GeForce GTX 260M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce GTX 260M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.96
+202%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 outperforms GTX 260M by a whopping 202% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7821111
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.061.03
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameBroadwayG92
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)3 March 2009 (15 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 cores800112
Core clock speed700 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate28.0030.80
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS0.308 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data462
ROPs1616
TMUs4056

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
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options-2-way
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHzUp to 950 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s61 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 outputsDisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataS/PDIF

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

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 2.96
+202%
GTX 260M 0.98

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 7999
+63.2%
GTX 260M 4901

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:

900p31
+210%
10−12
−210%
Full HD39
+34.5%
29
−34.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+69.2%
12−14
−69.2%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+21.9%
30−35
−21.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+69.2%
12−14
−69.2%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+21.9%
30−35
−21.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+80%
5−6
−80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+220%
5−6
−220%
Hitman 3 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+69.2%
12−14
−69.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+71.4%
7−8
−71.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+40%
10−11
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+21.9%
30−35
−21.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and GTX 260M compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 210% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 34% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 42 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.96 0.98
Recency 7 January 2010 3 March 2009
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 65 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 202% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 30% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 260M in performance tests.


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