GeForce MX230 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and GeForce MX230, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

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

MX230 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 by an impressive 60% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking782645
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.0632.56
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameBroadwayGP108
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)21 February 2019 (5 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 cores800256
Core clock speed700 MHz1519 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1582 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate28.0025.31
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS0.81 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4016

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s48.06 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 outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-+

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
−45.2%
45−50
+45.2%
Full HD39
+85.7%
21
−85.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−44.4%
13
+44.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−280%
19
+280%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−100%
14
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−133%
14
+133%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−113%
17
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−269%
59
+269%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−40.9%
30−35
+40.9%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−500%
18
+500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−85.7%
12−14
+85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−91.7%
23
+91.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−15.4%
45−50
+15.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−77.8%
16
+77.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Battlefield 5 5−6
−160%
13
+160%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−85.7%
13
+85.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−100%
12
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
−50%
12
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−231%
53
+231%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−40.9%
30−35
+40.9%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−333%
13
+333%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−85.7%
12−14
+85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−41.7%
16−18
+41.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−21.4%
16−18
+21.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−15.4%
45−50
+15.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+50%
6
−50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−28.6%
9
+28.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−16.7%
7
+16.7%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+33.3%
12
−33.3%
Hitman 3 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−40.9%
30−35
+40.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−41.7%
16−18
+41.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+55.6%
9
−55.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−15.4%
45−50
+15.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−85.7%
12−14
+85.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
Hitman 3 8−9
−12.5%
9−10
+12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+0%
10−11
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Metro Exodus 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and GeForce MX230 compete in popular games:

  • GeForce MX230 is 45% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 86% faster in 1080p

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 is 56% faster.
  • in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX230 is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 3 tests (4%)
  • GeForce MX230 is ahead in 57 tests (85%)
  • there's a draw in 7 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.96 4.75
Recency 7 January 2010 21 February 2019
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 10 Watt

GeForce MX230 has a 60.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX230 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.


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