Radeon HD 8650M vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon HD 8650M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.69
+152%

Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire outperforms HD 8650M by a whopping 152% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking693957
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.01no data
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)GCN (2012−2015)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (16 years ago)7 January 2013 (13 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 cores1600384
Core clock speed700 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistorsno data900 Million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 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 sizelargemedium sized

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 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz4500 MHz
Shared memory--

API and SDK support

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

DirectX1111.1

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
+152%
21−24
−152%
Full HD54
+157%
21−24
−157%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Fortnite 27−30
+250%
8−9
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+72.7%
10−12
−72.7%
Valorant 60−65
+57.9%
35−40
−57.9%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
+110%
35−40
−110%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Dota 2 40−45
+95.2%
21−24
−95.2%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Fortnite 27−30
+250%
8−9
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+72.7%
10−12
−72.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Valorant 60−65
+57.9%
35−40
−57.9%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 18−20
+375%
4−5
−375%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Dota 2 40−45
+95.2%
21−24
−95.2%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+120%
10−11
−120%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+72.7%
10−12
−72.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+62.5%
8−9
−62.5%
Valorant 60−65
+57.9%
35−40
−57.9%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 27−30
+250%
8−9
−250%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+177%
12−14
−177%
Grand Theft Auto V 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+84.2%
18−20
−84.2%
Valorant 50−55
+325%
12−14
−325%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Valorant 21−24
+156%
9−10
−156%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Dota 2 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6−7 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and HD 8650M compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 152% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 157% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire surpassed HD 8650M in all 49 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.69 1.86
Recency 7 January 2010 7 January 2013
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 152.2% higher aggregate performance score.

HD 8650M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 8650M in performance tests.

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