GeForce GTX 470M SLI 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 470M SLI, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

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

GTX 470M SLI outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking639565
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.77no data
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTN11E-GT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)1 November 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 cores1600576
Core clock speed700 MHz535 MHz
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno 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 sizelargelarge

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 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1250 MHz
Shared memory--

API compatibility

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

DirectX1111

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 470M SLI 6.63
+37%

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 470M SLI 16802
+28.8%

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
−24.5%
66
+24.5%
Full HD54
−42.6%
77
+42.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−30.8%
16−18
+30.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−58.3%
18−20
+58.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−35.7%
18−20
+35.7%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−41.9%
40−45
+41.9%
Hitman 3 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−25%
40−45
+25%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−27.8%
21−24
+27.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−13%
50−55
+13%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−30.8%
16−18
+30.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−58.3%
18−20
+58.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−35.7%
18−20
+35.7%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−41.9%
40−45
+41.9%
Hitman 3 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−25%
40−45
+25%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−63.6%
18−20
+63.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−27.8%
21−24
+27.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−13%
50−55
+13%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−30.8%
16−18
+30.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−37.5%
10−12
+37.5%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−50%
14−16
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−41.9%
40−45
+41.9%
Hitman 3 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−25%
40−45
+25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−27.8%
21−24
+27.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−16.7%
21−24
+16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−13%
50−55
+13%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−42.9%
10−11
+42.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−120%
21−24
+120%
Hitman 3 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−35.5%
40−45
+35.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Hitman 3 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−217%
18−20
+217%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and GTX 470M SLI compete in popular games:

  • GTX 470M SLI is 25% faster in 900p
  • GTX 470M SLI is 43% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 470M SLI is 217% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 470M SLI is ahead in 68 tests (96%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.84 6.63
Recency 7 January 2010 1 November 2010

GTX 470M SLI has a 37% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 9 months.

The GeForce GTX 470M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.


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