Radeon RX Vega 7 vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon RX Vega 7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire
2010
2x1 GB DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5, 120 Watt
4.75

RX Vega 7 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire by an impressive 53% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking637531
Place by popularitynot in top-10012
Power efficiency2.8634.97
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameBroadway-XTVega Raven Ridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)7 January 2020 (4 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 cores1600448
Core clock speed700 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt15 Watt

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 sizelargeno 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 typeDDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2x1 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1000 MHzno data
Shared memory-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112_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 4.75
RX Vega 7 7.27
+53.1%

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
RX Vega 7 17714
+35.8%

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
−50.9%
80−85
+50.9%
Full HD52
+136%
22
−136%
1440p18−20
−61.1%
29
+61.1%
4K12−14
−58.3%
19
+58.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−125%
18
+125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−61.5%
21
+61.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−280%
19
+280%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−54.5%
17
+54.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−75%
14
+75%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−70%
17
+70%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−50%
21−24
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−58.1%
45−50
+58.1%
Hitman 3 10−12
−27.3%
14
+27.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−34.4%
40−45
+34.4%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−145%
27
+145%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−108%
27
+108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−38.9%
24−27
+38.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−107%
95
+107%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−169%
35
+169%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−200%
15
+200%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−63.6%
18
+63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−25%
10
+25%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−70%
16−18
+70%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−50%
21−24
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−58.1%
45−50
+58.1%
Hitman 3 10−12
−27.3%
14
+27.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
−128%
73
+128%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−90.9%
21
+90.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−30.8%
17
+30.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−33.3%
24
+33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−22.2%
21−24
+22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−73.9%
80
+73.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
−38.5%
18−20
+38.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−100%
10−11
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−36.4%
14−16
+36.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−12.5%
9
+12.5%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−70%
16−18
+70%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+14.8%
27
−14.8%
Hitman 3 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+45.5%
22
−45.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−16.7%
21
+16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+38.5%
13
−38.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−19.6%
55−60
+19.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

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

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
−170%
27−30
+170%
Hitman 3 9−10
−22.2%
10−12
+22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−45.5%
16−18
+45.5%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−300%
8−9
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−51.6%
45−50
+51.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−44.4%
12−14
+44.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−117%
13
+117%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

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 1−2
Far Cry 5 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
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 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and RX Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 7 is 51% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 136% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 7 is 61% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 7 is 58% faster in 4K

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 45% faster.
  • in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega 7 is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is ahead in 3 tests (4%)
  • RX Vega 7 is ahead in 65 tests (92%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.75 7.27
Recency 7 January 2010 7 January 2020
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 15 Watt

RX Vega 7 has a 53.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 471.4% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire in performance tests.


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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire
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