%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Fortnite	0−1	60−65
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	37
Valorant	2−3 −3000%	62 +3000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Valorant

190

+0%

190

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Valorant

112

+0%

112

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Valorant

159

+0%

159

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4	119 +0%	119 +0%
Metro Exodus	104 +0%	104 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Metro Exodus	35 +0%	35 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8 +0%	8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	71 +0%	71 +0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 4870 and RX 5700 XT compete in popular games:

RX 5700 XT is 388% faster in 1080p
RX 5700 XT is 2467% faster in 1440p
RX 5700 XT is 2300% faster in 4K

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

in Battlefield 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 5700 XT is 7900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX 5700 XT is ahead in 48 tests (84%)
there's a draw in 9 tests (16%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.10	41.87
Recency	9 January 2009	7 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	7 nm

RX 5700 XT has a 1893.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 5700 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is a notebook card while Radeon RX 5700 XT is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.