Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

Place in the ranking	639	392
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.79	no data
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	April 2018 (6 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 cores	1600	768
Core clock speed	700 MHz	1366 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1442 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	no 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 size

large

no data

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	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	3 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1752 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	84 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.

G-SYNC support

Supported technologies

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

Multi-Projection	no data	+
Multi Monitor	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11	no data
Vulkan	-	+

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:

900p	53 −145%	130−140 +145%
Full HD	54 −159%	140−150 +159%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9
−163%

21−24

+163%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −158%	80−85 +158%
Hitman 3	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −161%	120−130 +161%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −150%	35−40 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −158%	80−85 +158%
Hitman 3	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −161%	120−130 +161%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −131%	30−33 +131%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −158%	80−85 +158%
Hitman 3	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −150%	80−85 +150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −150%	45−50 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −161%	120−130 +161%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−131%

30−33
+131%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −157%	18−20 +157%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −140%	24−27 +140%
Hitman 3	9−10 −133%	21−24 +133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −158%	80−85 +158%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−133%

21−24

+133%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Hitman 3	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −150%	5−6 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%