GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.84

GTX 1050 Max-Q outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a whopping 117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking639436
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.779.62
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTGP107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)3 January 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 cores1600640
Core clock speed700 MHz1190 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1328 MHz
Number of transistorsno data3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rateno data53.12
Floating-point processing powerno data1.7 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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2x1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.1 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-6.1

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 5870 Crossfire 4.84
GTX 1050 Max-Q 10.52
+117%

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 5870 Crossfire 13046
GTX 1050 Max-Q 26081
+99.9%

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:

900p53
−108%
110−120
+108%
Full HD54
+20%
45
−20%
1440p12−14
−125%
27
+125%
4K6−7
−133%
14
+133%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−185%
37
+185%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−175%
30−35
+175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−182%
31
+182%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−270%
37
+270%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−107%
27−30
+107%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−126%
70−75
+126%
Hitman 3 10−12
−81.8%
20−22
+81.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−78.1%
55−60
+78.1%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−300%
44
+300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−238%
44
+238%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−250%
63
+250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−41.3%
65−70
+41.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−92.3%
24−27
+92.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−175%
30−35
+175%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−164%
29
+164%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−200%
30
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−107%
27−30
+107%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−213%
97
+213%
Hitman 3 10−12
−81.8%
20−22
+81.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−78.1%
55−60
+78.1%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−218%
35
+218%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−131%
30
+131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−88.9%
30−35
+88.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−55.6%
27−30
+55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−41.3%
65−70
+41.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−23.1%
16
+23.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−220%
16−18
+220%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−72.7%
19
+72.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−120%
22
+120%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−126%
70−75
+126%
Hitman 3 10−12
−81.8%
20−22
+81.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−78.1%
55−60
+78.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−88.9%
30−35
+88.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−16.7%
21
+16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−41.3%
65−70
+41.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−138%
31
+138%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−133%
21−24
+133%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−150%
10
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−175%
11
+175%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−380%
45−50
+380%
Hitman 3 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−100%
21−24
+100%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−1100%
24
+1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−116%
65−70
+116%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−122%
20
+122%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Hitman 3 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−683%
45−50
+683%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−550%
13
+550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1200%
13
+1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−100%
6
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−200%
6
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 2−3
−200%
6
+200%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−225%
12−14
+225%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−100%
10
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and GTX 1050 Max-Q compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Max-Q is 108% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 20% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1050 Max-Q is 125% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1050 Max-Q is 133% faster in 4K

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 1050 Max-Q is 1200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 1050 Max-Q is ahead in 68 tests (96%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.84 10.52
Recency 7 January 2010 3 January 2018
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1050 Max-Q has a 117.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.


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