Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) vs ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire

Place in performance ranking	633	656
Place by popularity	not in top-100	41
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	Broadway-XT	Vega Raven Ridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1600	512
Core clock speed	700 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 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 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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	2x1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	no data
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

12_1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 4.93
+9.6%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 4.50

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3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution.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
+26.7%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 10294

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 +17.8%	45−50 −17.8%
Full HD	55 +206%	18 −206%
4K	9−10 +0%	9 +0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9

−12.5%

9
+12.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −15.4%	15 +15.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −100%	10 +100%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −50%	18 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +10%	10 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −80%	18 +80%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −28.6%	18 +28.6%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −87.1%	58 +87.1%
Hitman 3	10−12 +22.2%	9 −22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +6.7%	30−33 −6.7%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −100%	22 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −23.1%	16 +23.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 −5.6%	19 +5.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −41.3%	65 +41.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −131%	30 +131%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Battlefield 5	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +10%	10 −10%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +33.3%	6 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +7.7%	13 −7.7%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −67.7%	52 +67.7%
Hitman 3	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +6.7%	30−33 −6.7%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −54.5%	17 +54.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +30%	10 −30%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +12.5%	16 −12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −72.2%	31 +72.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −19.6%	55 +19.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +62.5%	8 −62.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +57.1%	7 −57.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +60%	5 −60%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +42.9%	7 −42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +34.8%	23 −34.8%
Hitman 3	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +113%	15 −113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +28.6%	14 −28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +125%	8 −125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +2.2%	45−50 −2.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14
+30%

−30%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Hitman 3	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +10.7%	27−30 −10.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
+12.5%

8−9

−12.5%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4 +33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −125%	9 +125%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 18% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 206% faster in 1080p
A tie in 4K

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

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is 125% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 131% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire is ahead in 33 tests (49%)
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is ahead in 19 tests (28%)
there's a draw in 15 tests (22%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.93	4.50
Recency	7 January 2010	26 October 2017
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire has a 9.6% higher aggregate performance score.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire and Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000).

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.